Why are disease surveys important? Surveys are conducted by pathologists to monitor the distribution and importance of key endemic pests and record the presence or absence of new or exotic diseases.

The reniform nematode is a major constraint to cotton production in the USA. Recent detections in Central Queensland have led to an extensive soil survey of the Theodore district.

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In late 2012, there was an identification of reniform nematodes (Rotylenchulus reniformis)

affecting cotton across a number of fields and farms in Theodore in Central Queensland.