During 2008‐2011, the Australian Cotton industry faced numerous challenges when it experienced significant drought over a number of years, followed by crippling floods in late 2010, early 2011.

The 2011 season is the first season of commercial cotton production in the Ord region for 10+ years, making this year a suitable time for establishing baseline frequencies and severities of endemic diseases.

The relationship of Cotton leaf roll vitus (CLRV) from Thailand to Cotton leafroll dwarf virus(CLRDV) from Brazil or Cotton bunchy top virus (CBTV) from Australia is unclear as no sequence information is currently pub

The introduction of glyphosate tolerant cotton has significantly improved the

flexibility and management of a number of problem weeds in cotton systems.

In 2006, Tobacco streak virus (TSV) was identified as the causal agent of the devastating sunflower necrosis disease in central Queensland (CQ), and subsequently in 2007 as the cause of major losses in mungbeans in th