The purpose of this travel scholarship was to enable tone researcher to participate in and present results of Australian whitefly research at the 3rd International Whitefly Symposium in 2018, held in Perth.

Since the first detection in the Dawson/Callide region of Central Queensland in 2012, reniform nematode has become a serious concern for cotton growers and researchers as well.

Over the three years of this project, data has been collected on the resistance status of silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) to registered insecticides.

This project aimed to enhance and support the sustainability of the Australian cotton industry by: providing continued capacity in plant virology expertise and diagnostics, building industry awareness of viral disease

Mirids have always been and will continue to be key pests of GM cotton for the foreseeable future.