Taking action on disease at a grassroots level with Amanda Thomas

CottonInfo: Crop to Top

Megan Woodward caught up with CottonInfo Regional Extension Officer for the Macquarie Valley, and newly appointed Extension Technical Lead for Disease, Amanda Thomas, on site at the Australian Cotton Research Conference in Toowoomba at the start of September.
Amanda's been heavily involved in the Cotton Disease Action Research Initiative over the past 12 months. It's a new project that's supported by CSD, CRDC and Crown Analytical through the Richard Williams Initiative, with a focus on Black Root Rot and Verticillium Wilt - and at the centre of it all, are growers.
In this chat, we discuss how the project came about, the success it's had to date, and some of the early results helping growers and researchers alike understand how crop rotations can impact disease levels.
For more information:
https://cottoninfo.com.au/blog/disease-management-cotton-farming-systems
or contact Amanda directly via email: [e-mail]