Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration
Disease is a high-priority issue for the Australian cotton industry. It contributes to significant yield losses and undermines long-term confidence in growing cotton. In extreme cases, some growers have opted out of growing cotton in response to severe and escalating disease pressure. ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø in strategic partnerships with and the , leads the $13 million research initiative Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration (ACDC) to minimise the impact of disease in cotton.
Our mission is to reduce the impact of diseases in cotton to less than 5% of the cost of production through research on key areas such as systems-based disease control, understanding pathogen behaviour, spatial data analytics, fungicides and plant defense mediators.
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