Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 12/6/19


In late August of 2019, Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) was confirmed in a cotton sample submitted to Auburn University’s CLRDV working group. The sample was collected from a variety trial located at the Sandhills Research Station in Montgomery County, North Carolina. This is the first detection of this insect-transmitted plant virus in NC.

Earlier in the growing season, we visited several field locations with reports of virus-like symptoms in cotton in several major cotton-producing counties (1A & B). As of December 2019, CLRDV has not been confirmed in these plant samples. However, follow up disease diagnostics are ongoing.

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