Symptoms Images of Cotton Plants and Crops
This tool is designed to assist Australian cotton growers, consultants and agronomists with the identification of symptoms expressed by the cotton plant in response to the effects of pathogenic organisms , insects, nutrition and environmental influences. 

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Disease | Nutrition | Herbicide | Insect damage | Environment | Soil | Exotic


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Boll affected by boll rot
More>  Boll rot

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Bolls infected by Phytophthora
More>  Boll rot

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Sclerotinia affected cotton boll
More>  Boll rot

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Stages of Boll rot affected by fungi and bacteria
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Sclerotinia affected boll
More>  Boll rot

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Fungal boll rot
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Fungal boll rot
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Boll rot caused by bacterial blight
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SGI Boll rot affected by bacterial blight
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Secondary fungal infection of bacterial blight lesions
More>  Boll rot

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Alternaria leaf spot sepals
More>  Alternaria leaf spot

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Hole by insects allow entry of fungal pathogens
More>  Boll damage

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Hole by insects allows entry of fungal pathogens
More>  Boll damage

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Mirid damaged green boll
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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Mirid tightlock and stain
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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Parrotbeak resulting from anther damage by insects or environment
More>  Parrotbeak

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hole by insects allows entry of fungal pathogens
More>  Insect bollfeeders

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Mirid inner carpel lesions
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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Bald patches’ on mature cotton seeds due to pale cotton stainer feeding.
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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Lint stain from pale cotton stainer.
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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Black root rot patchiness 1
More>  Black root rot

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Black root rot patchiness
More>  Black root rot

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Fusarium wilt affected patch in cotton crop
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Fusarium wilt comet shaped patches down rows
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Fusarium wilt of cotton often first observed as dead plants at tail drain
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Gappy stand of eedling diseased cotton crop
More>  Seedling disease

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Sudden wilt affected cotton - affects single plants or small patches
More>  Sudden wilt

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Mycorrhiza deficient crop rear compared to mychorhizal crop front
More>  Mycorrhiza

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Dryland plants dying in compacted area in hot dry weather
More>  Soil compaction

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Premature senescence affected cotton crop note green edge row
More>  Premature senescence

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Lightening can cause circular or irregular patches of dead or dying plants affected at the same height
More>  Lightning

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Lightening causes or irregular patches of dead of dying plants affected at the same height
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Lightening can cause circular patches of dead of dying plants affected at the same height
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Following a period of cool cloudy weather in late summer/autumn
More>  Sunscald

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Poor establishment with stunting and uneven growth
More>  Bean root aphid

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Circular patches of defoliating plants
More>  Mites

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More>  Exotic Blue disease

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small fruit die dry up and on plant
More>  Boll dangle

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Elongated dead patch below dries square down fruiting branch
More>  Boll dangle

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Brown damaged anthers from mirid feeding
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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Mirid damaged anthers close up
More>  Insect sucking pest damage

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More>  Exotic Bacterial blight

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Alternaria on cotlyedon
More>  Alternaria leaf spot

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Alternaria lesion cotton leaf
More>  Alternaria leaf spot

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Alternaria leaf spot stages
More>  Alternaria leaf spot

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Bunchy top leaf mottle and reddening upper surface in full sun
More>  Bunchy top

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Fusarium wilt affected leaf
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Fusarium wilt affected leaf, Mottle can be confused with verticillium wilt
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Feeding tracks on leaf upper surfcce caused by fleabeetles
More>  Flea Beetle

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Verticillium wilt affected leaves progression from mottle to dead tissue.
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Verticillium wilt affected leaves showing dead tissue on leaf edges
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Verticillium wilt of cotton diffuse leaf mottle
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Verticillium wilt of cotton angular leaf mottle
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Bacterial blight expression cotton plant parts
More>  Bacterial blight

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Bacterial blight leaf lesion
More>  Bacterial blight

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Bunchy top leaf mottle-underside
More>  Bunchy top

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Reddened bunchy top affected leaf with full sun exposure, without bunch growth habit
More>  Bunchy top

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Tropical rust in cotton showing numerous small purple with red brown centre spots on older leaves
More>  Tropical rust

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Zinc deficiency spots within yellow areas
More>  Zinc deficiency

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TSV on you leaf showing single lesions
More>  Tobacco Streak Virus

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Zinc deficient young leaves cup upwards and develop interveinal yellowing
More>  Zinc deficiency

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Phenoxy leaf distortion (24D)
More>  Herbicide

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Interveinal chlorosis from Simazine herbicide
More>  Herbicide

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Dessicated leaf tissue from paraquat plus diquat herbicide , 6 days post exposure
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TSV Purple necrotic lesions on you leaf showing single lesions, sometimes chloritic and deformed curled down leaves
More>  Tobacco Streak Virus

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Scratches due to movement on lower surface gives burn like spots on the upper surface
More>  Wind damage

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Scratches due to wind movement on leaf surface. Gives burn like spot so the surface of leaf
More>  Wind damage

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Usually late summer early autumn following cool cloudy weather
More>  Sunscald

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White or variegated areas on leaf (genetic)
More>  Chimera

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Intial yellow patches upon surface of the leaves and the webs on the bottom of the leaf
More>  Mites

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Armyworm damage
More>  Insect leaf feeders

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Cotton leaf perforator damage
More>  Insect leaf feeders

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Jassid / leafhopper damage
More>  Insect leaf feeders

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Aphid damage and honeydew
More>  Insect leaf feeders

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Premature senescence affected cotton leaves
More>  Premature senescence

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Herbicide Bleacher (Atrazine)
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Leaf distorsion typical of phenoxy herbicides, in this case MCPA
More>  Herbicide

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Pyrithiobac sodium herbicide and cold weather
More>  Herbicide

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Alternaria premature defoliation
More>  Alternaria leaf spot

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Alternaria lesions on normal leaf
More>  Alternaria leaf spot

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More>  Exotic Cotton leaf curl disease

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Distorsion of leaves, Underside has a wet appearance, leaves hard and brittle
More>  Broad Mite

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Black root rot affected plants
More>  Black root rot

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Bunchy top & unnaffected
More>  Bunchy top

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Fusarium wilt affected cotton seedlings
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Fusarium wilt stunting and wilting can occur at any time
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Fusarium wilt - may die back from top and regrow from base
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Seedling disease variation within crop
More>  Seedling disease

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Sudden wilt affected cotton plants suddenly defoliate in hot weather after irrigation or rainfall
More>  Sudden wilt

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Sudden wilt affected cotton - brown discolouration limited to woody parts of roots and lower stem only
More>  Sudden wilt

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Verticillium wilt affected cotton showing stunted plant growth
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Bacterial blight whole plant
More>  Bacterial blight

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Small leaves & bolls, short internodes
More>  Bunchy top

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Glyphosate on non tolerant plants -Tolerant plant bottom left
More>  Herbicide

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Glyphosate cotyledon fold down
More>  Herbicide

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Leaves and bark damaged on one side only
More>  Wind damage

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Excessive hot dry winds can dessicate and kill small plants
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Mature cotton damage to top of plant only
More>  Lightning

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Premature senescence premature defoliation
More>  Premature senescence

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Herbicide Dessicant (Glufosinate)
More>  Herbicide

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Herbicide Phenoxy Fluroxypyr
More>  Herbicide

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Post harvest rot developing at rope (water) entry to cotton module
More>  Post Harvest rot

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Post harvest rot on cotton module often associated with inkycap fungus
More>  Post Harvest rot

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Bacterial stunt affected brown roots
More>  Bacterial stunt

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Black root rot affected roots (b)
More>  Black root rot

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Black root rot affected roots
More>  Black root rot

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Rhizoctonia diseased cotton roots with sunken red-brown spots
More>  Seedling disease

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Fertiliser burn affected seedlings- symptoms at consistent depth
More>  Fertiliser burn

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Fertiliser burn affected primary root - dieback of root tip
More>  Fertiliser burn

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Abnormal root decelopment due to soil smear from planter
More>  Soil compaction

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Plough pan affected roots
More>  Soil compaction

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Tunnels surrounding tap root with ants and small brown aphids
More>  Bean root aphid

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More>  Exotic Fusarium wilt

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More>  Exotic Texas root rot

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Black root rot in the stem
More>  Black root rot

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Black root rot in the stem 2
More>  Black root rot

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Fusarium wilt -features solid brown discolouration of woody part of cotton stem
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Fusarium wilt -solid brown colouration of woody section cotton stem
More>  Fusarium wilt

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Verticillium wilt affected cotton showing brown discolouration in woody parts throughout the plant
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Verticillium wilt affected stem
More>  Verticillium wilt

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Cotton tipworm damage stem tunneling
More>  Cotton tipworm damage

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Cutworm and typical seeding damage
More>  Insect stem feeders

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Seedling diseased by pythium usually causes soft rot & stem collapse
More>  Seedling disease

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