A new viral disease of cotton found in recent years in several southeastern U.S. states has now been confirmed in Texas. The disease, cotton blue disease, was observed recently in a cotton field in Central Texas where multiple off-type plants were noted by a research group headed by David Stelly, Ph.D., a cotton breeder in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station. Samples were submitted for nutritional composition and possible virus infection. Some samples tested positive for the viral agent of cotton blue disease. Additional samples were submitted to other test sites to validate and expand testing. Molecular ...