A symptom of cotton leafroll dwarf virus in late-crop stages is abnormal plant growth. There were a very small number of field disasters from Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus across the Cotton Belt in 2019 and 2020. The sky isn’t falling with the Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus, CLRDV with efforts underway across the Cotton Belt to take on the disease. That’s the message Steve Brown, Auburn University Extension cotton agronomist, delivered to the virtual annual meeting of Southern Cotton Growers and Southeastern Cotton Ginners Jan. 14. Brown emphasized there were a very small number of field disasters from CLRDV across the Cotton Belt in 2019 and 2020. In fact, Brown said the incidence of CLRDV was less in 2020 than it was in 2019.