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Taking the legwork out of finding a fertiliser
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)SRA has developed a ready reckoner that will quickly and easily allow advisors and growers to determine which commercially available fertiliser blend is best suited to their crop's requirements. -
Taking the mystery out of precision spraying
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Tully region growers Brian and Jamie Dore are integrating GPS technology with their spot spraying, delivering useful results. -
Taking the next step forward in biofuel technology
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)New research is looking at not only the potential to turn bagasse into biofuel, but also adding value to it by transforming it into advanced forms of biofuels such as jet fuel. -
Taking the next step forward in biofuel technology
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)New research is looking at the potential to turn bagasse into biofuel, and then take a step further by transforming it into products such as jet fuel. -
Taking the next steps with harvest efficiency
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)Taking the next steps with harvest efficiency -
Talking to you: Grower survey provides valuable industry insights
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)The results of the 2017 SRA grower survey are in, revealing industry trends with the adoption of farming practices and an assessment of SRA's performance. -
Technical assessment of survival of smut spores in bales of sugarcane trash
(BSES, 2008)This assessment considers the survival of smut spores in relation to the proposal to store baled trash until there was a low risk of viable spores being present. -
Technical Report - Evaluation of a Roving Capacitance Probe for Measuring Soil Moisture
(1998)In the Proserpine area of central Queensland, Australia, trials were conducted to evaluate the performance of a proving capacitance probe for determining soil moisture. Soil moisture was monitored using both a neutron ... -
The bacterial biocontrol agent pasteuria penetrans can help control root-knot nematode on sugarcane
(ASSCT, 2018)ROOT-KNOT NEMATODE (Meloidogyne javanica) is one of the most damaging pests of sugarcane, often causing heavy losses in coarse-textured sandy soils. The bacterial parasite Pasteuria penetrans is a potentially useful ... -
The cane growers' quarterly bulletin : special issue farm bulletin no.13
(BSES, 1962)A weed can be defined as an unwanted plant, or as a plant growing in the wrong place. Plants which are useful in their right places become weeds if they grow where they are not wanted. Guinea grass for instance is a useful ... -
The cane grubs in Australia part 2
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The cane grubs of Australia
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The Childers cane beetle : farm bulletin no. 4
(BSES, 1932)The Childers Cane Beetle is a native scrub-land pest, which, since the destruction of the original scrub timbers and the cultivation of sugar-cane on these lands, has found a new set of conditions which have proved almost ... -
The contribution of mechanical cane harvesting to the productivity plateau
(1992)The invention of mechanical cane harvesters has been important in the development of the Australian sugar industry. Mechanisation of the harvest has brought many benefits. However associated with mechanical cane harvesting ... -
The determination of larval instars and stadia of some wireworms (elateridae)
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The development of an extension network amongst growers in Tully with a view to improving industry profitability in a participatory atmosphere : final report BSS253
(2002)The challenge for industry personnel was to develop a network amongst canegrowers in Tully that would provide more effective extension of research and development than current methods could achieve. A project in Mulgrave ... -
The economic advantage of reduced tillage planting of sugarcane in Australia
(2003)Land preparation for planting sugarcane is a major cost to growers. Currently growers may undertake up to eight tillage passes to prepare a seedbed for planting. However, this number of passes is considerably less than ... -
The effect of coulter ripping on GCTB ratoons at Hawkins Creek
(1992)In some parts of north Queensland coulter ripping is a standard operation carried out in green cane trash blanketed ratoons. Very little ripping is carried out in the Herbert Valley, even though the soil in old ratoons ...