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2019 Herbert Harvesting demonstration project
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)2019 Herbert Harvesting demonstration project -
$75M green power station for Tableland Mill near Mareeba, QLD
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)MSF Sugar has announced that a $75M green power station will be built at its Tableland Sugar Mill. The power station will use bagasse to produce 24 megawatts of electricity - enough to power every house in the Tableland region. -
A boiler simulator for improved operator training : final report 2016/001
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A boiler simulator training package ready for use by industry has been developed during this project. After some fine tuning to accommodate site specific details and interaction with existing factory control systems (if ... -
A collaborative approach to Precision Agriculture RDE for the Australian Sugar Industry : Final report CSE022
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)Strong sugar industry interest in Precision Agriculture (PA) has developed during the 2000s on the back of considerable progress with PA in other Australian agricultural sectors (grains and wine in particular), attempts ... -
A condensed report on cane deterioration trials : Fairymead, 1967 season
(BSES, 1968)Following Discussion between the Australian Producers' Association and the Director of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations it was decided to carry out a series of cane deterioration trials in the South Queensland ... -
A cooperative systems model for the Mackay regional sugar industry : SRDC Final report MSA003
(SRDC, 2006)In 2000-2001 the Mackay sugar industry embarked on a path of rapid and major change, driven by a depressed world sugar market and specific regional problems of drought and disease. The changes were initially directed ... -
A database of pest and disease incidence for the sugar industry : SRDC final report BS126S
(BSES, 1999)This project established a system to collate, store and interrogate pest and disease data that are collected annually by Queensland Cane Protection and Productivity Boards (CPPBs). An Access database titled ‘Bugbuster’ ... -
A field experiment to evaluate the response of sugarcane varieties to waterlogging
(ASSCT, 2018)RECENT PRODUCTIVITY REVIEWS in the Herbert and Central regions identified strong negative correlations between excessive rainfall and productivity. Waterlogging has a significant effect on sugarcane productivity. It ... -
A guide to characterising Australian sugarcane soils
(CRC, 2003)The purpose of this book is to help those who are variously responsible for developing, promulgating or implementing advice on how to best manage sugar soils in an agronomic context. In particular, it emphasises the ... -
A healthy crop starts with clean seed
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)One of the cornerstones of producing a high-yielding sugarcane crop is the use of approved clean seed or its progeny. -
A literature review of harvesting operations and their implication on soil compaction and yield in sugar cane : Final report PR02012
(BSES, 2002)A significant effort has been applied to the investigation of soil compaction in the sugar cane industry. Most recently research performed by Dr Mike Braunack at Tully in the wet tropics of Queensland, Australia, has ... -
A look into the biology of sugarcane soils reveals lost yield potential
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)A research project currently underway is looking at the complex collection of living organisms in sugarcane soils and their relationship to productivity. -
A management assistance package for optimising harvester; infield transport productivity : SRDC Final report BS124S
(BSES, 1998)The two year project to develop a management assistance package for optimising harvester/infield transport productivity was completed during 1997. -
A metarhizium-based product for control of cane pests : SRDC final report BSS134
(BSES, 2000)The fungus Metarhizium anisopliae is a naturally occurring pathogen of soil insects in Australia. Metarhizium can be used as a bioinsecticide for control of canegrubs by mass-producing spores on rice and applying the ... -
A method for the rapid identification of ratoon stunting disease in sugar cane
(BSES, 1977)Work with the electron microscope established a slender coryneform - type bacterium is constantly present in the sap of known ratoon stunting diseased plants and is absent from healthy plants. Purpose of project was to ... -
A monitoring-based system to enhance canegrub control best management practice for Isis sugarcane growers : final report GGP056
(BSES, 2013)The aim of GGP-056 was for growers to experience the effectiveness and practical value of monitoring canegrub risk as the basis for more cost-effective and efficient canegrub management: - taking the most appropriate ... -
A national climate change research strategy for primary industries
(Land and Water Australia, 2008)Australia’s primary industries are projected to be significantly affected by climate change. The changes in climate over the next few decades will be substantial, but the effects will vary across the country. Some regions ... -
A new cropping system for the Central district : SRDC Final report BSS269
(2009)The project aimed to facilitate establishment of new cropping system trials with both existing and new productivity groups by providing equipment and technical guidance; develop best practice guidelines for dual-row cropping ... -
A new eye in the sky for sugarcane breeding
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)A new eye in the sky for sugarcane breeding -
A novel polyphasic framework to resolve Yellow Canopy Syndrome paradox : final report 2014/082
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)A novel polyphasic framework to resolve Yellow Canopy Syndrome paradox.