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Downy mildew causing leaf shredding on wild Saccharum species
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Driving adoption of RD&E findings in our industry
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)Driving adoption of new and existing technologies is one of the key initiatives that SRA will focus on to improve the production, profitability and sustainability of businesses of our members and levy payers. -
Drones in agriculture - tools or toys?
(Kondinin Group, 2016-12)Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones are becoming an increasingly common discussion point in rural and social media with some spectacular images and footage presented of farming operations. But drones may have a more ... -
Dry forecast prompts need to develop an irrigation plan
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)With an El Nino weather pattern in place over winter and the forecast for an increased likelihood of lower rainfall for the coming summer, cane farmers with irrigation supplies are being reminded of the opportunities that ... -
Duplication of photoperiodic initiation facility at BSES : SRDC Final report BSS218
(2000)Partnership-funded research by SRDC and BSES has resulted in excellent flowering being obtainable in populations of parental sugarcanes that flowered reluctantly, or never, under natural conditions at BSES Meringa. This ... -
Dwarf disease of sugar-cane : farm bulletin no. 8
(BSES, 1933)Dwarf disease is a new and very destructive disease of sugar-cane which was discovered in the Mackay district in 1930. Fortunately the outbreak was discovered by officers of the Bureau in its very early stages, and by ... -
Early crop forecasts could help improve nitrogen use efficiency
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)New research in the Wet Tropics is looking at how climate models and the La Nina weather pattern can help predict the size of the crop for the coming year. -
East Timor rice fields - rat control training program
(BSES, 2001)The objective of this mission was to rapidly facilitate changes in farm practices that will minimise crop losses due to rodents in East Timor. Five 3 day workshops were conducted across East Timor and included participants ... -
Economic analysis of RSD control strategies : final report SRDC project BS101S
(BSES, 1995)The aim of this study was to compare the economics of the existing RSD control strategy in Australia of disease-free seed and disinfecting harvesters with breeding cultivars resistant to RSD. Analysis presented in this ... -
Economic evaluation of sugarcane harvesting best practice (HBP) : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
(ASSCT, 2019)Mechanical sugarcane harvesting is commonly undertaken at ground speeds that exceed the cleaning capacity of modern harvesters, which is likely to increase extraneous matter (EM) levels in the cane supply. To attempt to ... -
Ecuador congress provides biosecurity insights
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)The International Society for Sugarcane Technologists (ISSCT) Pathology and Entomology workshop was held from September 14-18 in Ecuador recently. -
EEF60 - 60 Field trials, repeated over three years
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)EEF60 - 60 Field trials, repeated over three years -
Effect of far-red radiation on flowering of saccharum spp. hybrids
(1990)Many tropical sugarcane clones (Saccharum spp. hybrids) are unavailable for hybridization because of poor flowering. Methods are required to improve the flowering of such clones. This study was conducted to determine ... -
Effect of far-red radiation on flowering of Saccharum spp. Hybrids : SRDC final report BS1S
(1990)Many tropical sugarcane clones (Saccharum spp. hybr ids) are unavailable for hybridization because of poor flowering. Methods are required to improve the flowering of such clones. This study was conducted to determine ... -
Effect of far-red radiation on flowering of Saccharum spp. hybrids : SRDC Final report BS1S
(1990)Many tropical sugarcane clones (Saccharum spp. hybrids) are unavailable for hybridization because of poor flowering. Methods are required to improve the flowering of such clones. This study was conducted to determine whether ... -
Effect of farming practices on canegrub incidence : SRDC final report project BSS166
(BSES, 2002)The impact of farming practices on numbers of Childers canegrubs was determined in southern Queensland by a survey of 441 field-year combinations that related practices to the numbers of second- and third-instar larvae in ... -
Effect of funnel ants on eleven commercial clones of sugarcane at Tully
(BSES, 1996)Funnel ant activity was independent of cane clone, suggesting that there is no resistance to funnel ants in the commercial clones tested. The clones Q107 and Q117 performed poorly in the presence of funnel ants, a phenomenon ...