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Beneficial use irrigation strategies with treated urban effluent : Final report 972471
(2000)Objectives for research:1. To identify the demand for effluent water by comparing three levels of water application to assess economics of crop response to water, and the impact on balancing storage capacity;2. To select ... -
Benefits of better preparation
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Most Australian factories are not achieving the cane preparation benchmark of 90% pol in open cells. While preparation is strongly linked to power consumption, in many cases the problem is not that there is insufficient ... -
Benefits of controlled traffic farming : the Mackay experience
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)Many growers in the Mackay region have moved to controlled traffic farming. This system is built on permanent wheel tracks where the crop zone and traffic lanes are permanently separated. Growers using this system have ... -
Best linear unbiased prediction as a method for predicting cross potential : SRDC final report BS119S
(1999)Until recently, BSES breeders used an empirical formula to assess the breeding potential of a parent (Hogarth and Skinner, 1986). Although this method uses data from many sources, it needs to draw on data accumulated for ... -
Best management practice for sugarcane varieties : SRDC Final report BSS 234
(2002)This has been both a challenging and rewarding project within the northern sugar industry. Increasing economic pressure in the wet tropics has seen a need to develop and adopt better short- and long-term strategies to ... -
Best practice irrigation management to maximise profitability and ensure sustainability in the Ord sugar industry : SRDC Final report CSR22
(2003)The Ord Sugar industry was established in 1995 with the commissioning of a sugar mill and the first full season of commercial production was in 1996. It is now a major industry in Stage 1 of the Ord Irrigation Area, currently ... -
Best-practice surface drainage for low-lying sugarcane lands Herbert District
(BSES, 2006)A manual for extensionists and practitioners. -
Better data and tools to help inform best outcome for harvesting
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)It is a complex numbers game as growers, harvesting operators, and millers work toward improving harvesting efficiency. SRA's Brad Pfeffer spoke to farmer and harvester operator Michael Brombal about meeting this challenge. -
Better data to help inform harvest best practice
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A new research project is looking at real-time harvesting sensors, in a bid to drive improvements in harvest best practice across the industry. -
Better frost tolerant varieties for NSW : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project
(2010)Frost damage to sugarcane crops affects about one third of the NSW cane -
Better targeting new cultivars : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project
(2012)Aim: Better targeting of new cultivars for soiltypes/environments not covered by BSES. Conduct: Trials with advanced clones and other best bet’s were planted in 2009, 2010 & 2011 were planted in both the Mossman and Tableland ... -
Beware of diseases that have an effect on plant emergence
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)With the new planting season approaching, it is important that growers know about the soil-borne diseases that could affect the emergence of planted crops. -
Billet quality – a key element for planting success
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)Planting is a major cost to the industry. It is important to get good plant establishment as it affects your ongoing returns through the crop cycle. Paying careful attention to the any components of the billet planting ... -
Bio-prospecting for beneficial endophytes of sugarcane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Bio-prospecting for beneficial endophytes of sugarcane -
Bioassay for comparing levels of pythium graminicola in soils
(BSES, 1987)In the study of any soil borne pathogen it is essential to have some technique for determining the level of the pathogen in the soil. The levels of Pythium species in soil have been measured by soil dilution plating on ... -
Biofuels mandate powers sustainable future
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)The Queensland Parliament has passed legislation requiring fuel sellers to meet targets for the sale of ethanol-blended petrol and bio-based diesel. -
Biological factors driving YCS
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) was first observed in 2012 in the Central and Northern cane-growing regions in Australia and has since spread much further south. The 2015 season is particularly bad in the Mackay and Proserpine ... -
Biomass accumulation in sugarcane : final report 79/9028
(1984)Growth analysis experiments were conducted at Ayr and Bundaberg from 1979 to 1982 to study biomass accumulation in plant and ratoon crops of sugarcane. Crops were planted and ratooned in March, June, September and December, ... -
Biomass characterisation facility for extended stockpile model accuracy and capability: final report project 2011/049
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)Two issues critical to the design and operation of stockpiles are prevention of spontaneous combustion and minimisation of loss of heating value due to deterioration. There are currently few tools available to the industry ...