Browsing by Author "Croft, BJ"
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Pest risk analysis of sugarcane for the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
Croft, BJ; Magarey, RC (BSES, 1997)The purpose of this pest risk analysis (PRA) is firstly to identify quarantine pests and pathogens which pose a threat to sugarcane, which may enter Australia through its northern borders into the area covered by the AQIS ... -
Procedures for the establishment and operation of approved seed plots: fourth edition 2013
Croft, BJ; Cox, MC (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)Hot-water treatment of sugarcane cuttings (stalks or stalk pieces) to control the spread of diseases and pests was pioneered in Australia. Hot-water treatment can reduce the risk of cuttings being infected with ratoon ... -
Ratoon stunting disease (RSD) host-pathogen relationships in sugarcane : SRDC final report BS99S
Brumbley; Birch, R; Croft, BJ; Taylor, PWJ; Petrasovits, LA (BSES, 1997)Clavibacter xyli subsp. xyli (Cxx) is a gram +, fastidious, slow growing bacterium that causes ratoon stunting disease (RSD) of sugarcane. Because of its fastidious nature, slow growth, and poor symptom expression, it has ... -
Reducing the Australian sugar industry's genetic vulnerability to sugarcane smut : SRDC final report BSS256
Croft, BJ; Berding, N (2007)Sugarcane smut was recorded for the first time in Australia in July 1998 in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) and was identified in the Bundaberg/Isis, Central and Herbert regions of Queensland in 2006. Sugarcane smut ... -
Screening of Australian germplasm for resistance to sugarcane smut - SRDC final project report BSS214
Croft, BJ; Berding, N (BSES, 2004)Sugarcane smut is a destructive disease that has spread to all commercial sugarcane production areas except Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the east coast of Australia. The disease was recorded for the first time in Australia ... -
Smut-proofing the Australian industry - ensuring a reliable cane supply through reduced genetic vulnerability to sugarcane smut
Croft, BJ; Berding, N (BSES, 2009)Since the smut incursion and subsequent spread of the disease breeding for smut resistance has become an essential priority for the BSES-CSIRO Variety Improvement program. The strategy that has been adopted includes the ... -
SmutBuster: accelerated breeding of smut-resistant sugarcane varieties : SRDC final report BSS325
Cox, MC; Croft, BJ; Bonnett, G (BSES, 2011)Sugarcane smut is caused by the fungus, Ustilago scitaminea Syd., and is one of the most serious diseases of sugarcane. At the end of 1983, only the sugar industries of Australia and Fiji remained free from smut. Sugarcane ... -
Soil constraints to productivity improvement
Croft, BJ; Magarey, RC; Hurney, AP; Reghenzani, JR (1990)Yields of most crops are known to decrease if that crop is grown continuously without fallowing or rotation with other crop species. Sugarcane has been grown continuously on many fields in Queensland for 50-100 years. ... -
Soil constraints to productivity improvement
Croft, BJ; Magarey, RC; Hurney, AP; Reghenzani, JR (1991)Evidence from investigations into fumigation, fungicide application, fallowing and growth of sugarcane on recently cultivated soils strongly suggests that yields in established cane growing areas are being restricted by ... -
Sugarcane smut - a contingency plan for the Australian Sugar Industry : SRDC final report BS172S
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Sugarcane smut yield-loss estimates - eastern Australia 2006 : Responses to questions raised by the consultative committee on emergency plant pests
Croft, BJ; Allsopp, PG; Egan, BT; Hogarth, DM (BSES, 2006)This document has been prepared by BSES scientists with extensive experience with sugarcane smut. It is based on our reviews of published literature and first-hand experience with smut in the Ord River Irrigation area and ... -
Survey of sugarcane in eastern Australia for sugarcane smut : SRDC final report BSS230
Croft, BJ; Magarey, RC; Smith, DJ (BSES, 2000)Sugarcane smut is a serious disease of sugarcane that can cause yield losses in excess of 30% in susceptible varieties. The disease was found for the first time in Australia on the 21 July 1998 in the Ord River Irrigation ... -
Survey of sugarcane in eastern Australia for sugarcane smut : SRDC final report BSS230
Croft, BJ; Magarey, RC; Smith, DJ (BSES, 1999)Objectives of project are to: conduct specific smut surveys to determine whether sugarcane smut is present in eastern Australia. Through publicity campaigns encourage cane farmers to inspect their farms for smut. Collate ... -
Technical assessment of survival of smut spores in bales of sugarcane trash
Croft, BJ (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. -
The effect of sugarcane rust (Puccinia melanocephala) on yield
Taylor, PWJ; Croft, BJ; Ryan, CC (BSES, 1985)This report details the results obtained from two trials to assess yeild loss caused by sugarcane rust and also outlines the epiphytotiology of the rust disease. -
The role of Pythium species in yield decline in Southern cane growing districts : SRDC final report BS80S
Pegg, G; Croft, BJ; Irwin, JAG (BSES, 1998)Yield decline has been demonstrated in all established canegrowing regions of Queensland. Field and glasshouse studies with soil fumigants have shown that yield decline is largely caused by soilborne biological factors. ... -
Whole-farm planning for management of varieties to maximise productivity and reduce losses from diseases : SRDC final report BSS294
Croft, BJ; Cox, MC; Millard, D; Burrows, A (2009)The appropriate selection of sugarcane varieties is critical for maximising profitability and sustainability for both growers and millers in the Australian sugarcane industry. Growers are faced with many complex decisions ...