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Dossier on Eumetopina flavipes as a pest of sugarcane
Eumetopina flavipes Muir (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) Common name Island sugarcane planthopper Distribution Papua New Guinea (PNG), Torres Strait Islands (TSI) and northern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia (Bourke ... -
Dossier on Ramu stunt as a disease of sugarcane
Ramu stunt is caused by a unique virus related to the genus Tenuivirus. The virus has not yet been fully characterised. The disease is systemic and in susceptible varieties leads to plant death. Ramu stunt is transmitted ... -
Dossier on SCIRPOPHAGA SPP. as pests of sugarcane
The genus Scirpophaga Treitschke belongs to the family Pyralidae, subfamily Schoenobiinae. Members of this genus are mainly stem borers of graminaceous crops. The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental ... -
Dossier on sugarcane downy mildew (species of the genus PERONOSCLEROSPORA) as a disease of sugarcane
Sugarcane downy mildew can be caused by one of several fungi in the Peronosclerospora genus, these include P. sacchari (T. Miyake) Shirai & Hara (1927), P. spontanea (Weston) C.G. Shaw, P. miscanthi (T. Miyake) C.G. Shaw ... -
Dossiers on CHILO species as pests of sugarcane
Genus Chilo Zincken Larvae of all Chilo species are stemborers that attack gramineous plants. The genus Chilo contains 41 species, mainly distributed in the Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. Because many Chilo species are ... -
Dossiers on SESAMIA species as pests of sugarcane
Tams and Bowden (1953) give extensive descriptions of both the male and female adults of the African species. The Oriental and New Guinea species do not appear to have been incorporated in any useful key. -
Downy mildew 1
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Downy mildew 2
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Downy Mildew 3
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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 ...