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    • Information sheet : Managing frost damage 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
      Frost damage to sugarcane will vary with landscape position (it is generally worse in hollows and creek flats), variety and the openness of the crop. In small, open crops, damage goes further down the stalk ...

    • Information sheet : Mobile maturity tester 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      The Mobile Maturity Tester is a new generation of high-throughput, go anywhere sugar cane tester for maturity testing. The Mobile Maturity Tester is the result of four years of research and development by BSES (now ...

    • Information sheet : Nematode resistant legumes as a rotational crop with sugarcane 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
      The two main types of nematodes that cause damage to sugarcane are root lesion nematode (RLN) and root knot nematodes (RKN). There are many other types of nematodes that can affect sugarcane, such as dagger ...

    • Information sheet : Northern Plant Breeding Program 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      The SRA Plant Breeding Program in the Northern region targets the needs of the local sugar industry through the optimised selection and release of more productive and disease-resistant varieties.

    • Information sheet : NSW Plant Breeding Program 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      The SRA Plant Breeding Program in NSW targets the needs of the NSW sugar industry. The program optimises the selection of both 1- and 2-year varieties by inter-linking with the Southern program based in Bundaberg and ...

    • Information sheet : Planting and managing your tissue culture plantlets in the field 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Planting and managing your tissue culture plantlets in the field, Info Sheet IS13086

    • Information sheet : Pokkah boeng 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
      This fungus disease is found in all sugarcane growing regions, and generally occurs from late spring to the end of summer. It normally appears during periods of hot humid conditions when the cane is growing rapidly. ...

    • Information sheet : Sclerotial sett rot disease 

      Unknown author
      Sclerotial sett rot (SSR) was first identified in 2016 at the SRA Woodford Pathology Farm on sugarcane setts sent for disease resistance screening trials. Up until now, it has not been reported anywhere else in the ...

    • Information sheet : SmutBuster Program 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      What is SmutBuster?

    • Information sheet : Soil sampling 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
      Soil sampling provides useful information about the chemical and nutrient properties of soil within a particular block. It will therefore assist in determining fertiliser type and rate. Soil sampling also ...

    • Information sheet : Soldier fly 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
      Soldier flies are native insects that naturally inhabit grasslands and can cause severe damage to sugarcane crops. There are two main species of soldier fly that attack sugarcane. Sugarcane soldier fly occurs ...

    • Information sheet : Southern Region Plant Breeding Program 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      The SRA Plant Breeding Program in the Southern region targets the needs of the Bundaberg, Isis, Maryborough and Rocky Point sugar industries.

    • Information sheet : Sugarcane tissue culture 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Creating new options for variety release and adoption.

    • Information sheet : Variety management, disease risk 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
      Well before growers prepare to plant, they should begin planning their variety selection and management on the farm. This task can be complex as there are many opportunities and risks to consider.

    • Information sheet : White leaf disease (WLD) 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)
      White leaf disease (WLD) was first recognized in Thailand in the 1950s. The disease has caused serious yield losses in Thailand and has some similarities to grassy shoot (GSD) and green grassy shoot diseases ...

    • Information Sheet: Mungbeans summarised agronomic information (Burdekin) 

      Unknown author (2017)

    • Inheritance of Fiji disease resistance 

      Hogarth, DM; Ryan, CC (BSES, 1981)
      Various projects have been conducted in recent years to study the inheritance of resistance to Fiji disease. In this report the results of these studies are presented and the implications for the plant breeding programme ...

    • Inheritance of resistance to pachymetra root rot : SRDC final report BS27S 

      Croft, BJ; Berding, N (BSES, 1994)
      Genetical resistance to root pathogens is a sensible strategy for disease control in a perennial crop such as sugarcane. Pachymetra root rot is a serious disease in Queensland and can cause losses of 30-40% in susceptible ...

    • Innovation and sustainability delivers long-term farming success 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)
      Innovation and sustainability delivers long-term farming success

    • Innovation in disease management; where to next : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper 

      Magarey, RC (ASSCT, 2019)
      New technologies offer considerable scope for the refinement of disease management in the Australian sugarcane industry. While resistant cultivars, disease-free plant sources, crop termination and quarantine have provided ...