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Stool tipping? Yellowing? Gaps in ratoons? Maybe you’ve got canegrubs
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)With 19 different species, canegrubs have the highest potential of all our pests to cause economic loss. -
Stopping the rot: demo trials delivering local information
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Stopping the rot: demo trials delivering local information -
Strategic approach delivers long-lasting benefits for grub control
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Soon to retire from sugarcane research and management, Dr Peter Allsopp leaves a strong legacy that has delivered multiple benefits to Australian sugarcane growers and millers. -
Strategic baiting protocols for rodents in sugarcane : Final report STU033
(Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC), 2003)This research was undertaken to investigate the perceived problem of secondary poisoning risk to avian predators associated with the use of rodenticides in the Australian sugar industry. Although a minor component of the ... -
Strategic tillage to reduce soil structural degradation : SRDC final project report BSS143
(2004)The project was undertaken to assess the benefits of zonal tillage, where only the crop row is cultivated and the compacted inter-row is left as a permanent traffic zone.Focus groups of growers were convened to discuss ... -
Strategic tillage to reduce soil structural degradation and improve productivity : SRDC final project report BSS143
(2002)Focus groups of growers were convened to discuss industry attitude and reasons for non-adoption of reduced tillage planting. It was largely agreed that compared with ten to fifteen years ago the industry had moved to ... -
Strategies to control greyback canegrub in early harvested ratoon crops : SRDC final report IPB001
(BSES, 2002)Greyback canegrubs consistently cause losses of $5-10 million per year to sugarcane producers, with periodic disastrous outbreaks where losses are about $20-40 million. This indicates that the current strategy is inadequate ... -
Strategies to limit the impact of nematode pressure on sugarcane productivity in the Isis : final report 2013/071
(BSES, 2015)Two trials were done in this project. One was a continuation of work started under a previous GRDC/SRDC-funded activity, 'Strategies to improve the integration of legumes into cane based farming systems'. This trial aimed ... -
Strategies to manage soil-borne fungi and mitigate sugarcane yield decline : Final report 2013/101
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Culture–dependent and culture-independent analyses of sugarcane rhizosphere fungal and oomycete communities were conducted across two cropping seasons at two sites. Agronomic treatments included replant continuous cane, ... -
Strengthening capacity on sugarcane quarantine - implementing procedures from Visacane, CIRAD
(BSES, 2012)The project aimed to strengthen the capacity of Australian sugarcane quarantine by: Evaluating Visacane's (CIRAD, Montpellier) quarantine and diagnostic operations for sugarcane in post-entry quarantine - Discussing the ... -
Studies into races of sugarcane rust
(BSES, 1984)A technique was developed for testing for physiological races of sugarcane rust. A range of cultivars were inoculated with a single spore isolate of Puccinia melanocephala by discharging 3 mg of urediospores into a spore ... -
Studies on the biology of negatoria and childers Canegrubs as a basis for development of improved controls : SRDC final report BS77S
(BSES, 1998)The biology of the two most important species of canegrubs affecting sugarcane in southern Queensland. Childers canegrub (Antirogus parvulus Britton) and negatoria canegrub (Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn) was studied ... -
Study of the sugar and fuel alcohol markets in Brazil : SRDC final report
(SRDC, 1998)This is a study of the world's largest sugar producer, Brazil. Its purpose is to describe the highly complex recent trends in sugar policies, investment and exports, and in the innovative fuel alcohol program. And, it ... -
Study tour to New Zealand, control measures for canegrubs : Final report SRD06001
(BSES, 2006)Kerry Nutt and Rachael Fox visited researchers at HortResearch (Auckland and Palmerston North), Crop & Food and AgResearch (Lincoln). The CRCSIIB 1Bii project group currently uses the avidin transgene with the PPI vacuolar ... -
Studying residual N from soybean break crops
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)Studying residual N from soybean break crops -
Sub soil amelioration produces above par results
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)The adoption of sustainable soil health practices is vital to profitable sugarcane cropping and the long term viability of the industry. -
Success is sweet: researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Success is sweet: researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome -
Sugar communities and resilience to change : opportunities for enhancing women's participation in sustainability initiatives
(Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC), 2008)This project was funded by SRDC, in partnership with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and the University of Queensland. The project commenced in November 2005 and this final report, completed in November 2008, summarises the ... -
Sugar farming systems development and demonstration on the wet tropical coast : Final report DPI014
(SRDC, 2002)The QDPI Sugar Solutions Project was an extension project focussing on group activities and on-farm demonstrations. Objectives of the project included the development and testing of alternative farming practices to improve ... -
Sugar industry productivity and data recording spatial data hub for research and extension : final report 2015/045
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)The Australian sugar industry was an early adopter of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and has considerable spatial data of where the crop has been grown. In some cases, data extends back for more than 20 years. When ...