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    • More crop per drop : SRDC final report BSS305 

      Basnayake, J; Jackson, P; Inman-Bamber, G; Lakshmanan, P (2011)
      Water stress is the major constraint to productivity in the Australian sugar industry, with an estimated cost of $260 million/annum (CSE014 Milestone Report 3.5). In 2003 and 2004, the losses exceeded $140 million in ...
    • More crop per drop: development of water-efficient and drought tolerant sugarcane cultivars for irrigated and dryland farming 

      Basnayake, J; Lakshmanan. P (2014)
      Water limitation is a major production constraint for sugarcane in Australia. Despite its economic importance, there has been little effort in breeding for water stress (drought) tolerance and water use efficiency (WUE) ...
    • Sugarcane for future climates : final report 2013/029 

      Stokes, C; Jackson, P; Basnayake, J; Inman-Bamber, G; Lakshmanan, P; Natarajan, S (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Increasing costs of irrigation in irrigated production regions, and seasonal periods of water deficits in rain-fed production regions are impacting greatly on profitability, sustainability, and expansion of the Australian ...