Browsing by Author "Thorburn, P"
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A review of nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane
Bell, MJ; Biggs, J; McKellar, LB; Connellan, J; Di Bella, L; Dwyer, R; Empson, M; Garside, AJ; Harvey, T; Kraak, J; Lakshmanan, P; Lamb, DW; Meier, E; Moody, P; Muster, T; Palmer, J; Robinson, N; Robson, A; Salter, B; Schroeder, B; Silburn, M; Schmidt, S; Skocaj, DM; Stacey, S; Stanley, J; Thorburn, P; Verburg, K; Walker, C; Wang, W; Wood, A (2015)The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem, providing both substantial economic benefit to Australia and significant international ecological value. The health of the GBR is under pressure ... -
Adopting systems approaches to water and nutrient management for future cane production in the Burdekin SRDC Research Project CSE020 final report
CSIRO; Sugar Research and Development Corporation; BSES; Thorburn, P (2008)There is concern about environmental impacts of cropping in catchments of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, especially losses of nitrogen (N) and herbicides from cropping systems. Sugarcane production in the Burdekin region ... -
How much nitrogen will that crop need? Incorporating climate forecasting to improve nitrogen management in the Wet Tropics : Final project 2015/075
Everingham, Y; Biggs, J; Schroeder, B; Skocaj, D; Thorburn, P; Sexton, J (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Determining the optimum amount of nitrogen that is required by the crop to maximise production, profitability and environmental outcomes is a challenging problem. The modelling approach taken in this project has balanced ... -
Implementing methods for wider industry adoption : SRDC final report CSE009
Jakku, E; Everingham, Y; Inman-Bamber, G; Thorburn, P (2007)Many of the challenges that the sugarcane industry faces are complex systems issues and R&D addressing these issues requires the active participation of industry stakeholders. A deeper understanding of processes that ... -
Improved environmental outcomes and profitability through innovative management of nitrogen SRDC research project CSE011 final report
Thorburn, P; Webster, T; Biggs, J; Biggs. I; Park, S (2008)Nitrogen (N) fertiliser additions are an important contributor to productivity and profitability in intensive farming systems, including sugarcane production. However, applying N increases losses of N to the environment, ... -
Increasing in-mill NIR effectiveness and communicating data to all sectors for improved decision making in the sugarcane value chain : SRDC Final report CSR038
Markely, J; Griffin, D; Staunton, S; Thorburn, P; Crowley, T (2009)In 2005 Mackay Sugar introduced changes to their cane payment formula that primarily used Near Infra Red (NIR) data as the basis for grower payments. The cane payment system was based on the principle of sharing risks and ... -
Integrating and optimising farm-to-mill decisions to maximise industry profitability : SRDC Final report CSE005
Higgins, A; Prestwidge, D; Sandell, G; Antony, G; Laredo, L; Thorburn, P (2006)Late in the 1990’s, the Australian sugar industry recognised the need to achieve increased integration across its value chain, so as to reduce costs and increase international competitiveness. Past projects and independent ... -
Overcoming on-farm constraints to productivity and profitability in a wet tropical area
Babinda Cane Protection; CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems; Goodson, M; Thorburn, P (2003)The CCS in the wet tropics has been declining steadily for over three decades, a period in which green cane harvesting-trash blanketing (GCTB) has become standard practice among growers throughout the wet tropics. In the ... -
Precision agriculture; an avenue for profitable innovation in the Australian sugar industry, or expensive technology we can do without? : SRDC Final report CSE018
Bramley, R; Webster, T; Thorburn, P (2007)Precision Agriculture (PA) is an all-encompassing term given to a suite of technologies which promote improved management of agricultural production through recognition that the potential productivity of agricultural land ... -
Review of nitrogen fertiliser research in the Australian sugar industry
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems; Thorburn, P (2004)The management of nitrogen (N) fertiliser is important to the Australian sugar industry, as it is an important nutrient for sugarcane production. However, over application results in reduced profitability and sugar quality, ... -
Short and long term impacts of green cane trash blanketing on soil fertility
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems; BSES; Thorburn, P; Kingston, G (2005)In the last three decades, there has been a widespread adoption of green cane harvesting-trash blanketing (GCTB) in the Australian sugarcane industry, generally motivated by the practical advantages (e.g. weed control, ...