Pest, disease and weed management
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Research outcomes: A comprehensive RD&E program that addresses existing and emerging pests, diseases and weeds, allowing sugarcane growers to manage their crops efficiently with minimal environmental impacts. An enhanced industry capacity to deal with incursions of exotic pests, diseases and weeds.
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Item A review of yield losses caused by Australian and selected exotic sugarcane diseases : SRDC final report BS1725(BSES, 1996) Magarey, RC; Croft, BJYield loss studies of Australian endemic diseases, and those exotic diseases posing the greatest threat to production in Australia, are reviewed. There is a need for much research particularly in relating disease intensity with yield and in investigating the effect of varietal resistance on this relationship. It is suggested that initial studies begin with yellow spot and rust, and should include sugarcane bacilliform virus and yellow leaf syndrome when techniques for handling these diseases improve. Priorities for further research should be reviewed at the conclusion of the initial yield loss research. The effect of the important exotic disease, smut, has been well researched overseas.Item BS172S Pathogen Risk Analysis to Prioritise Research and Quarantine Needs of the Australian Sugar Industry. A Review of Sugarcane Diseases of Quarantine Risk to the Australian Sugar Industry, 1997(BSES, 1997) Croft, BJ; Magarey, RCThe major diseases of economic importance to sugarcane have been identified and their quarantine risk for Australia has been reviewed. Twelve high to moderate risk quarantinable diseases were identified. Sugarcane smut must be considered the highest risk disease for Australia. It has a history of spread to new countries, is a major disease in all countries where it is present, both tropical and sub-tropical. Smut has recently spread to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia and Indonesian plans to commence new sugarcane plantations on East Timor and Irian Jaya will increase the risk of smut entering Australia. Other diseases of serious risk are downy mildew, Fiji disease, Ramu stunt, mosaic and leaf scald. The first three are of particular concern because of their presence in Papua New Guinea and because of reported illegal imports of sugarcane cuttings and related species from Papua New Guinea into the Cairns region. Restriction of the movement of these diseases into or within Australia is essential for the continued competitiveness of the Australian sugar industry. All of these diseases should be considered quarantinable for Australia.Item BS172S Pathogen risk analysis to prioritise research and quarantine needs of the Australian Sugar Industry(BSES, 1996) Croft, BJSugarcane smut and RSD occur at a high incidence and severity in the Indonesian sugar industry. Indonesia plans to close small factories and plantations on Java and establish new plantations on Irian Jaya, East Timor and Sulawesi. Movement of cane diseases in particular smut to these islands, which are closer to Australia, must be considered a major threat to the Australian Sugar Industry. Immediate discussions should be commenced to develop a plan to assist the Indonesians to prevent diseases from entering these new plantations, especially on Irian Jaya.The Indonesian Sugar Research Institute strongly supports our proposed ACIAR project. The Institute has good facilities and should provide a good partner in attempts to improve quarantine in the region.Other diseases of quarantine significance to Australia in Indonesia are leaf scorch which occurs on Sumatra and strain B and E of sugarcane mosaic. Downy mildew and Fiji disease occur in Irian Jaya, but not in commercial plantations.Assisting the Indonesian Sugar Industry to control diseases, especially smut, is in the long term interests of Australia as this will reduce the risk of this serious disease entering Australia