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A guide to characterising Australian sugarcane soils
(CRC, 2003) Eldridge, SM
The purpose of this book is to help those who are variously responsible for developing, promulgating or implementing advice on how to best manage sugar soils in an agronomic context. In particular, it emphasises the importance of detailed knowledge of soils and describes how to select a research site and characterise a soil. The book provides contemporary understanding of the main soils of the sugar industry, how to recognise them and their key properties, how they behave, and how they should be managed. CRC Sugar is proud to have been able to sponsor the development of the book. We trust that it will prove a valuable resource for those whose task it is to ensure a healthy and sustainable future for the soils of the sugar lands.
Best-practice surface drainage for low-lying sugarcane lands Herbert District
(BSES, 2006) Reghenzani, JR; Roth, CR
A manual for extensionists and practitioners.
Soil-specific nutrient management guidelines for sugarcane production in the Bundaberg District
(BSES, 2007) Schroeder, B; Panitz, J; Wood, A; Moody, P; Salter, B
In 2003 and 2006 soil reference booklets for the Herbert and Proserpine districts respectively, entitled Soil Specific Management Guidelines for Sugarcane Production were produced for cane growers. Those booklets described the basic principles of soil management and presented nutrient guidelines for a range of soils. We are now in the position to present a similar booklet aimed at soil-specific nutrient management in the Bundaberg district. This is based on a methodology developed within an SRDC-funded project (Improved nutrient management in the Australian sugar industry) and research conducted in the area as part of an Envirofund project (Improved adoption of best-practice nutrient management: Bundaberg Sugar Industry).
Information sheet : Planting and managing your tissue culture plantlets in the field
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Planting and managing your tissue culture plantlets in the field, Info Sheet IS13086
Information sheet : Southern Region Plant Breeding Program
(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 : Assessing the sugar content of a crop for managing the harvesting sequence
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The Commercial Cane Sugar (CCS) of a crop can vary due to the variety; age of the crop; arrowing; and moisture; nutrient; or temperature stress. Growers can use a refractometer prior to each harvesting round to enable them to select blocks to harvest with potentially higher CCS to maximise whole-farm sugar yield.
Benefits of controlled traffic farming : the Mackay experience
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013) Hussey, B
Many growers in the Mackay region have moved to controlled traffic farming. This system is built on permanent wheel tracks where the crop zone and traffic lanes are permanently separated. Growers using this system have reaped a number of benefits.
Eyes on herbicides
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013) Ross, P
Growers will be very aware of the increasing scrutiny the sugarcane industry is under regarding herbicide run-off from farms.
The sugarcane advisors information kit
(2013) Vock, N
The material covered in the Sugarcane Advisors Information Kit includes information drawn from BSES’s Manual of Canegrowing (2000).
Information sheet : Crossing
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Information sheet : SmutBuster Program
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
What is SmutBuster?
For our growers in New South Wales
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
New soil management guidelines to help you manage costs and farm more sustainably. On-farm nutrient management should be based on a sound understanding of soils.
The fallow – one of the busiest times on the farm
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013) Hussey, B
While your land has a break from growing cane, you have an ideal opportunity to undertake many farm operations which are not possible during the normal growing period. Make the most of the opportunities which the fallow offers you to set your farm up for high-yielding profitable cane crops in the years to come.
Information sheet : Northern Plant Breeding Program
(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.
Which fertiliser should I apply to my ratoons?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013) Calcino, D
The 2013 harvest is well into the current season. Now until Christmas is the time the ratoons receive fertiliser to take them through the next 12 months. Which fertiliser do ratoons need and how much nutrient should be applied? The easiest, most reassuring way to work out which fertiliser a crop needs is to take a soil test. While it costs a few dollars, a soil test can potentially save a grower far more money. It provides the only sure method of knowing exactly what the crop requires.
Information sheet : Approved, released and recommended varieties; What is the difference?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
This information sheet explains:
Information sheet : Burdekin Plant Breeding Program
(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 : Leaf sampling for DNA fingerprinting
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
DNA fingerprinting is an extremely sensitive method for sugarcane variety identification. The following guidelines should be followed when collecting leaf samples for DNA fingerprinting analysis at AGRF.
Calculating tissue-cultured plantlet orders
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013) Plunkett, G; Fletcher, R
Tissue culture is an excellent source of clean seed for all varieties and can help reduce the spread of serious diseases such as ratoon stunting disease, smut and Fiji leaf gall.
CaneConnection Summer 2013
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Full edition of CaneConnection, Summer 2014