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Publications, annual reports from Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, BSES Limited and Sugar Research and Development Corporation.

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BSES 1975-2000
(BSES Limited, 2000)
BSES Limited is the principal provider of research, development and extension to the Australian sugarcane industry. Formed in 1900, BSES has a long history of applying good science to problems facing sugarcane production, and developing effective solutions that benefit the whole industry. Today, we work closely with Australian sugarcane growers, millers, harvest contractors and government to find ways to make sugarcane production more profitable and environmentally sustainable
Chemical sprays for weed control; a guide to building a suitable power spray : farm bulletin no. 12
(BSES, 1952) Vallance, LG
Weeds have been the bugbear of the farmer from time immemorial. They have added to his cost of production and limited the growth of his crops in no uncertain manner. It is safe to say that ever since man commenced to till the soil to provide himself with the food required for his existence the major portion of his unceasing toil has been devoted to the eradication of these unwanted pests. In the early days his good friend the horse assisted to lighten his burden. The advent of the internal combustion engine and the development of the fast moving high clearance tractor brought about an immeasurable improvement. In all these practices the methods were fundamentally similar in that the weeds were destroyed by mechanical breaking off, mutilation of essential growing parts or severance of roots from close contact with the soil. Tine and disc implements have been developed which will work efficiently under widely varying soil and crop conditions. Nevertheless there are limits to what a machine can do and certain of these limitations are imposed by the conditions necessary for the most favourable growth of the crop plant itself. An instance that immediately comes to mind is that the crop with which we are concerned - sugar cane-thrives best in moist soils in warm and humid climates. It is under such conditions that weeds make their most vigorous growth, but it is an unfortunate fact that the wetter the soil the less efficiently will soil disturbing implements operate. Above all, the question of cost is of paramount importance, and in an endeavour to reduce the ever mounting cost of production, cane growers have focussed their attention on the most recent developments of chemical weed control which give excellent promise of being efficient, economic and practicable.
Dwarf disease of sugar-cane : farm bulletin no. 8
(BSES, 1933) Bell, AF
Dwarf disease is a new and very destructive disease of sugar-cane which was discovered in the Mackay district in 1930. Fortunately the outbreak was discovered by officers of the Bureau in its very early stages, and by prompt circularisation of symptoms and methods of control the possibility of the outbreak assuming large proportions was prevented. This disease is quite unknown in other parts of the world, and so far has not been reported in any part of Queensland other than a section of the Mackay district. Although the reason for the sudden appearance of the disease in sugar-cane is a mystery, it could be explained on the assumption that it was transmitted to the cane from adjacent weeds or cultivated plants, such as occurs in the case of mosaic disease.
Farm fertility trials; results for the 1930 season : farm bulletin no. 1
(BSES, 1931) Kerr, HW
During the past milling season the first series of farm fertility trials was harvested. In all twenty-nine experiments were carried through successfully; these were distributed throughout the cane areas from Mossman to Nambour. The returns from these experiments provide us with some very useful information, and our results must be regarded as quite satisfactory. With the progress of time many of the minor defects from which the earlier trials have suffered will be eliminated, and the quality of the results should be improved as a consequence.
Farm fertility trials; results for the 1931 season : farm bulletin no. 3
(BSES, 1932) Kerr, HW
The first set of farm fertility trials was harvested during 1930, and the results therefrom were reported in Farm Bulletin No. 1. Many of the trials were re-fertilized at ratooning time-the treatments, in most cases, being identical with those applied to the plant crop. In addition, a new series of trials was set out on selected farms, and the results of all experiments harvested during 1931 ( both plant and ratoon crops), are included in the present pamphlet.
Farm fertility trials; review of the work of experiment stations results for the 1932 season : farm bulletin no. 7
(BSES, 1933) Kerr, HW
In presenting the results of the Farm Fertility Trials harvested during 1932, advantage is taken of the opportunity to review also the work of the past year on the Northern, Central, and Southern Ex1periment Stations. The results of plot experiments harvested on these Stations have already been recorded in the Annual Report of the Director, but as certain of them are of special interest, a detailed discussion of their more valuable features is again presented . Attention is directed particularly to those trials which aimed at determining the manurial value of molasses, and the possibilities of irrigation in those areas which are at present dependent on natural rainfall.
Fifty years of scientific progress : a historical review of the half century since the foundation of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations
(BSES, 1950)
Green manuring and soil organic matter : farm bulletin no. 10
(BSES) King, NJ
The following statement appears in 'Soil Conditions and Plant Growth,' by E. J. Russell. 'The effect of wild vegetation, sown grasses and clovers increasing the organic matter and nitrogen content of the soil, has long been known to soil cultivators. The old method of replenishing soil fertility was to alternate the periods of arable cultivation with a year's 'rest' when the land was left to cover itself with wild or self sown plants which were then ploughed under; this so-called fallow was prescribed one year in seven in the Mosaic law and one year in three in mediaeval England.'
Monthly notes on the greyback cane beetle and its control : farm bulletin no. 9
(BSES) Jarvis, E
Monthly notes on the greyback cane beetle and its control by Edmund Jarvis, entomologist.
Papers on cane culture, disease and pest control : farm bulletin no. 2
(BSES, 1931) Kerr, HW; Bell, AF; Mungomerey, RW
"Papers...read at the Second Annual Conference of the Queensland Society of Sugar-cane Technologists in March 1931, at Bundaberg, by officers of the Bureau." Fertilizers and their use/H.W. Kerr -- Tillage and cultivation/H.W. Kerr -- Sugar-cane diseases/Arthur F. Bell -- Cane breeding and its relation to disease control/Arthur F. Bell -- The present status of control of some Queensland sugar-cane pests
Seventy five years of scientific progress, 1900-1975
(BSES Limited, 1975)
Soils in their relationship to sugar cane culture; a series of 4 radio lectures from 4QG, June, 1932 : farm bulletin no. 5
(BSES, 1932) Kerr, HW
In its broad meaning soil is that friable upper layer of the earth composed for the most part of mineral matter resulting from the breaking up and decay of rocks. It is thus the product of rock weathering, brought about by the action of the destructive forces of nature. These forces include the stresses set up in the rock mass due to alternate heating and cooling and the action of running water as an abrasive agent, assisted by the sand and gravel which it carries along. In cooler regions the water which enters the cracks of the rock may become frozen, and the force exerted in this way tends further to open up the cracks and hasten the break-down of the rock. Under humid tropical conditions the rock decay is effected chiefly by the chemical action of water, aided by gases such as oxygen and carbonic acid which it carries in solution. The products of decay of vegetation are frequently acid substances which also exert a solvent influence.
Some notes and some comments on Bureau history
(BSES, 1970)
The historical notes which follow are necessarily brief; and Bureau staff will find considerably more detail, on some aspects, in "Fifty Years of Scientific Progress" and in the Annual Reports and Technical Communications which have been published. These notes are of a general nature; they do not pretend to be a history. History has a habit of being mislaid or forgotten if not put down on paper; the problem is to find time to collate and record the material. Considerable reference has been made to our Annual Reports; some of the very early information has come from Government files; and, in the more recent decades, there has been some dependence on memory - with all the dangers which that implies. Bureau staff have reason to be proud of their organiaation - it is the best of its kind in the cane sugar world. This eminence has not been achieved easily; and the credit goes to its individual staff members over the past seventy-one years, to its organization and administration, to the team work and dedication of the entire group, and to the industry which has so loyally supported it. Norman J, King. Director.
SRDC annual operational plan 1999/2000
(SRDC, 1999)
SRDC annual operational plan 2000/2001
(SRDC, 2000)
SRDC annual operational plan 2001/2002
(SRDC, 2001)
SRDC annual operational plan 2002/2003
(SRDC, 2002)
SRDC annual operational plan 2003/2004
(SRDC, 2003)
SRDC annual operational plan 2004/2005
(SRDC, 2004)
SRDC annual operational plan 2005/2006
(SRDC, 2005)