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Date Accessioned2013-10-17
Date Available2013-10-17
Issued2007
Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11079/12686
AbstractThis project addresses the knowledge gap of how management affects soil biological processes. This is important because management has to maximise soil health and nutrient relations. Knowledge of soil biology in context of management strategies will allow optimising economic and environmental outcomes for the sugar industry. The project assessed how management options of the ‘new sugarcane farming system’ (reduced tillage, legume break crop, trash blanketing, and reduced nitrogen (N) fertiliser application), impact soil biology. We examined the functional groups and activity of soil microbes in context of soil N availability and gaseous emissions. Sugarcane soils in North and Southern Queensland, including the Yield Decline Joint Venture site in Ingham and two commercial farms with contrasting management practices in Bundaberg, were used for this research. A suite of well established and new methods were applied to analyse soil biological processes. A focus on soil microbiological processes is justified because microbes are the main drivers of N turnover in soil. Microbes supply N to crops by breaking down complex organic matter and soil-bound N, but also c This document has been developed by the Sugarcane Gene Technology Group (GTG) with assistance from Cox Inall Communications. The document provides a five year Strategic overview to guide communications across the sugar industry supply chain while GM cane technology is being developed for commercialisation. The document also provides a detailed two year Communications Plan to guide communications to engage stakeholders and raise industry awareness of GM issues and industry capacity to support GM cane commercialisation. The Sugarcane GTG is mindful of the commercialisation issues facing other agricultural industries, in particular the grains industry, and of the work of the Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PMIC) as it works towards facilitating a framework to enable commercialisation of products from GM technologies. There is a clear need for the establishment of a framework on an industry-by-industry basis. The Sugarcane GTG is working to develop such a framework for the sugar industry, and this document also assists in the communications of this endeavour.ompete with plants for more easily-accessible N. Microbes convert N into easily leachable nitrate and gaseous N forms and are drivers of carbon (C) turnover in the soil. These microbial processes have not been comprehensively studied in sugarcane soils with different management. A special focus of this study was the development and application of novel molecular techniques to monitor soil microbial gene expression. This approach allows microbial functional analysis by treating soil as a “super organism” rather than deducing function from the presence of particular microbial taxa which is biased towards known microbial taxa.
Languageen
Part of SeriesInternal Report; 2007 GTG001
SubjectGenetically modified (GM)
SubjectSugarcane Gene Technology Group
SubjectCommunications plan
SubjectGenetically modified
SubjectQualitative research
SubjectDeveloping capacity
SubjectMarketing strategy
TitleFacilitating the commercialisation of products from GM sugarcane : communications plan


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    Research outcomes: Research results and new technologies are communicated and transferred in an appropriate and timely manner across the industry value chain, supporting increased uptake of best-practice and innovative technology. A skilled advisory sector that drives the adoption of new technology. An industry knowledge base that incorporates and makes freely available the most up-to-date production methodologies to industry. Collaborative alliances, partnerships and networks that optimise synergies, integrate knowledge and share best-practices.

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