Browsing Completed projects and reports by Title
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Strategic tillage to reduce soil structural degradation : SRDC final project report BSS143
(2004)The project was undertaken to assess the benefits of zonal tillage, where only the crop row is cultivated and the compacted inter-row is left as a permanent traffic zone.Focus groups of growers were convened to discuss ... -
Strategic tillage to reduce soil structural degradation and improve productivity : SRDC final project report BSS143
(2002)Focus groups of growers were convened to discuss industry attitude and reasons for non-adoption of reduced tillage planting. It was largely agreed that compared with ten to fifteen years ago the industry had moved to ... -
Strategies to control greyback canegrub in early harvested ratoon crops : SRDC final report IPB001
(BSES, 2002)Greyback canegrubs consistently cause losses of $5-10 million per year to sugarcane producers, with periodic disastrous outbreaks where losses are about $20-40 million. This indicates that the current strategy is inadequate ... -
Strategies to limit the impact of nematode pressure on sugarcane productivity in the Isis : final report 2013/071
(BSES, 2015)Two trials were done in this project. One was a continuation of work started under a previous GRDC/SRDC-funded activity, 'Strategies to improve the integration of legumes into cane based farming systems'. This trial aimed ... -
Strategies to manage soil-borne fungi and mitigate sugarcane yield decline : Final report 2013/101
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Culture–dependent and culture-independent analyses of sugarcane rhizosphere fungal and oomycete communities were conducted across two cropping seasons at two sites. Agronomic treatments included replant continuous cane, ... -
Strengthening capacity on sugarcane quarantine - implementing procedures from Visacane, CIRAD
(BSES, 2012)The project aimed to strengthen the capacity of Australian sugarcane quarantine by: Evaluating Visacane's (CIRAD, Montpellier) quarantine and diagnostic operations for sugarcane in post-entry quarantine - Discussing the ... -
Studies into races of sugarcane rust
(BSES, 1984)A technique was developed for testing for physiological races of sugarcane rust. A range of cultivars were inoculated with a single spore isolate of Puccinia melanocephala by discharging 3 mg of urediospores into a spore ... -
Studies on the biology of negatoria and childers Canegrubs as a basis for development of improved controls : SRDC final report BS77S
(BSES, 1998)The biology of the two most important species of canegrubs affecting sugarcane in southern Queensland. Childers canegrub (Antirogus parvulus Britton) and negatoria canegrub (Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn) was studied ... -
Study of the sugar and fuel alcohol markets in Brazil : SRDC final report
(SRDC, 1998)This is a study of the world's largest sugar producer, Brazil. Its purpose is to describe the highly complex recent trends in sugar policies, investment and exports, and in the innovative fuel alcohol program. And, it ... -
Study tour to New Zealand, control measures for canegrubs : Final report SRD06001
(BSES, 2006)Kerry Nutt and Rachael Fox visited researchers at HortResearch (Auckland and Palmerston North), Crop & Food and AgResearch (Lincoln). The CRCSIIB 1Bii project group currently uses the avidin transgene with the PPI vacuolar ... -
Sugar communities and resilience to change : opportunities for enhancing women's participation in sustainability initiatives
(Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC), 2008)This project was funded by SRDC, in partnership with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and the University of Queensland. The project commenced in November 2005 and this final report, completed in November 2008, summarises the ... -
Sugar farming systems development and demonstration on the wet tropical coast : Final report DPI014
(SRDC, 2002)The QDPI Sugar Solutions Project was an extension project focussing on group activities and on-farm demonstrations. Objectives of the project included the development and testing of alternative farming practices to improve ... -
Sugar industry productivity and data recording spatial data hub for research and extension : final report 2015/045
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)The Australian sugar industry was an early adopter of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and has considerable spatial data of where the crop has been grown. In some cases, data extends back for more than 20 years. When ... -
Sugar industry riparian management guidelines
(2001)The sugar industry is responding to increasing external scrutiny by improving its environmental credentials. The Canegrowers Environmental Audit identified as s high priority the need for the industry to integrate sound ... -
Sugar industry training on community engagement : final report BSS278
(2006)Two community engagement workshops were run by Coutts J&R for the New South Wales sugar industry. The first workshop focused on crisis and issues management. The second workshop focused on how best to use the NSW cogeneration ... -
Sugar Research & Development Corporation final report Pesticide transport in sugar production systems
(2000)The fate and persistence of a number of the key pesticides used in Australian sugar production have now been quantified for a range of soil types and conditions, In general there is no evidence of season-to-season build ... -
Sugar Research and Development Corporation final report Increasing sugar cane yields by improvements in soil structure
(1998)A project to increase sugar cane yields by improvements in soil structure was conducted at Broadwater, NSW. It was instigated in response to the poor physical structure of many cane soils and poor root development in many ... -
Sugar Research and Development Corporation final report Project CTA013 Spatial analysis of the impact of land use on nutrient loads within the Herbert River Catchment
(1998)This Project arose out of concerns for the apparent increase in nutrient and sediment contaminant loads in Queensland coastal waters since European settlement (e.g. DEAP Report, 1992). At the time of Project inception, the ... -
Sugar Research and Development Corporation scholarship program : Final report SRD014
(Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC), 2006)The Sugar Research Council (fore-runner of SRDC) was established in November 1987 and in their 1989/90 Annual Report stated “For the first time the Council funded two postgraduate scholarships as part of its human resource ... -
Sugar Research and Development Corporation scholarship program : Final report STU061
(BSES, 2008)In 2007, Palmina received funding to complete a coursework Masters in Communication majoring in Public Relations and Professional Communication at the University of Queensland. As part of the 18 month course, she completed ...