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Final report Improving the cation retention capacity of cane-growing soils using high activity clays
(2009)
The Australian sugar industry largely relies on tropical soils that have low cation exchange capacities (CEC) and are prone to becoming deficient in Ca, Mg and K without appropriate management. Adding bentonite is an option ...
SRDC Reseach Project final report Building grower capacity to understand and better manage groundwater
(2009)
The Upper Haughton Water Balance Study - Building grower capacity to understand and better manage groundwater commenced in July 2006 after growers expressed concerns at the rising groundwater table in the Burdekin River ...
GIVE 2009 project report
(2009)
The Grower Innovation Virtual Expo (GIVE 09) was hosted by the Herbert Young Farmers and Herbert and Tully grower groups. The event was also supported by Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited (HCPSL), Tully Cane ...
The next step for Precision Agriculture : SRA Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2009)
Growers in the Homebush Innovative Growers Group are well aware of the within-paddock variability that occurs within paddocks. The adoption of electrical conductivity (EC) soil mapping technology verified the patterns of ...
Preparing the Sugar Industry for Climate Change and Emissions Trading Workshop
(2009)
This document provides a brief summary of key points arising from a climate change workshop held in Brisbane on June 19, 2009.
The operation of the two-in-one harvesting attachment in a controlled traffic system : SRA Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2009)
The project has developed an automatic base cutter system to assist harvester operators utilising the Two in One harvesting attachment. The trial results have proven that the Two in One system offers: The potential to ...
Improved train safety through improved locomotive braking performance : SRDC final report QUT019
(Sugar Research Institute, 2009)
The safe operation of the cane railway, in the same way as for mainline railways, is gaining greater attention. One important aspect of safe operation is the ability to stop a train in an acceptable distance (or time). ...
Smut-proofing the Australian industry - ensuring a reliable cane supply through reduced genetic vulnerability to sugarcane smut
(BSES, 2009)
Since the smut incursion and subsequent spread of the disease breeding for smut resistance has become an essential priority for the BSES-CSIRO Variety Improvement program. The strategy that has been adopted includes the ...
Review of moth-borer resistance screening and report on visit to SASRI
(BSES, 2009)
Information on procedures for screening sugarcane varieties for resistance to moth borers and associated research was obtained by a search of literature and by a 2-week visit to SASRI
Review of the R&D response to sugarcane smut with special reference to the SmutBuster Research Program : 16-20 February 2009
(BSES, 2009)
The BSES-CSIRO sugarcane improvement joint venture was successful in obtaining the funding for work towards the development of productive, smut-resistant varieties in a project called SmutBuster. The SRDC-BSES research ...