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A review of nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane
(2015)
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem, providing both substantial economic benefit to Australia and significant international ecological value. The health of the GBR is under pressure ...
Assessing the impact of biochar in the Herbert cane industry.
(2015)
Biochar is the charred by-product of biomass pyrolysis, the heating of plant-derived material in the absence of oxygen in order to capture combustible gases. It is generally accepted that biochar is a highly stable form ...
Herbert Water Quality Monitoring Project: final Report 2011/003
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
The Herbert River Catchment is situated in the Wet Tropics Region of Far North Queensland and covers approximately 10,000 square kilometers and unlike many other coastal streams in the wet tropics, the Herbert River has a ...
Improvement of internal soil drainage and yield on heavy clay soils in the Herbert.
(2015)
The Herbert consists of large areas of clay soils being approximately 60% of soils being sugarcane farmed within the region. These soils are usually nutritionally fertile; however yield potential is limited due to waterlogging. ...
Implement supervisory/advisory control of pan and fugal stations : final report 2010/038
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
Flocculation and sedimentation of slow settling mud and mud cake conditioning : final report 2012/056
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
The project aimed to improve the flocculation and sedimentation of slow settling mud, and reduce the pol/moisture content of mill mud by: Identifying key parameters which are associated with difficult to clarify soils; ...
Biomass characterisation facility for extended stockpile model accuracy and capability: final report project 2011/049
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
Two issues critical to the design and operation of stockpiles are prevention of spontaneous combustion and minimisation of loss of heating value due to deterioration. There are currently few tools available to the industry ...
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 ...
Biological factors driving YCS
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) was first observed in 2012 in the Central and Northern cane-growing regions in Australia and has since spread much further south. The 2015 season is particularly bad in the Mackay and Proserpine ...
Preparing the Australian sugar industry for exotic disease threats: final report 2009/033
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
Previous field resistance trial data for downy mildew, Ramu stunt and Sesamia grisescens collected in PNG since the mid-1980s were accessed, analysed and information used as a foundation for project field resistance screening ...