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Remote sensing-based precision agriculture tools for the sugar industry : SRDC Final report DPI021
(2013)
This project aimed to develop remote sensing applications that were both relevant and of commercial benefit to the Australian sugar industry and therefore adoptable. Such applications included the in season mapping of crop ...
Investigate skip row configuration in sugar cane: Final report GGP046
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The aim of the project was to compare a double skip row sugarcane system with
conventional solid plant on 1.8 m row spacing. Comparisons were made of productivity,
profitability and water relationships. The skip row ...
Measurement of in-field sucrose loss by mobile refractometry : SRDC Final report BSS318
(2013)
A world-first mobile system to measure sugar loss during harvesting has been developed and successfully field tested. This sugar is lost in all parts of the field residue: trash, tops, smashed billets and juice extracted ...
Advancing Australian sugarcane farming systems : Final report 2013/803
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Vertical tillage principles were discussed vigorously at each strip tillage company visited. Most
notably the presentation given by Jerry Hatfield from Iowa State University gave the group a
thorough understanding of why ...
Developing a robust soybean industry in Central and Northern Queensland : Final report GGP060
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The benefits of using soybeans as a break crop during the traditional sugarcane crop fallow period has been well documented. Trials conducted under the SYDJV highlighted that legumes, such as soybeans, produced the following ...
Procedures for the establishment and operation of approved seed plots: fourth edition 2013
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Hot-water treatment of sugarcane cuttings (stalks or stalk pieces) to control the spread of
diseases and pests was pioneered in Australia. Hot-water treatment can reduce the risk of
cuttings being infected with ratoon ...