Browsing Pest, disease and weed management by Author "Cox, MC"
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Effects of pachymetra root rot and nematodes on some elite sugarcane clones in Australia
Bhuiyan, SA; Croft, BJ; Wong, E; Ogden-Brown, J; Turner, M; Parfitt, R; Magarey, RC; Bull, J; Cox, MC (ASSCT, 2016)PACHYMETRA ROOT ROT and nematodes are the two most important soil-borne pathogens of sugarcane in Australia. An experiment was established in Yandaran, Queensland in grey forest soil with high Pachymetra spore counts (>100 ... -
How do current ratings of sugarcane varieties for resistance to smut relate to natural infection
Bhuiyan, SA; Cox, MC; Croft, BJ (ASSCT, 2018)SUGARCANE SMUT, CAUSED by a fungus Sporisorium scitamineum, is an important disease of sugarcane in Australia. Sugarcane smut can be managed effectively through the propagation of resistant varieties. In Sugar Research ... -
Plant resistance to canegrubs : SRDC final report BSS132
Allsopp, PG; Cox, MC; Nutt, KA (BSES, 2002)The project sought to determine the range and types of resistances to feeding by canegrubs in sugarcane clones and their wild relatives. Resistance was tested in both pot trials and field trials and the importance of ... -
SmutBuster: accelerated breeding of smut-resistant sugarcane varieties : SRDC final report BSS325
Cox, MC; Croft, BJ; Bonnett, G (BSES, 2011)Sugarcane smut is caused by the fungus, Ustilago scitaminea Syd., and is one of the most serious diseases of sugarcane. At the end of 1983, only the sugar industries of Australia and Fiji remained free from smut. Sugarcane ...