Browsing Pest, disease and weed management by Author "Sugar Research Australia Limited"
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Barcoding a tool to assist the industry to manage insect incursions
Braithwaite, K; Chandler, K; Sallam, N (ASSCT, 2015)THE AUSTRALIAN SUGARCANE industry has been fortunate not to have several significant insect pests that exist overseas. Moth borers are a particular concern to the Australian sugar industry due to the heavy losses they cause ... -
Biosecurity research in PNG 2015-2017
Magarey, RC; Braithwaite, KS; Kuniata, LS; Thompson, NP; Korowi, K; Samson, PR; Tom, L; Sallam, N; Derby, L (ASSCT, 2018)PAPUA NEW GUINEA is the centre of diversity for several species in the genus Saccharum, including S. officinarum, selections of which constituted the first commercial sugarcane varieties in Australia. Apart from providing ... -
Can directed-spray strategies control Guinea Grass stools? : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Fillols, E; Staier, TN (ASSCT, 2019)Guinea grass is a troublesome perennial grass in our sugarcane farming system. Despite a range of effective pre-emergent and early post-emergent herbicides, optimum spray windows are often missed and established Guinea ... -
Chlorotic streak resistance screening in the Tully district
Magarey, RC; Sevntek, K; Bull, JI; Stringer, JK; Zamora, R (ASSCT, 2016)CHLOROTIC STREAK DISEASE (CSD) was first recognised more than 85 years ago and is present in most cane-growing countries around the world. An important management strategy is the use of resistant varieties; past research ... -
Chlorotic streak transmission and crop dynamics research
Magarey, RC; Sventek, K; Bull, JI; Braithwaite, KS (ASSCT, 2016)CHLOROTIC STREAK DISEASE (CSD) is transmitted in water, specifically drainage, flood or irrigation water. Research showed that transmission in water was increased by the addition of oxytetracyline (Terramycin). A two-hour ... -
Combining weed efficacy, economics and environmental considerations for improved herbicide management in the Great Barrier Reef catchment area
Fillols, E; Davis, AM; Lewis, SE; Ward, A (Science of the Total Environment, 2020)The current Australian sugarcane industry transition toward adoption of an ‘alternative’ herbicide strategy as part of improved environmental stewardship is increasingly complicated by recent farming system, regulatory and ... -
Developing an alternative herbicide management strategy to replace PSII herbicides in the Wet Tropics area : final report 2014/050
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Does rotating cultivars with intermediate resistance influence pachymetra root rot of sugarcane : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Jensen, AS; Croft, BJ; Parfitt, RC; Brown, PH (ASSCT, 2019)Concerns have been raised by industry members over lower than expected cane yields associated with high oospore levels in sugarcane cultivars rated to have intermediate resistance to pachymetra root rot. This is a significant ... -
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 ... -
Factors affecting the distribution of the vine species in sugarcane: results of GIS surveys in Central Queensland
Fillols, E; Areif, V; Staier, T (ASSCT, 2015)Extracted from the Proceedings of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technology, Volume 37, 2015. -
Genetic diversity among populations of soldier flies : ASSCT poster paper
Braithwaite, K; Lindsay, K; Jennings, J (ASSCT, 2019)Soldier flies are a serious pest in several regions of the industry. Because they were often considered a localised problem, their impact has largely gone unrecognised. However, in recent years there has been a concerted ... -
Giving it our best shot in the war against soldier flies - future research directions : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Lenancker, P; Powell, K (ASSCT, 2021)Soldier flies are economically damaging pests of sugarcane, particularly in central and southern Queensland. Despite decades of research on soldier fly control, the search for an effective management approach, except for ... -
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 ... -
Incidence and economic effects of ratoon stunting disease on the Queensland sugarcane industry : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Magarey, RC; McHardie, R; Hession, M; Cripps, G; Burgess, D; Spannagle, B; Sutherland, P; Di Bella, L; Milla, R; Millar, F; Schembri, A; Baxter, D; Hetherington, M; Turner, M; Jakins, A; Quinn, B; Kalkhoran, SS; Gibbs, L; Ngo, C (ASSCT, 2021)Ratoon stunting disease (RSD) has had a significant influence on productivity and profitability in the Australian sugarcane industry for at least the last 76 years. There have been few attempts to objectively quantify ... -
Innovation in disease management; where to next : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Magarey, RC (ASSCT, 2019)New technologies offer considerable scope for the refinement of disease management in the Australian sugarcane industry. While resistant cultivars, disease-free plant sources, crop termination and quarantine have provided ... -
Molecular assay of major soilborne sugarcane pathogens for better exploitation of commercial varieties : final report 2016/047
Magarey, RC (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)A commercial assay service, based on specific DNA tests for soil-borne pathogens, has been developed for various cropping industries by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Adelaide. A unique ... -
Optimising spot spraying for controlling Guinea Grass : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Staier, TN; Fillols, E (ASSCT, 2019)Established Guinea grass stools are commonly found in our sugarcane-farming system. No registered herbicides that are both effective on perennial Guinea grass stools and selective to sugarcane are available. Directed-spray ... -
Pachymetra root rot surveys of the Tully district update 2018 : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
Shannon, GJ; Magarey, RC; Macgillycuddy, L; Stringer, JK; Lewis, M (ASSCT, 2019)Pachymetra root rot is a soil-borne disease that impacts all sectors of the Australian sugar industry. The disease attacks the root system of sugarcane crops, affecting yields and leading to stool loss and shortened crop ... -
Plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes associated with sugarcane in North Queensland
Bull, J; Stirling, GR; Magarey, R (ASSCT, 2018)SURVEYS OF NORTH Queensland sugarcane soils indicated that root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus zeae) was the most important nematode pest because it occurred in most fields and was often present at high population densities. ... -
Securing Australia from PNG biosecurity threats : final report 2015/046
Magarey, RC; Braithwaite,K; Thompson, N (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the centre of diversity for several Saccharum species (S. officinarum, S. edule, S robustum) and supports indigenous pests and diseases of sugarcane. These threaten Australian commercial sugarcane ...