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Utilising a predictive model for the monitoring and management of canegrubs in the Mackay region by the Mount Kinchant Growers Group : SRDC Grower Group innovation project

Mount Kinchant Growers Group (BSES, 2010)

Of the nineteen canegrub species in Australia, greyback canegrub which occurs from Plane Creek northwards is the most important. Growers rely heavily on insecticides for greyback canegrub management, and effective ...

An integrated approach to nutgrass control : SRDC final report NFS002

Aitken, RL; Munro, AJ; McGuire, PJ (BSES, 2010)

This project aimed to formulate and promote an integrated approach to nutgrass control in sugarcane cropping systems. The project was a Grower Group Research Project undertaken from July 2007 to June 2010 by the NSW ...

Strategies to limit the impact of nematode pressure on sugarcane productivity in the Isis : final report 2013/071

Jakins, A; Quinn, B; Halpin, N; Ginns, S (BSES, 2015)

Two trials were done in this project. One was a continuation of work started under a previous GRDC/SRDC-funded activity, 'Strategies to improve the integration of legumes into cane based farming systems'. This trial aimed ...

Increasing productivity and profitablity in soldierfly-affected crops in the Pioneer Valley : SRDC Grower Group innovation project

Argent, P (BSES, 2008)

The aim of our project is to find a way to reduce the effect soldier fly has on a sugar cane crop and to reduce soldier fly numbers. On farm trials are being conducted after consulting entomologists that have experience ...

SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report Herbert cane growers strategic grub management implementing BSES decision making tools

Morley, G (BSES, 2013)

This project was a continuation of previous SRDC/BSES grub monitoring projects in Mulgrave and Mackay, and aimed to value add the previous findings of the very high importance of thorough grub monitoring Grower involvement ...

Mulgrave cane growers strategic grub management; implementing BSES decision-making tools : SRDC Grower Group innovation project

Day, J (BSES, 2010)

This project was a continuation of previous SRDC/BSES GrubPlan projects in which the importance of a thorough grub monitoring program was highlighted. Essentially, the need for more grower involvement led to the creation ...

SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report Precision spot spraying system: it works in grains will it work in cane?

Linton, J (BSES, 2009)

This project set out to test the suitability of new technology for precision herbicide application in sugarcane. WeedSeeker® sensors have been successfully used in broadacre situations; with individual case studies reporting ...

A monitoring-based system to enhance canegrub control best management practice for Isis sugarcane growers : final report GGP056

Stanley, W; Chandler, K (BSES, 2013)

The aim of GGP-056 was for growers to experience the effectiveness and practical value of monitoring canegrub risk as the basis for more cost-effective and efficient canegrub management: - taking the most appropriate ...