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Mulgrave cane growers strategic grub management; implementing BSES decision-making tools : SRDC Grower Group innovation project
(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 ...
Scoping study - remote sensing of sugarcane leaf diseases : FSRDC final report BSS295
(BSES, 2006)
Estimation of the incidence of sugarcane leaf diseases in the Australian sugar industry is largely confined to subjective estimates by Cane Productivity Services personnel. Resistance ratings for leaf diseases are applied ...
Characterisation and maintenance of the Australian sugarcane mapping populations
(BSES, 2003)
There were two major aims to this project. The first was to identify markers linked to major diseases of sugarcane that were difficult and expensive to select for. The second objective was to determine the cross-transferability ...
SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report Precision spot spraying system: it works in grains will it work in cane?
(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 ...
Efficacy of alternative pre-emergent herbicides applied in trash-blanketed ratoons in the Wet Tropics
(ASSCT, 2016)
As a result of continued exceedances in permissible pesticide levels in watercourses, the Australian sugar industry is under considerable environmental scrutiny, which has resulted in the restriction of use of products ...
Integrated pest management of soldier fly : SRDC final report BSS160
(BSES, 2001)
Soldier flies are a serious soil-dwelling pest of cane, and there is no insecticidal control available. In large-plot trials, numbers of soldier fly larvae in plant and first ratoon crops were lower after a long fallow, ...
A database of pest and disease incidence for the sugar industry : SRDC final report BS126S
(BSES, 1999)
This project established a system to collate, store and interrogate pest and disease data
that are collected annually by Queensland Cane Protection and Productivity Boards
(CPPBs). An Access database titled ‘Bugbuster’ ...
A monitoring-based system to enhance canegrub control best management practice for Isis sugarcane growers : final report GGP056
(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 ...
Overseas sugarcane quarantine and emergency response planning : SRDC final report BSS280
(BSES, 2005)
The aim of this trip was for Dr Mohamed Sallam, BSES entomologist, to gain experience in sugarcane biosecurity and to learn about sugarcane pest and disease problems in the United States. In addition Dr Sallam participated ...
Risk to the Australian Sugar Industry from exotic insect pests : Pest Incursion Management Plan version 1
(BSES, 1999)
In response to the risk of entry of animal diseases, which could not only affect animal industries but also human health, the AUSTVETPLAN concept was developed and refined over many years. AUSTVETPLAN contains detailed ...