EEF60 is a joint initiative of Queensland CANEGROWERS and SRA, with SRA as the lead research agency, and a number of productivity services organisations partnering in the project to deliver extension to industry.

A new project is looking at sugarcane roots in relation to genetics, environment, and management, and working toward important new information for the Australian sugarcane industry.

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Diverse Workforce adds value to sugarcane RD&A

Roots make up a large part of the sugarcane plant, but they are difficult to research and not very well understood. However, an early-career research project has looked at the application of DNA technology to make understanding ...

The importance of testing for soil pathogens is already well understood and established, and current research is looking at the application of new technology for our industry to deliver improvements and efficiencies.

Eumetopina flavipes Muir (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) Common name Island sugarcane planthopper Distribution Papua New Guinea (PNG), Torres Strait Islands (TSI) and northern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia (Bourke ...

The genus Scirpophaga Treitschke belongs to the family Pyralidae, subfamily Schoenobiinae. Members of this genus are mainly stem borers of graminaceous crops. The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental ...

Genus Chilo Zincken Larvae of all Chilo species are stemborers that attack gramineous plants. The genus Chilo contains 41 species, mainly distributed in the Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. Because many Chilo species are ...

Driving adoption of new and existing technologies is one of the key initiatives that SRA will focus on to improve the production, profitability and sustainability of businesses of our members and levy payers.