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    • Diseases of Australian sugarcane field guide 

      Magarey, R (BSES, 2013)
      This guide has been designed for practical ‘in-field’ use. Text is kept to a minimum and symbols are used to convey information.

    • Yellow Canopy Syndrome Update 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Yellow Canopy Syndrome Update, August 2013

    • CaneConnection Spring 2013 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Full edition of CaneConnection, Spring 2013

    • CaneConnection Summer 2013 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Full edition of CaneConnection, Summer 2014

    • Milling Matters Issue 1 2014 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)

    • Milling Matters Issue 2 2014 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)

    • Improving nutrient application improves water quality and farm profitability 

      Calcino, D (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      The maintenance of good quality water, whether drinking water, river water or ocean water, is in everyone’s interest. Over the last couple of decades, the sugar industry has played a significant part in attempting to address ...

    • Welcome to the 2014 winter edition of CaneConnection 

      Ward, A (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      A good crop starts with planting the right variety using high-quality plant material. So, in this edition of CaneConnection, we preview three new varieties selected by the Herbert Variety Adoption Committee for production ...

    • Serious economic loss for growers and millers 

      Patane, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      A prototype infield sucrose loss measurement system (ISMS) developed by the SRA engineering team has been successfully tested over the past four harvesting seasons from Mareeba down to NSW.

    • Improving harvesting efficiency 

      Patane, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      There are a number of actions that growers and operators can do to make this season’s and future harvests more efficient, to improve the productivity and profitability of their farming operations.

    • Local industries to drive the improvement of harvesting practices 

      Patane, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Each year the Australian sugar industry incurs avoidable cane losses during the harvesting process. Two new Regional Applied Research (RAR) projects, funded by SRA and led by productivity services groups with their local ...

    • Billet quality – a key element for planting success 

      Patane, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Planting is a major cost to the industry. It is important to get good plant establishment as it affects your ongoing returns through the crop cycle. Paying careful attention to the any components of the billet planting ...

    • Regional round-up of newly available varieties 

      Fletcher, R (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      With planting beginning soon, it’s time to consider which new varieties you might trial on your farm this year.

    • Resistant varieties are the only solution to Pachymetra root rot 

      Plunkett, G; Magarey, R (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Pachymetra root rot (Pachymetra) is a major disease which will reduce your yields. In a survey of the Tully Mill area in 2004, the economic loss from Pachymetra totalled over $900,000. Resistant varieties are the only ...

    • Planning the summer fallow 

      Hussey, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Fallowing should be an integral part of the cane production cycle. The fallow period provides a break from the cane monoculture and has important soil health benefits. However, the strategy you use needs to be one that ...

    • Beware of diseases that have an effect on plant emergence 

      Ogden-Brown, J (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      With the new planting season approaching, it is important that growers know about the soil-borne diseases that could affect the emergence of planted crops.

    • Varieties wrap up 

      Plunkett, G; Fletcher, R (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      The Herbert region Variety Adoption Committee has agreed to release Q226A, Q250A and Q253A this season. Growers can access material of these varieties from Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited in 2014.

    • 2014 variety wrap-up 

      Fletcher, R (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      At this time of year SRA’s Plant Breeding team is in the final stages of harvesting, measuring and recording all variety trials. The focus will shortly turn to the analysis of trial results in preparation for next year’s ...

    • Irrigation : one of the keys to reaching yield potential 

      Hussey, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Sugarcane grows fastest under conditions of adequate moisture, sunlight and temperatures over 24°C. Growth measurements of over 40 mm per day have been recorded. In the absence of growth restraints such as weeds, pests, ...

    • Managing poor drainage and waterlogging to improve sugarcane yields 

      Davis, M (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Excess water in the form of flooding or waterlogging can have serious impacts on crop growth.