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Handy tips – Nutgrass
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Nutgrass competes intensely with cane for water and nutrients and can affect cane emergence and growth even before it emerges.
Pre-emergent herbicide options to help growers overcome diruon restrictions
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
A recent collaborative demonstration—between Sugar Research Australia, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), and Plane Creek Productivity Services—has shown that other pre-emergent herbicide strategies ...
Stool tipping? Yellowing? Gaps in ratoons? Maybe you’ve got canegrubs
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
With 19 different species, canegrubs have the highest potential of all our pests to cause economic loss.
Metering technology for liquid insecticide and herbicide application
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Metering systems have been used in other cropping systems for many years to precisely apply insecticides and herbicides. This technology is now beginning to be used by sugarcane growers.
Diuron – can we keep it?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Although good progress was made towards achieving the Reef Protection Plan’s 2013 target of a 50 per cent reduction in pesticide loads, with water quality improvement continuing to be a major priority, a new target of 60 ...