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Welcome to the second edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
With the crush now completed we focus on the new crop and laying the foundations to maximising productivity and profitability in the coming season. For every cropping cycle, obtaining the maximum yield potential starts ...
Exotic weed finds its way to Australia : Red witchweed : Striga asiatica
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Growers will be aware that the Class 1 Declared weed Striga asiatica (red witchweed) is present on a few farms in the Mackay area. Biosecurity Queensland is continuing to survey properties to define the weed’s distribution. ...
Calculating tissue-cultured plantlet orders
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Tissue culture is an excellent source of clean seed for all varieties and can help reduce the spread of serious diseases such as ratoon stunting disease, smut and Fiji leaf gall.
Benefits of controlled traffic farming : the Mackay experience
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Many growers in the Mackay region have moved to controlled traffic farming. This system is built on permanent wheel tracks where the crop zone and traffic lanes are permanently separated. Growers using this system have ...
Which fertiliser should I apply to my ratoons?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The 2013 harvest is well into the current season. Now until Christmas is the time the ratoons receive fertiliser to take them through the next 12 months. Which fertiliser do ratoons need and how much nutrient should be ...
Eyes on herbicides
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Growers will be very aware of the increasing scrutiny the sugarcane industry is under regarding herbicide run-off from farms.
Welcome to the first edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
In this edition we cover a variety of seasonally relevant issues as well as an update on our work into understanding Yellow Canopy Syndrome.
Information sheet : Northern Plant Breeding Program
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The SRA Plant Breeding Program in the Northern region targets the needs of the local sugar industry through the
optimised selection and release of more productive and disease-resistant varieties.
Information sheet : Herbert Plant Breeding Program
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The SRA Plant Breeding Program in the Herbert region targets the needs of the local sugar industry through the
optimised selection and release of more productive and disease-resistant varieties.
Information sheet : How to order sugarcane tissue culture
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
An SRA biotechnology innovation for rapid, large-scale
production of clean sugarcane seed cane.