Browsing Information sheets and updates by Subject "Diseases"
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Information sheet : Do you know your rusts?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)There are two well-known rust diseases of sugarcane – orange rust caused by Puccinia kuehnii and brown rust caused by Puccinia melanocephala. During the 1970s brown rust spread to many sugar industries throughout the ... -
Information sheet : Green grassy shoot disease (GGSD)
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)Green grassy shoot disease (GGSD) was recognized for the first time in Thailand in the mid-1990s. Caused by a phytoplasma – a very small organism that lives in the phloem of the vascular bundles, the disease has ... -
Information sheet : Managing frost damage
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)Frost damage to sugarcane will vary with landscape position (it is generally worse in hollows and creek flats), variety and the openness of the crop. In small, open crops, damage goes further down the stalk ... -
Information sheet : Nematode resistant legumes as a rotational crop with sugarcane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)The two main types of nematodes that cause damage to sugarcane are root lesion nematode (RLN) and root knot nematodes (RKN). There are many other types of nematodes that can affect sugarcane, such as dagger ... -
Information sheet : Pokkah boeng
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)This fungus disease is found in all sugarcane growing regions, and generally occurs from late spring to the end of summer. It normally appears during periods of hot humid conditions when the cane is growing rapidly. ... -
Information sheet : Soil sampling
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)Soil sampling provides useful information about the chemical and nutrient properties of soil within a particular block. It will therefore assist in determining fertiliser type and rate. Soil sampling also ... -
Information sheet : Soldier fly
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)Soldier flies are native insects that naturally inhabit grasslands and can cause severe damage to sugarcane crops. There are two main species of soldier fly that attack sugarcane. Sugarcane soldier fly occurs ... -
Information sheet : White leaf disease (WLD)
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2022)White leaf disease (WLD) was first recognized in Thailand in the 1950s. The disease has caused serious yield losses in Thailand and has some similarities to grassy shoot (GSD) and green grassy shoot diseases ...