Tracing the origins of ratoon stunting disease (RSD) of sugarcane

Abstract

Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Anthony Young, used an SRA Travel and Learning Award to visit the Indonesian Sugar Research Institute (ISRI), East Java, in August 2016. Ratoon stunting disease (RSD) has caused untold yield losses to the sugar industries of Australia and the world for at least 70 years