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Australian sugar industry soil health benchmarking in the Central region of Qld - increasing profit and transforming soil health practices through cooperative industry research, extension and adoption logo
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Australian sugar industry soil health benchmarking in the Central region of Qld - increasing profit and transforming soil health practices through cooperative industry research, extension and adoption

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

This project will directly address soil and nutrient management practices which have off-farm impacts on water quality of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Embedding land managers in testing and trialling research innovation builds capacity, capability and beneficial networks. Improved soil health increases the soil’s capacity to store and use water...

1 Jul 2019 - 15 Dec 2021

Queensland, Australia

Advancing techniques for diagnosis of yellow canopy syndrome logo
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Advancing techniques for diagnosis of yellow canopy syndrome

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

This PhD project, which is funded through the GRDC-led Rural R&D for Profit project “Boosting diagnostic capacity for plant production industries”, is working on improved techniques for diagnosing yellow canopy syndrome (YCS). Although the cause of this syndrome is currently not fully defined the role of insects is one research...

30 Dec 2019 - 13 Apr 2023

Queensland, Australia

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Genetic solutions for determining fibre quality traits in sugarcane logo
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Genetic solutions for determining fibre quality traits in sugarcane

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

In the last few years, sugar cane varieties have been released that have caused milling problems. These “soft cane” varieties have fibre quality measurements that sit outside the normal range, and their “softness” can result in mill stoppages and revenue loss. Fibre quality measurement is labour intensive and time consuming...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2023

Queensland, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Australian sugar industry training - Development of factory training modules - Phase 2 logo
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Australian sugar industry training - Development of factory training modules - Phase 2

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

With the increasingly transient nature of the workforce, the training systems for the Australian sugar industry need to be developed so that operator training can be undertaken at any time. The on-line training courses developed and available on the Australian Sugar Industry Training Learning Management System (ASIT LMS) allow training...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 May 2022

Queensland, Australia

Validating high throughput phenomics technologies for sugarcane clonal selection logo
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Validating high throughput phenomics technologies for sugarcane clonal selection

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

High yielding optimally adopted varieties are crucial to increase industry profitability and maintain sustainability. However, in recent years, genetic gains have stagnated across most sugarcane breeding programs including in Australia. The breeding program currently uses a selection index based on traits like cane yield, sugar and fibre content. However, these...

1 Jul 2019 - 30 Sep 2022

Queensland, Australia

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Improving pan-stage performance by on-line monitoring of C seed grainings using the ITECA Crystobserver logo
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Improving pan-stage performance by on-line monitoring of C seed grainings using the ITECA Crystobserver

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Pan stage crystallisation is largely undertaken without direct control of the main process parameters. For example, there is no supersaturation measurement and no on-line crystal sizing system. Indirect measures such as conductivity and ad hoc checking of proof samples under a microscope are currently used. Tighter control of the pan...

1 May 2020 - 1 May 2022

Queensland, Australia

Genetic analysis and marker delivery for sugarcane breeding logo
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Genetic analysis and marker delivery for sugarcane breeding

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

New varieties are the major drivers of productivity in the Australian sugarcane industry. However, the development of new varieties takes approximately 12 years, and many important traits such as disease resistance are only assessed relatively late in the breeding cycle. The use of molecular markers linked to key traits in...

1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

Queensland, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Implementing and validating genomic selection in SRA breeding programs to accelerate improvements in yield, commercial cane sugar, and other key traits logo
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Implementing and validating genomic selection in SRA breeding programs to accelerate improvements in yield, commercial cane sugar, and other key traits

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Improvement in yields in sugarcane has been slow, particularly in the last decade, despite the fact that yield is one of the major drivers of profitability (with a 1% improvement in yield being worth $12.5M per annum to the Australian sugarcane industry). The low rates of yield improvement reflect the...

1 Jul 2017 - 1 Jul 2022

Queensland, Australia

Maximising cane recovery through development of a harvesting decision support tool logo
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Maximising cane recovery through development of a harvesting decision support tool

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

Harvest losses in the sugarcane industry have been estimated to be over 10% in the form of cane loss, billet damage and high extraneous matter. Also, it is estimated that an additional 15% (approximately 4.5m tonnes) of industry-wide tonnage is required to maintain the viability of mills. As a result,...

1 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2023

Queensland, Australia

Eliminating roll arcing logo
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Eliminating roll arcing

Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

The extraction of sugar from cane stalks involves passing crushed stalk material between a series of large metal rolls to squeeze out the juice. Roll arcing, the roughening of mill rolls through a welding process, represents a major maintenance cost for mills, and is also a significant health, safety and...

1 Jul 2019 - 1 Aug 2022

Queensland, Australia