Sugarcane farmers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of soil health. However, there are limited tools by which the health of soils can be measured. Nematodes are known to be an excellent indicator of soil health, but their identification and enumeration...
Sugarcane bagasse is one of the most abundant agricultural biomass in the world. As a lignocellulosic biomass, sugarcane bagasse consists of sugar polymers (cellulose and hemicellulose, ~65%) and aromatic polymers (lignin, ~28%). Fractionation of sugarcane bagasse to...
Sugarcane molasses is rich in sugars and widely used as a low-cost energy source for feeding animals in Australia. Meanwhile, the use of prebiotics as feed additives to improve animal health and meat quality has gained increasing interest worldwide. Oligosaccharides...
The Australian sugarcane industry produces approximately 5 million dry tonnes of bagasse as a sugar production by-product. Sugarcane bagasse has been extensively studied for producing cellulosic biofuels, such as ethanol, as alternatives to fossil fuels. For...
Understanding inter-trait genetic association provides knowledge required for developing multiple-trait breeding strategies. In South Africa, stage-1 trials are planted using ?tramline? row spacing, while subsequent trials and commercial crops are planted using...
