Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) is a condition affecting Australian sugarcane that can lead to yield losses in excess of 30% in severely affected crops. The causal agent of this condition is unknown. Insect pests are well known causal agents of a wide variety of...
Moth borers present a major biosecurity threat to the Australian sugarcane industry, particularly the diverse and under studied fauna of Southeast Asia. Accurate identification of moth borer species is very challenging as adults generally lose key external diagnostic...
The soldier flies Inopus rubriceps (Macquart) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) and Inopus flavus (James) are endemic to Australia where they are economically important insect pests of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) (Allsopp and Robertson 1988). Small numbers of larvae can...
