An analysis of time series Landsat imagery acquired over the Bundaberg region between 2010 and 2015 identified variations in annual crop vigour trends, as determined by greenness normalised difference vegetation index (GNDVI). On average, early to mid-April was...
Recent productivity reviews in the Herbert and Central regions identified strong negative correlations between excessive rainfall and productivity. Waterlogging has been estimated to reduce yield by 0.5 t/ha for every day the water-table is within 50 cm of the soil...
The Australian sugar industry is under increasing environmental pressure to improve nitrogen (N) use efficiency. This will require a greater understanding of processes affecting N availability and crop N demand in sugarcane farming systems. A field experiment was...
Researchers routinely use ‘blocking’ as a technique to reduce the natural variation within field experiments. This enables treatments to be compared without the confounding effects of differences in environmental factors such as soil type. However, it is...
