The Indonesian sugarcane industry in Java is affected by a number of moth borers that very substantially reduce the productivity of commercial crops and sugarcane streak mosaic virus has recently been identified in the Indonesian sugarcane industry. The Australian...
Since 2008, a team of scientists from Indonesia, Australia and France has been conducting pest and disease surveys and researching moth borer control in sugarcane in Java. As results from this ACIAR-funded research have become available, the extension phase of the...
Through an ACIAR project on pest and disease management in Indonesia, the impact of stemborers Chilo sacchariphagus and C. auricilius and the top borer Scirpophaga excerptalis on stalk yield components was studied in fields at Pesantren Baru Sugar Factory, East Java....
The greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum, remains a major problem in several sugarcane areas in the north Queensland despite years of control efforts. So far, research programs have been mainly focused on the larval stage and its damage to sugarcane fields....
