The Australian sugarcane industry has been fortunate not to have several significant insect pests that exist overseas. Moth borers are a particular concern to the Australian sugar industry due to the heavy losses they cause overseas and their potential to colonise new...
On 4 June 2012, Oriental rice thrips, Stenchaetothrips biformis (Bagnall), was detected damaging sugarcane seedlings on the BSES Experiment Station at Meringa, Mulgrave region, Queensland. It has since been detected on young cane plants on two other farms in the...
Plant samples showing signs of Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) collected since 2013 were subjected to various traditional and molecular pathology tests. The samples were screened with specific tests for known sugarcane pathogens and a range of generic tests for unknown...
Sugar production in Ramu, Papua New Guinea (PNG) commenced in 1982. PNG being the home of sugarcane, there has been constant pressure from indigenous pests and diseases, which have presented major challenges for commercial sugar production in the last 35 years at...
