Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) is a new problem affecting the Australian sugar industry. It was first reported in 2012 and has increased in occurrence and spread from the initial reports in North Queensland to further south in Mackay last year. While the causal agent is...
The smut susceptible sugarcane cultivar Q117 has been the main commercial variety used for routine transformation research in Australia. With the recent smut incursion however, it is imperative that all future genetic modification (GM) research leading to commercial...