by Poovie Govender | Nov 19, 2019 | News
A new poster guide has just been published to assist sugarcane growers with deciding on appropriate times of the year for applying chemical ripeners, either to ripen sugarcane or for late-season quality maintenance. These timings have been done for all individual and...
by Poovie Govender | Nov 7, 2019 | News
The InfoPack disc that was previously published by SASRI on an annual basis has been discontinued.You will now be able to find all InfoPack content by selecting Knowledge Hub from the menu on this website.
by Come Alive | Aug 2, 2019 | Eldana, News, Sugarcane
This season, flowering has been particularly profuse, especially in varieties prone to flowering e.g. N23, N27, N42. Heavily flowered cane should not carried over to next season and these fields should be harvested before September. As a rule of thumb, fields with...
by Come Alive | Aug 2, 2019 | Eldana, News, Sugarcane
In eldana-prone areas, ensure that you have planned your IRAC-compliant insecticide spray programme on carry-over cane. You must regularly scout your cane. This will allow a good sense very early on of which fields will require spraying. Yellow sugarcane aphid (YSA)...
by Come Alive | Aug 2, 2019 | Eldana, News, Pests, Sugarcane
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) continues to be promoted by SASRI Over the last two or three seasons, the topic of eldana control in the Midlands has been largely dominated by chemical control. Whilst this is an effective way of maintaining control of eldana...
