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...
