Director’s Message
The 2023 calendar year is now behind us, and the euphoria of winning the Rugby World Cup is a distant memory. In the context of some of the...
Managing Pests and Diseases
Preserve your varieties: control Smut! Smut continues to be problematic in some areas. In the irrigated north, the variety N41 remains under...
Longhorn Beetle Alert!
After a two-year period with no sightings of Longhorn beetle within the containment area, larvae were unfortunately discovered in August 2023 on...
Keeping your crop and soils healthy
It is not too late to take leaf samples, provided the crop has not undergone any stress during the last two months and the cane is the correct age...
Important off-season operations
Although regarded as the so-called ‘quiet time’ of the season, January – March is a period of maximum growth; it is therefore the time when maximum...
Innovative assessment of GM sugarcane for eldana resistance
SASRI is pioneering a promising solution to tackle one of the industry's most persistent pest problems - the dreaded stalk borer, eldana. This...
Rapid adaptation to climate change through mutation breeding
SASRI scientists are preparing for a hotter and drier world by using specialised breeding techniques in the laboratory to create sugarcane that will...
Weather
Review Industry average rainfall for the review period (August to December 2023) was above normal despite heightened fears of a dry summer due to...
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