| Biosecurity |
| Sterile Insect Technology: 1) Field performance of sterilized males. |
| The effect, distribution and diversity of Maize Streak Virus and its leaf hopper vector(s) in the South African sugar industry. |
| Mating disruption and attract-and-kill as IPM tools for Chilo sacchariphagus suppression in Mozambique. |
| Optimisation and extensive validation of the brown rust risk model. |
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| Biology and Ecology |
| Sugarcane thrips, Fulmekiola serrata: Industry-wide surveys, modeling, crop loss. |
| Extended Deadline: Due to need to continue monitoring thrips populations for modelling purposes. |
| Consequences of SCYLV infection on five rain-fed and one irrigated sugarcane variety. |
| Chemical Ecology and induced resistance in defense against pests and diseases. |
| Effects of Wolbachia infection on interactions between insect parasitoids and their stalk borer hosts. |
| Yield loss due to sugarcane thrips in annual drip irrigated s ugarcane crop. |
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| Resistance |
| Sour rot: what influences its development? |
| Rapid means of mass screening for pest and disease resistance. |
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Biological control, cultural and environmental practices
Development of methodology for the control of eldana based on its interaction with Fusarium species Pt 3. |
| Variety mixtures to reduce crop loss from nematodes, diseases and eldana. |
| Indigenous entomopathogens 2. Field trials and product registration. |
| Towards a crop nutritional IPM method to reduce the impact of pests and diseases on plant cane. |
| Implementation of push-pull for eldana control on an area wide basis. |
| Investigating bio-pesticides for African sugarcane white grubs. |
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| Agrochemicals |
Early application of insecticides and pathogens for pest control.
Use of a coded product (SASACYN12A) in Cynodon, Cyperus and Digitaria infested fields. |
| Trash Moth Control in Swaziland. |
| Residual effects of selected herbicides on the growth and development of sugarcane. |
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| Technology Development |
| Development of dual in vitro passage and cold storage technology for the provision of disease free plants to industry. |
| Guidelines for LPD&VCC Surveys. |
| Effect of major diseases on yield under irrigated conditions. |
| Methods to reduce virus transmission in certified nurseries. |
| Investigation into options for the suppression of grasshopper infestations. |
| Development of quantitative real time PCR diagnostic tests. |
| An alternative method for diagnosing ratoon stunting disease (RSD) diagnosis. |
| Development of Incursion Management Plans for priority pest and disease biosecurity threats. |
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| Long Term projects |
| Variety Evaluation - Nematodes Project. |
| Variety Evaluation - Diseases Project. |
| Variety Evaluation – Phytotoxicity of selected herbicides to new varieties. |
| Additional chemistries and strategies for sugarcane pest, nematode, disease and weed control. |