INFORMATION SHEETS AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2010

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1 INFORMATION SHEETS AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2010 Editorial Note: Please note that these Information Sheets are updated as and when the information contained herein becomes outdated. Please contact SASRI to enquire about updates. Please read the important information below before filing your Information Sheets. The following Information Sheets have been updated and must be replaced: 12.3 Registered chemicals for ripening sugarcane: Fusilade Forte 14.2 Principles of green manuring Obsolete Information Sheets: 14.3 Choice and use of green manure and cover crops. This Information Sheet has been replaced by the Principles of Green Manuring Manual. Please contact the SASRI Librarian or your local Extension Specialist for a copy of the Manual. 1. CONSERVATION 1.1 Establishing vegetation in degraded wetlands March Gully stabilisation and repairs March Understanding and managing wetlands for the sugarcane farmer June DISEASES 2.1 Ratoon Stunting Disease (RSD) May RSD Diagnosis June Hot Water Treatment May Mosaic May Roguing March Red Rot March Pineapple Disease December Inspecting for diseases and off-types December Pokkah Boeng December Brown Rust June

2 3. DRAINAGE 3.1 Ridging February Mole drainage March Drainage in irrigated fields June HUSBANDRY 4.1 Management of fire cane April Cane Stool eradication June Subsoiling/ripping in ratoons February Chemicals for cane eradication March Management of cane affected by drought June Management of frosted cane March The pros and cons of trashing/burning at harvest December Industrial guidelines for burning sugarcane December Vertical mulching September Minimum Tillage April IRRIGATION 5.1 Fertigation March Economics of supplementary irrigation November Water conservation strategies for irrigated sugarcane November Water quality November Soil salinity/sodicity in sugar industry November MECHANISATION 6.1 This information sheet is now obsolete 6.2 Compaction June This information sheet is now obsolete 6.4 Chemical additives for fighting fires February This information sheet is now obsolete 6.6 Mechanical sugarcane harvesting systems November Factors to consider when implementing mechanised cane harvesting November Improving machinery utilisation May Improved machinery performance May NUTRITION 7.1 Recommendations for nitrogen (N) February Recommendations for phosphorous (P) March

3 7.3 Recommendations for potassium (K) March Filtercake June Recommendations for lime and gypsum December Recommendations for sulphur (S) November Recommendations for phosphogypsum and gypsum August Ratoon chlorosis January Leaf sampling October Soil sampling October Soil acidification October Inorganic nitrogen fertilisers February Fertiliser recommendations for cane in the northern irrigated areas June Use of poultry manure August Liming under minimum or reduced tillage conditions November The Fertiliser Advisory Service (FAS) April Guidelines for the interpretation of leaf analyses for sugarcane June PESTS 8.1 Stalk borers March Nematodes June Sap feeders March Leaf eaters March Soil pests March Eldana borer - control measures January SEEDCANE 9.1 Good quality seedcane May Transplants May WEEDS 10.1 Watergrass control December Creeping perennial grass weed control December Alien plant control legislation and guidelines for control March Spraying herbicides with low volume, controlled droplet application (CDA) systems June Water quality for herbicides June Understanding the label on herbicide containers January Alien plant control: Methods and registered chemicals October

4 11. GENERAL 11.1 Pesticide storage December Disposal of excess pesticides and empty pesticide containers December Composition of sugarcane December Cover crops October Flowering in sugarcane June El Nino and drought February Potential applications of GIS in the SA sugar industry November The RV payment system December RIPENING 12.1 Principles underlying chemical ripening January Registered chemicals for ripening sugarcane: Ethephon August Registered chemicals for ripening sugarcane: Fusilade Forte October Registered chemicals for ripening sugarcane: Gallant Super August VARIETIES 13.1 Variety NCO376 March Variety CP66/1043 March Variety N12 March Variety N14 March Variety N16 March Variety N17 March Variety N19 March Variety N21 March Variety N22 March Variety N23 March Variety N24 March Variety N25 March Variety N26 March Variety N27 March Variety N28 March Variety N29 March Variety N30 March Variety N31 March Variety N32 March

5 13.20 Variety N33 March Variety N35 March Variety N36 March Variety N37 March Variety N39 March Variety N40 February Variety N41 February Variety N42 February Variety N43 October Variety N44 October Variety N45 October Variety N46 October Variety N47 October Variety N48 October Variety N49 August Variety N50 August Variety N51 May SOIL SUSTAINABILITY 14.1 Soil quality and degradation April Principles of green manuring October This Information Sheet has been replaced by the Principles of Green Manuring Manual 14.4 Soil compaction management October SUGARCANE QUALITY 15.1 Components of cane quality September Fertiliser management and cane quality September Losses in cane quality due to harvest to crush delays September