Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
One of the biggest threats to cane growers is also one of the least understood. Yellow canopy syndrome appeared at a farm south of Cairns in 2012 and has since spread to farms across north Queensland including Mackay. Canegrowers president Paul Schembri said about $5-6 million had been spent to discover the cause.
Mackay Area Productivity Services’ John Agnew said it was widespread, with about 50 per cent [of crops] showing some sign of the syndrome. “This year [2015] has been the worst
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