Journal articles: 'Bundaberg'

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Bhuiyan, Shamsul A., Barry J. Croft, Joanne K. Stringer, and Emily C. Deomano. "Pathogenic Variation in Spore Populations of Sporisorium scitamineum, Causal Agent of Sugarcane Smut in Australia." Plant Disease 99, no. 1 (January 2015): 93–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-12-13-1257-re.

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An incursion of sugarcane smut in Queensland was identified in 2006 in Bundaberg, Ingham, and Mackay. In 2008, two cultivars, ‘Q205’ and ‘Q170’, were highly susceptible in Bundaberg but remained disease free on a heavily infested farm in Mackay. A glasshouse experiment was established to determine whether the differences in disease expression were due to the sources of the two cultivars sourced from Bundaberg and Mackay in 2009. These were inoculated with the Mackay population of Sporisorium scitamineum spores. These cultivars had the same levels of disease, indicating that the variation in the clonal source of the cultivars was not responsible for the observed differences. A second glasshouse experiment in 2013 confirmed that highly susceptible Q205 and Q170 were resistant to the Mackay population of S. scitamineum but remained susceptible to the Bundaberg population. In 2010, S. scitamineum populations of smut fungi from Mackay and Bundaberg were compared in a field trial and the Mackay population had significantly less disease than the Bundaberg population on four cultivars (Q170, Q205, ‘Q174’, and ‘Q138’) but had significantly more disease in ‘Q188’. These results confirmed the field observations and suggested that there was a differential response among the cultivars for the smut fungi collected from Mackay compared with Bundaberg and are genetically different. This finding suggests that a mixture of spores should be used to inoculate sugarcane clones for resistance screening.

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Daly, Michael P., Michael I. Cleary, and Linda J. McCormack. "The Bundaberg emergency response team." Australian Health Review 36, no. 4 (2012): 384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah11061.

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A major crisis affected Bundaberg Hospital in 2005 following the exposure of the concerns about Dr Jayant Patel and the subsequent sudden exit of the Hospital Executive. The Bundaberg Emergency Response Team (BERT) was created as an emergency intervention whose brief was, over a 6-week period, to maintain the function of the hospital in the face of the community’s loss of confidence in the service; to find out what had happened to Dr Patel’s patients and to organise appropriate care and treatment for them. The authors acted as the senior members of BERT. Serious events such as these are rare and there was no framework to guide the team. BERT quickly established processes to assess the extent of harm to patients and to mobilise large scale clinical and counselling assistance for patients and staff. The team also managed the local health service, engagement with the community and assistance with the various investigations being conducted into Dr Patel. BERT was considered by the community and the former patients of Dr Patel to be an appropriate and professional response to the situation. The experience provides a framework for responses to these types of situations and herein we discuss key points for successful implementation. What is known about the topic? There is little in the literature that describes a framework used to successfully manage a hospital in crisis after serious public allegations are made. What does this paper add? The paper adds the findings of the management of a rare but very significant event: a hospital going into crisis after serious public allegations are made. It also provides the learnings of the management team in this event, and a framework for the future management of similar crises. What are the implications for practitioners? The framework provided in this paper is unique. Given the need for a rapid response in such events and the rarity of these events, practitioners now have a readily available tool to help them rapidly provide the appropriate response.

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Morton, Anthony P. "Reflections on the Bundaberg Hospital failure." Medical Journal of Australia 183, no. 6 (September 2005): 328–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07067.x.

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Everingham, Y., C. Baillie, G. Inman-Bamber, and J. Baillie. "Forecasting water allocations for Bundaberg sugarcane farmers." Climate Research 36 (June 24, 2008): 231–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr00743.

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Coote, William. "1928 Royal Commission “The fatalities at Bundaberg”." Medical Journal of Australia 183, no. 10 (November 2005): 546–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07168.x.

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Garside, A. L., and M. J. Bell. "Row spacing and planting density effects on the growth and yield of sugarcane. 1. Responses in fumigated and non-fumigated soil." Crop and Pasture Science 60, no. 6 (2009): 532. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp08311.

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It has been reported that high-density planting of sugarcane can improve cane and sugar yield through promoting rapid canopy closure and increasing radiation interception earlier in crop growth. It is widely known that the control of adverse soil biota through fumigation (removes soil biological constraints and improves soil health) can improve cane and sugar yield. Whether the responses to high-density planting and improved soil health are additive or interactive has important implications for the sugarcane production system. Field experiments established at Bundaberg and Mackay, Queensland, Australia, involved all combinations of 2-row spacings (0.5 and 1.5 m), two planting densities (27 000 and 81 000 two-eyed setts/ha), and two soil fumigation treatments (fumigated and non-fumigated). The Bundaberg experiment had two cultivars (Q124, Q155), was fully irrigated, and harvested 15 months after planting. The Mackay experiment had one cultivar (Q117), was grown under rainfed conditions, and harvested 10 months after planting. High-density planting (81 000 setts/ha in 0.5-m rows) did not produce any more cane or sugar yield at harvest than low-density planting (27 000 setts/ha in 1.5-m rows) regardless of location, crop duration (15 v. 10 months), water supply (irrigated v. rainfed), or soil health (fumigated v. non-fumigated). Conversely, soil fumigation generally increased cane and sugar yields regardless of site, row spacing, and planting density. In the Bundaberg experiment there was a large fumigation × cultivar × density interaction (P < 0.01). Cultivar Q155 responded positively to higher planting density in non-fumigated soil but not in fumigated soil, while Q124 showed a negative response to higher planting density in non-fumigated soil but no response in fumigated soil. In the Mackay experiment, Q117 showed a non-significant trend of increasing yield in response to increasing planting density in non-fumigated soil, similar to the Q155 response in non-fumigated soil at Bundaberg. The similarity in yield across the range of row spacings and planting densities within experiments was largely due to compensation between stalk number and stalk weight, particularly when fumigation was used to address soil health. Further, the different cultivars (Q124 and Q155 at Bundaberg and Q117 at Mackay) exhibited differing physiological responses to the fumigation, row spacing, and planting density treatments. These included the rate of tiller initiation and subsequent loss, changes in stalk weight, and propensity to lodging. These responses suggest that there may be potential for selecting cultivars suited to different planting configurations.

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Garside, A. L., and M. J. Bell. "Growth and yield responses to amendments to the sugarcane monoculture: towards identifying the reasons behind the response to breaks." Crop and Pasture Science 62, no. 9 (2011): 776. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp11055.

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Experiments involving breaks to the sugarcane monoculture, soil fumigation and the application of biocides were conducted in Bundaberg, the Burdekin Valley and at Tully, three sugarcane-growing regions in Queensland, Australia. The aim was to elucidate the cause(s) of previously observed positive yield responses to breaks in the monoculture and assess persistence into a subsequent cane cycle. In all three experiments there was a positive response in the plant cane crop to fumigation of land that was under sugarcane monoculture, the response being 32, 39 and 21% for the Burdekin, Tully and Bundaberg experiments, respectively. Further, at Tully, the response was maintained into the ratoons. Fumigation after breaks also enhanced yields but the results were variable and were generally less than the response following sugarcane monoculture. At Tully, fumigating after bare fallow, grain crop and pasture breaks enhanced cane yields by 23, 26 and 29%, respectively, while in the Burdekin, responses to fumigation were much smaller at 9% (bare fallow), 4% (grain crop) and 8% (pasture). In Bundaberg, responses ranged from nil following a long-term (70 months) grass pasture up to 35% following a short-term (12 months) grass pasture, with a general trend for the response to fumigation being larger following short-term than long-term breaks. In the Tully experiment, biocides had variable effects on sugarcane growth and yield. Fungicide application produced as good a yield as fumigation whereas nematicides had little direct influence. However, when combined with fungicides, nematicides provided a synergistic effect in terms of shoot development. The results suggested that at the Tully site, fungi were the major detrimental biota associated with poor yields in long-term sugarcane monoculture, but nematodes had some influence once fungi were controlled. In two additional experiments at Bundaberg and Burdekin, it was shown that if the cane stool was removed after the plant crop (Bundaberg) and second ratoon (Burdekin) and sugarcane re-planted, there were no residual effects of breaks and fumigation. Thus it appears that the positive effects of breaks and fumigation measured in the ratoons were more associated with the development of a healthy stool in the plant crop than any residual effect on soil biota. In general the similarly positive response to fumigation and breaks indicated that a considerable part of the overall response to breaks was due to reducing the adverse effect of detrimental soil biota (largely fungi although there was an effect on nematodes). The type and duration of break was also important with long-term pasture being the most effective. However, the duration of the fumigation and break effects on soil biota only lasted for the plant crop.

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Rahman, Muhammad Moshiur, Andrew Robson, and James Brinkhoff. "Potential of Time-Series Sentinel 2 Data for Monitoring Avocado Crop Phenology." Remote Sensing 14, no. 23 (November 24, 2022): 5942. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14235942.

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The ability to accurately and systematically monitor avocado crop phenology offers significant benefits for the optimization of farm management activities, improvement of crop productivity, yield estimation, and evaluation crops’ resilience to extreme weather conditions and future climate change. In this study, Sentinel-2-derived enhanced vegetation indices (EVIs) from 2017 to 2021 were used to retrieve canopy reflectance information that coincided with crop phenological stages, such as flowering (F), vegetative growth (V), fruit maturity (M), and harvest (H), in commercial avocado orchards in Bundaberg, Queensland and Renmark, South Australia. Tukey’s honestly significant difference (Tukey-HSD) test after one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with EVI metrics (EVImean and EVIslope) showed statistically significant differences between the four phenological stages. From a Pearson correlation analysis, a distinctive seasonal trend of EVIs was observed (R = 0.68 to 0.95 for Bundaberg and R = 0.8 to 0.96 for Renmark) in all 5 years, with the peak EVIs being observed at the M stage and the trough being observed at the F stage. However, a Tukey-HSD test showed significant variability in mean EVI values between seasons for both the Bundaberg and Renmark farms. The variability of the mean EVIs between the two farms was also evident with a p-value < 0.001. This novel study highlights the applicability of remote sensing for the monitoring of avocado phenological stages retrospectively and near-real time. This information not only supports the ‘benchmarking’ of seasonal orchard performance to identify potential impacts of seasonal weather variation and pest and disease incursions, but when seasonal growth profiles are aligned with the corresponding annual production, it can also be used to develop phenology-based yield prediction models.

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Selby, Judith. "Bundaberg North State High School ASSPA Committee: Experiencing Success at School and National Level." Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 27, no. 1 (July 1999): 20–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1326011100001502.

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All of us are well aware of the problems faced by Indigenous students at the secondary school level. The intention of this article is to share a success story being experienced at Bundaberg North State High School in Queensland. How many of us can relate to the following anecdote?

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Zhang, Q., R. E. Volker, and D. A. Lockington. "Numerical investigation of seawater intrusion at Gooburrum, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia." Hydrogeology Journal 12, no. 6 (July 29, 2004): 674–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10040-004-0333-5.

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Cleary, Sonja, and Maxine Duke. "Clinical governance breakdown: Australian cases of wilful blindness and whistleblowing." Nursing Ethics 26, no. 4 (November 14, 2017): 1039–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733017731917.

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Background: After their attempts to have patient safety concerns addressed internally were ignored by wilfully blind managers, nurses from Bundaberg Base Hospital and Macarthur Health Service felt compelled to ‘blow the whistle’. Wilful blindness is the human desire to prefer ignorance to knowledge; the responsibility to be informed is shirked. Objective: To provide an account of instances of wilful blindness identified in two high-profile cases of nurse whistleblowing in Australia. Research design: Critical case study methodology using Fay’s Critical Social Theory to examine, analyse and interpret existing data generated by the Commissions of Inquiry held into Bundaberg Base Hospital and Macarthur Health Service patient safety breaches. All data was publicly available and assessed according to the requirements of unobtrusive research methods and secondary data analysis. Ethical considerations: Data collection for the case studies relied entirely on publicly available documentary sources recounting and detailing past events. Findings: Data from both cases reveal managers demonstrating wilful blindness towards patient safety concerns. Concerns were unaddressed; nurses, instead, experienced retaliatory responses leading to a ‘social crisis’ in the organisation and to whistleblowing. Conclusion: Managers tasked with clinical governance must be aware of mechanisms with the potential to blind them. The human tendency to favour positive news and avoid conflict is powerful. Understanding wilful blindness can assist managers’ awareness of the competing emotions occurring in response to ethical challenges, such as whistleblowing.

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Nelson, P. N., A. T. Lawer, and G. J. Ham. "Evaluation of methods for field diagnosis of sodicity in soiland irrigation water in the sugarcane growing districts of Queensland, Australia." Soil Research 40, no. 8 (2002): 1249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr02028.

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Sodicity and related properties of soils and irrigation water restrict sugarcane yields and cause environmental problems such as turbid runoff. The aim of this work was to assess the usefulness of several field diagnostic tests for soils and waters of the Australian sugar industry. Tests were evaluated using over 500 soil samples collected from 0–0.75 m depth from the 6 main sugarcane growing districts. Exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP) in the topsoil (0–0.25 m) could be predicted by electromagnetic induction (Geonics EM38) in 2 districts (r2 = 0.64–0.82), and in the subsoil (0.25–0.5 m) in 3 districts (r2�=�0.63–0.86). Dispersion index (DI) was a function of ESP in all districts, with 54–67% of variation accounted for in four districts. Soil pH was a function of ESP in all districts (59–73% of variation accounted for) except Bundaberg. ESP could be predicted from pH, electrical conductivity (EC), and Na concentration (by portable Na-selective electrode) of 1 : 5 soil : water suspensions (r2 = 0.57 for Bundaberg and r2�=�0.66–0.84 in all other districts). In irrigation waters (141 samples), measurements of Na concentration, by portable Na-selective electrode, and EC could be used to estimate Na (r2 = 0.85) and Ca + Mg (r2 = 0.87) concentrations, allowing sodium adsorption ratio to be estimated. Depending on the circumstances, these tests can provide useful estimates of sodicity and related properties in the field.

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Mueller, Elizabeth A., Joseph A. Merriman, and Patrick M. Schlievert. "Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1, not α-toxin, mediated Bundaberg fatalities." Microbiology 161, no. 12 (December 1, 2015): 2361–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000196.

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Okoro, T., C. Sirianni, and D. Brigden. "The Concept of Surgical Assessment: Part 1 – Introduction." Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 92, no. 9 (October 1, 2010): 322–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147363510x527664.

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Assessing competency in surgery is an age-old tradition. In the infancy of surgical practice the issue of competency in surgical skills was addressed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, one of the oldest surgical organisations. Competency in surgical skills has taken on an added urgency in contemporary practice because of several high-profile public enquiries into underperforming surgeons, such as the Bristol children's heart surgery affair in the UK, the paediatric cardiac surgery programme at Winnipeg Children's Hospital, Canada, and the Bundaberg Hospital affair in Australia.

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Van Der Weyden, Martin B. "The Bundaberg Hospital scandal: the need for reform in Queensland and beyond." Medical Journal of Australia 183, no. 6 (September 2005): 284–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07054.x.

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Fitzgerald, Paul D. "The Bundaberg hospital scandal: the need for reform in Queensland and beyond." Medical Journal of Australia 184, no. 4 (February 2006): 199–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00196.x.

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Anstey, Geoff. "Unplanned rural living and its policy implications: Some findings from Bundaberg, Australia." Land Use Policy 26, no. 2 (April 2009): 401–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.05.002.

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Hooker, Claire. "Diphtheria, Immunisation and the Bundaberg Tragedy: A Study of Public Health in Australia." Health and History 2, no. 1 (2000): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40111374.

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Rahman, Muhammad Moshiur, and Andrew Robson. "Integrating Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 Time Series Data for Yield Prediction of Sugarcane Crops at the Block Level." Remote Sensing 12, no. 8 (April 21, 2020): 1313. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12081313.

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Early prediction of sugarcane crop yield at the commercial block level (unit area of a single crop of the same variety, ratoon or planting date) offers significant benefit to growers, consultants, millers, policy makers, crop insurance companies and researchers. This current study explored a remote sensing based approach for predicting sugarcane yield at the block level by further developing a regionally specific Landsat time series model and including individual crop sowing (or previous seasons’ harvest) date. For the Bundaberg growing region of Australia this extends over a five months period, from July to November. For this analysis, the sugarcane blocks were clustered into 10 groups based on their specific planting or ratoon commencement date within the specified five months period. These clustered or groups of blocks were named ‘bins’. Cloud free (<20%) satellite data from the polar-orbiting Landsat-8 (launched 2013), Sentinel-2A (launched 2015) and Sentinel-2B (launched 2017) sensors were acquired over the cane growing region in Bundaberg (area of 32,983 ha), from the growing season starting in July 2014, with the average green normalised difference vegetation index (GNDVI) derived for each block. The number of images acquired for each season was defined by the number of cloud free acquisitions. Using the Simple Linear Machine Learning (ML) algorithm, the extracted Landsat derived GNDVI values for each of the blocks were converted to Sentinel GNDVI. The average GNDVI of each ‘bin’ was plotted and a quadratic model was fitted through the time series to identify the peak growth stage defined as the maximum GNDVI value. The model derived maximum GNDVI values for each of the bins were then regressed against the average actual yield (t·ha-1) achieved for the respective bin over the five growing years, producing strong correlations (R2 = 0.92 to 0.99). The quadratic curves developed for the different bins were shifted according to the specific planting or ratoon date of an individual block allowing for the peak GNDVI value of the block to be calculated, regressed against the actual block yield (t·ha-1) and the prediction of yield to be made. To validate the accuracies of the 10 time series algorithms representing each of the 10 bins, 592 individual blocks were selected from the Bundaberg region during the 2019 harvest season. The crops were clustered into the appropriate bins with the respective algorithm applied. From a Sentinel image acquired on the 5 May 2019, the prediction accuracies were encouraging (R2 = 0.87 and RMSE = 11.33 (t·ha-1)) when compared to actual harvested yield, as reported by the mill. The results presented in this paper demonstrate significant progress in the accurate prediction of sugarcane yield at the individual sugarcane block level using a remote sensing, time-series based approach.

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Elich, Gabrielle. "Positive correction ConsequencesBill Rogers: Managing behaviour series; Bundaberg: Quartus; 1994; 40 minutes; $79.00 each." Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools 4 (November 1994): 122–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1037291100002016.

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Wilkinson, Adrian, Keith Townsend, Tina Graham, and Olav Muurlink. "Fatal consequences: an analysis of the failed employee voice system at the Bundaberg Hospital." Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 53, no. 3 (February 1, 2015): 265–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1744-7941.12061.

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Haseman, Brad C., Meagan P. Crethar, Jan N. Phillips, and Paul J. Stafford. "Practising inspired leadership: the use of applied theatre "prophetical" in the Executive Leadership Development Program for Queensland Health." Australian Health Review 33, no. 3 (2009): 377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah090377.

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QUEENSLAND HEALTH as an organisation has been under a great deal of pressure in recent times. On 26 April 2005, the Queensland Government announced an independent review of Queensland Health?s administrative, workforce and performance management systems. The review was established in response to public concern over the safety and quality of the public health system following events that took place at Bundaberg Hospital, particularly the appointment and practices of Dr Jayant Patel. Associated with the Patel case were issues of bullying and intimidatory behaviour at the workplace. In response to the recommendations of the review, Queensland Health embarked upon a major reform program. One of the strategies for driving reform highlighted by the Queensland Health Systems Review final report, September 2005 was leadership development. Strong leadership was identified as vitally important to both drive the reform process and improve workplace culture.

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Liu, F., V. V. Anh, I. Turner, K. Bajracharya, W. J. Huxley, and N. Su. "A finite volume simulation model for saturated–unsaturated flow and application to Gooburrum, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia." Applied Mathematical Modelling 30, no. 4 (April 2006): 352–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2005.05.007.

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Olsen, JK, GW Blight, and D. Gillespie. "Comparison of yield, cob characteristics and sensory quality of six supersweet (sh2) corn cultivars grown in a subtropical environment." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 30, no. 3 (1990): 387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9900387.

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Yield and cob characteristics of 6 supersweet corn (Zea mays L.) cultivars, homozygous for the recessive shrunken-2 (sh2) allele, were compared at 3 separate planting dates, in 1987-88, at Bundaberg (lat. 25�S.), Queensland. Sensory quality of the 6 sh2 cultivars and a standard cultivar, homozygous for the recessive sugary (su) allele, were compared in a separate experiment. Marketable yield (total weight of cobs-in-husks with at least 125 mm usable kernels without damage or defects) declined between each of the plantings: midwinter, early spring, late spring. Marketable yield of the cultivar Sucro was consistently high (9.18-13.7 t/ha), whereas, that of Honey Sweet was low (2.88-5.43 t/ha). Total weight of unmarketable cobs (cobs-in-husks with 125 mm usable kernels or cobs-in-husks having at least 125 mm usable kernels, but with damage or defects) was highest for Honey Sweet and ranged between 5.31 and 9.18 t/ha. Marketable yields of the 6 sh2 cultivars were similar to those obtained in other warm climates but were lower than those in cooler climates. The cobs-in-husks of Honey Sweet and Sucro from the midwinter planting were marginally heavier than the preferred cob-in-husk range (310-360 g/cob) demanded on domestic markets; those of Snosweet, Candy Sweet and Florida Staysweet were within the range; and those of Sugar Sweet were significantly (P<0.05) lower. None of the cultivars at the 2 later sowing dates achieved this desirable weight range. Because of the higher yields and larger cobs produced in the midwinter planting, and the higher incidence of disease and heat stress encountered in the later plantings, it is proposed that sh2 cultivar production should be limited to a midwinter sowing in subtropical Bundaberg. Taste panel testing indicated preference for all sh2 cultivars over the standard su cultivar in terms of both general acceptability and texture (P<0.05), and the su cultivar was rated least sweet (P<0.05). Snosweet was rated highest in terms of both general acceptability and texture scores and was also rated the sweetest cultivar.

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Taylor, B. A. "Predicting normalised monthly patterns of domestic external water demand using rainfall and temperature data." Water Supply 12, no. 2 (March 1, 2012): 168–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2012.125.

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An Australian national approach is presented to predict monthly patterns of local domestic external water demand from climatic indices of daily rainfall and maximum temperature. The model, which can be rapidly applied to potentially any location in Australia, has been verified by measured monthly external water demand at Adelaide, Bundaberg, Emerald, Fraser Coast, Gold Coast, Mackay, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth and Toowoomba. The survey data represents demands in periods prior to, during and after the millennium drought of 2001–2005 by discontinuously spanning 25 years from 1985 to 2010. The model avoids local calibration through a national regression of parameters. A demand index is produced that predicts daily proportions of annual demand. Results show that the model is capable of identifying 90% of the spatial and temporal variability in water demand, based on daily index summations by month. This research is useful for reliability estimates of intermittent water supplies, such as rainwater harvesting.

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Short, Graham, David Harasti, and Healy Hamilton. "Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855, a senior synonym of the southern Queensland seahorse H. procerus Kuiter, 2001: molecular and morphological evidence (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)." ZooKeys 824 (February 14, 2019): 109–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.824.30921.

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The taxonomic status of the seahorse Hippocampusprocerus Kuiter, 2001, type locality Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia, was re-examined based on its strong morphological similarity and geographical proximity to its congener H.whitei Bleeker, 1855, a species recorded in ten estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Kuiter (2001) distinguished H.procerus from H.whitei by a taller coronet, marginally lower meristics, and spinier physiognomy. Meristic, morphometric, and key diagnostic morphological character comparisons from vouchered specimens of the two purported species collected from Sydney Harbour, Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, NSW and Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, and Moreton Bay, QLD did not show diagnostic differences to support species-level classification of H.procerus. Furthermore, partial mitochondrial COI sequence data from specimens sampled from known geographical distributions in NSW and Southport, QLD failed to discriminate between populations as a result of shared haplotypes, and revealed an average intraspecific divergence of 0.002%. Hippocampusprocerus is hereby placed in the synonymy of H.whitei; a redescription is provided, with a revised record of its range across eastern Australia.

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Ramsey, MD, RG O'Brien, and KG Pegg. "Fusarium oxysporum associated with wilt and root rot of tomato in Queensland; races and vegetative compatibility groups." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 32, no. 5 (1992): 651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9920651.

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Twenty-two isolates of Fusarium oxysporum, from Queensland's major tomato growing areas, were studied in glasshouse pathogenicity tests and assessed for vegetative compatibility. Isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici were identified to race using pathogenicity tests with 4 differential tomato cultivars: Grosse Lisse, Scorpio, moradade and Delta Tristar. The occurrence of race 3 in the Bundaberg district in 1988 was established. In glasshouse experiments, Fusarium wilt severity was influenced by inoculum concentration (1 x 106 v. 5 x 106 conidia/ml). Pathogenic and non-pathogenic isolates were distinguished by vegetative compatibility group analysis. However, all races were in a single vegetative compatibility group and could not be differentiated using this technique. Isolates collected from discoloured vascular tissue in the lower stems of plants with severe root rot (Pythium spp. associated), were non-pathogenic to tomato, bean and pea, although some isolates caused slight damage to cucumber. These isolates were distinctly different from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici, the cause of root and crown rot.

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Robson, Andrew, Muhammad Rahman, and Jasmine Muir. "Using Worldview Satellite Imagery to Map Yield in Avocado (Persea americana): A Case Study in Bundaberg, Australia." Remote Sensing 9, no. 12 (November 27, 2017): 1223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9121223.

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Casali, Gian Luca, and Gary E. Day. "Treating an unhealthy organisational culture: the implications of the Bundaberg Hospital Inquiry for managerial ethical decision making." Australian Health Review 34, no. 1 (2010): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah09543.

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This paper explores the interplay between individual values, espoused organisational values and the values of the organisational culture in practice in light of a recent Royal Commission in Queensland, Australia, which highlighted systematic failures in patient care. The lack of congruence among values at these levels impacts upon the ethical decision making of health managers. The presence of institutional ethics regimes such as the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 (Qld) and agency codes of conduct are not sufficient to counteract the negative influence of informal codes of practice that undermine espoused organisational values and community standards. The ethical decision-making capacity of health care managers remains at the front line in the battle against unethical and unprofessional practice. What is known about the topic?Value congruence theory focusses on the conflicts between individual and organisational values. Congruence between individual values, espoused values and values expressed in everyday practice can only be achieved by ensuring that such shared values are an ever-present factor in managerial decision making. What does this paper add?The importance of value congruence in building and sustaining a healthy organisational culture is confirmed by the evidence presented in the Bundaberg Hospital Inquiry. The presence of strong individual values among staff and strong espoused values in line with community expectations and backed up by legislation and ethics regimes were not, in themselves, sufficient to ensure a healthy organisational culture and prevent unethical, and possibly illegal, behaviour. What are the implications for practitioners?Managers must incorporate ethics in decision making to establish and maintain the nexus between individual and organisational values that is a vital component of a healthy organisational culture.

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De Barro, P. J. "NATURAL ENEMIES AND OTHER SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITHSACCHARICOCCUS SACCHARI(COCKERELL) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) IN THE BUNDABERG AREA, SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND." Australian Journal of Entomology 29, no. 2 (June 1990): 87–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00322.x.

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Rahman, Muhammad Moshiur, and Andrew J. Robson. "A Novel Approach for Sugarcane Yield Prediction Using Landsat Time Series Imagery: A Case Study on Bundaberg Region." Advances in Remote Sensing 05, no. 02 (2016): 93–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ars.2016.52008.

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Hardner, Craig, João Costa e Silva, Emlyn Williams, Noel Meyers, and Cameron McConchie. "Breeding New Cultivars for the Australian Macadamia Industry." HortScience 54, no. 4 (April 2019): 621–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci13286-18.

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In 2017, five new cultivars specifically selected for Australian conditions were released. These were developed from an improvement program initiated by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in the early 1990s. Progeny seeds were produced by crossing industry standard cultivars with other cultivars with elite kernel production per unit projected canopy area. Seedlings were planted at two densities (2 m and 4 m along rows) in field trials at Bundaberg in 1997 and 1998, and Northern New South Wales in late 1997, along with replicated plants of parents grafted onto seedling rootstocks. Trials were assessed for commencement of flowering, growth, yield, kernel recovery, and components of kernel quality over 8 years. Best linear unbiased predictions of clonal values were obtained for each individual progeny using a pedigree-based mixed linear model. A bio-economic model was used to estimate economic weights for a selection index of clonal values to identify elite candidates. Final approval of 20 candidates for second-stage assessment was made by an industry committee using selection index rankings and observations of tree field performance and kernel quality.

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Ishak, Lily, and Philip Hugh Brown. "Soil Microbial Activity and Diversity in Response to Soil Chemical Factors in Agricultural Soils." JOURNAL OF TROPICAL SOILS 24, no. 1 (January 2, 2019): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5400/jts.2019.v24i1.43-51.

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The role of microbial communities in maintaining soil health is mostly influenced by chemical condition of soil. Microbial communities vary in response to soil chemical factors. The contradictive results from previous findings emphasise that it is difficult to define a pattern of the influence of soil chemical factors on soil microbial diversity and activity. The aim of the study was to assess soil microbial responses to soil chemical factors in agricultural soils. Composite soil (Dermosol order) samples taken from 16 commercial crop sites in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, were chemically and biologically analysed. It was found that bacterial and fungal activity and diversity were significantly affected by soil EC, SOM and NO3-N content, but were not influenced by soil pH, CEC, and Ca:Mg ratio. The diversity of bacterial and fungal communities displayed a positive linear relationship with soil EC, whereas the activity and diversity of these two microbial groups and SOM displayed a significant quadratic relationship. The finding suggested that microbial community was predominantly influenced by SOM content.

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Everingham, Y. L., N. G. Inman-Bamber, P. J. Thorburn, and T. J. McNeill. "A Bayesian modelling approach for long lead sugarcane yield forecasts for the Australian sugar industry." Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 58, no. 2 (2007): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ar05443.

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For marketers, advance knowledge on sugarcane crop size permits more confidence in implementing forward selling, pricing, and logistics activities. In Australia, marketing plans tend to be initialised in December, approximately 7 months prior to commencement of the next harvest. Improved knowledge about crop size at such an early lead time allows marketers to develop and implement a more advanced marketing plan earlier in the season. Producing accurate crop size forecasts at such an early lead time is an on-going challenge for industry. Rather than trying to predict the exact size of the crop, a Bayesian discriminant analysis procedure was applied to determine the likelihood of a small, medium, or large crop across 4 major sugarcane-growing regions in Australia: Ingham, Ayr, Mackay, and Bundaberg. The Bayesian model considers simulated potential yields, climate forecasting indices, and the size of the crop from the previous year. Compared with the current industry approach, the discriminant procedure provided a substantial improvement for Ayr and a moderate improvement over current forecasting methods for the remaining regions, with the added advantage of providing probabilistic forecasts of crop categories.

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Davies, Kerrie A., Faerlie Bartholomaeus, Dong Mei Li, Zeng Qi Zhao, Weimin Ye, and Robin M. Giblin-Davis. "Ficophagus (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from sycones of Ficus subgenus Urostigma, sections Malvanthera and Urostigma, in eastern Australia." Nematology 22, no. 6 (July 14, 2020): 627–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00003327.

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Summary Ficophagus from collecting trips in eastern Australia, made over 15 years, are summarised and show that species of the genus occurred widely in sycones of Ficus, subgenus Urostigma, section Malvanthera. Two new species (based on morphological differences and molecular sequencing) are described: Ficophagus elizabethae sp. n. from Ficus macrophylla, F. rubiginosa and F. obliqua, and Ficophagus richardi sp. n. from Ficus obliqua; and a morphospecies, Ficophagus Morphospecies malandicus from Ficus obliqua. Ficophagus elizabethae sp. n. is characterised by having the excretory pore (EP) opening from the level of the junction of the conus and shaft of the stylet to that of the knobs, a relatively long procorpus (1.0-2.5 times length of stylet), female tail with an obliquely truncate tail with a hyaline area and a finely to broadly rounded tip which may be mucronate; post-vulval uterine sac (PUS) ca one vulval body diam. (VBD) in length; rose-thorn-shaped spicule with distinct rostrum and prominent condylus; and genital papillae arranged as largest pair adcloacal, second pair posterior to mid-tail length, and third small pair near tail tip; and was collected from Sydney in New South Wales, to Bundaberg in Queensland (QLD). Ficophagus richardi sp. n. is characterised by having the EP opening at the level of the junction of the stylet shaft and conus, a labial cap which is raised around the opening for the stylet; procorpus 0.8-1.7 times length of the stylet, PUS <1 VBD in length, long uterus, and female tail with a V-shaped hyaline area at the bluntly rounded tip; rose-thorn-shaped spicule with a small rostrum and prominent condylus, three pairs genital papillae, first and largest on anterior cloacal lip, second at 70% of tail length measured from cloacal aperture, and third near tip, and was collected from Ban Ban Springs in the south to the Bundaberg region in the mid-north of QLD. In addition, in the absence of pertinent molecular sequences, a morphospecies is described. Ficophagus Morphospecies malandicus is characterised by having the EP opening anterior to the junction of the stylet conus and shaft, procorpus 0.9-2 times length of stylet, a short PUS usually <1 VBD long, short uterus, rose-thorn-shaped spicule with a raised condylus and prominent rostrum, and three pairs of subventral papillae on the tail (one adcloacal, one posterior to mid-tail and one near tail tip); and was collected from the Atherton Tableland, QLD. A table comparing morphological characteristics is provided to help with identification of Ficophagus nematodes from figs of the section Malvanthera in eastern Australia.

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O'Brien, RG. "Control of onion downy mildew in the presence of phenylamide-resistant strains of Peronospora destructor (Berk.) Caspary." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 32, no. 5 (1992): 669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9920669.

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Two isolates of Peronospora destructor differed in their sensitivities to phenylamide fungicides. An isolate (3014) from the Lockyer Valley did not respond to increasing concentrations of metalaxyl, benalaxyl and oxadixyl between 0.1 and 200 mg a.i./L. An isolate (2967) from Bundaberg was sensitive to these fungicides, with EC50 values (concentrations which reduce disease severity by 50%) of 1.6, 6.0 and 12.1 mg a.i./L, respectively. Isolates 3014 and 2967 were both sensitive to dimethomorph, with EC50 values of 4.3 and 1.4 mg a.i./L, respectively. Field trials compared the efficacy of fungicides for the control of onion downy mildew in the Lockyer Valley in 1989 and 1990. In both trials, treatments containing mancozeb gave the best control, resulting in yield increases of 60% in 1990. There was no difference from the check treatment in either disease severity or yield when metalaxyl was applied, suggesting that phenylamide-resistant strains were prevalent. Other fungicide treatments which did not significantly reduce the severity of downy mildew in the 1990 trial included copper hydroxide, chlorothalonil, fosetyl-Al, and propamocarb. The experimental compound dimethomorph, although less effective than mancozeb, significantly reduced disease severity and increased yield by 24%.

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Hobbins, P. "'Immunisation is as Popular as a Death Adder': The Bundaberg Tragedy and the Politics of Medical Science in Interwar Australia." Social History of Medicine 24, no. 2 (September 3, 2010): 426–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/hkq047.

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Penno, Megan Ann Sabine, Rebecca Louise Thomson, and Jennifer J. Couper. "Bunbury to Bundaberg, Darwin to Dover: establishing a successful Regional Participation Program for the ENDIA type 1 diabetes cohort study." Medical Journal of Australia 205, no. 10 (November 2016): 486. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00685.

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Barnes, JA, BH Zischke, GW Blight, and JC Chapman. "Minilee and Mickylee are mini-watermelons with potential for the Australian market." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 34, no. 5 (1994): 673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9940673.

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The watermelon industry aims to produce fruit 2 10 kg, but supermarkets sell cut portions, so there may be a market for smaller fruit, between 2 and 4 kg. We tested several small-fruited watermelon cultivars to see if there was potential to establish a mini-watermelon industry. Minilee and Mickylee (ex Florida) were the best 2 cultivars; the fruit of 3 Taiwanese cultivars split under slight pressure, and the fruit of the cultivars Sugar Baby and Baby Fun were too heavy. Minilee and Mickylee were grown at plant densities between 5550 and 22 200 plants/ha. At 7400, 11 100 and 14 800 plants/ha, 70-72% of the Minilee fruit weighed between 2 and 4 kg. In contrast, at 22 200 plants/ha, 79% of the Mickylee fruit weighed between 2 and 4 kg, but at the other plant densities only 38-59% of the fruit were in this weight range. We conclude that Minilee and Mickylee are suitable cultivars for a mini-watermelon industry around Bundaberg and probably other parts of Australia where Florida cultivars are presently grown. Because the yield of fruit in the 2-4 kg range for Minilee was less sensitive to plant density than the Mickylee yield in this range, we believe that Minilee would be the better commercial proposition.

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Noone, D. F., S. SRISINK, D. S. TEAKLE, P. G. ALLSOPP, and P. W. J. TAYLOR. "Ability to Transmit Sugarcane Mosaic Virus and Seasonal Phenology of Some Aphid Species (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the Isis and Bundaberg Districts of Queensland." Australian Journal of Entomology 33, no. 1 (February 1994): 27–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb00912.x.

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Djitro, Noel, Rebecca Roach, Rachel Mann, Brendan Rodoni, and Cherie Gambley. "Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae Isolated from Systemic Infection of Zucchini in Australia." Plant Disease 106, no. 2 (February 1, 2022): 541–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-05-21-1039-re.

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Zucchini plants with symptoms including twisted petioles, necrotic leaves, crown rot, and internal fruit rot were found in Bundaberg, Australia, at a commercial field for the first time during late autumn 2016, resulting in direct yield losses of 70 to 80%. Three Pseudomonas syringae strains isolated from symptomatic leaf (KL004-k1), crown (77-4C), and fruit (KFR003-1) were characterized and their pathogenicity evaluated on pumpkin, rockmelon, squash, and zucchini. Biochemical assays showed typical results for P. syringae. The three isolates differed, however, in that two produced fluorescent pigment (KFR003-1 and 77-4C) whereas the third, KL004-k1, was nonfluorescent. Multilocus sequence analysis classified the isolates to phylogroup 2b. The single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis of core genome from the Australian and closely related international isolates of P. syringae showed two separate clusters. The Australian isolates were clustered based on fluorescent phenotype. Pathogenicity tests demonstrated that all three isolates moved systemically within the inoculated plants and induced necrotic leaf symptoms in zucchini plants. Their identities were confirmed with specific PCR assays for P. syringae and phylogroup 2. Pathogenicity experiments also showed that the Eva variety of zucchini was more susceptible than the Rosa variety for all three isolates. Isolate KL004-k1 was more virulent than 77-4C on pumpkin, rockmelon, squash, and zucchini. This study expands the knowledge of P. syringae isolates that infect cucurbits and provides useful information for growers about the relative susceptibility of a range of cucurbit species.

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Sexton, Justin, Yvette Everingham, and Bertrand Timbal. "Harvest disruption projections for the Australian sugar industry." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 7, no. 1 (March 16, 2015): 41–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-03-2013-0018.

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Purpose – This study aims to investigate the effects of climate change on harvestability for sugarcane-growing regions situated between mountain ranges and the narrow east Australian coastline. Design/methodology/approach – Daily rainfall simulations from 11 general circulation models (GCMs) were downscaled for seven Australian sugarcane regions (1961:2000). Unharvestable days were calculated from these 11 GCMs and compared to interpolated observed data. The historical downscaled GCM simulations were then compared to simulations under low (B1) and high (A2) emissions scenarios for the period of 2046-2065. The 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles of paired model differences were assessed using 95 per cent bootstrapped confidence intervals. Findings – A decrease in the number of unharvestable days for the Burdekin (winter/spring) and Bundaberg (winter) regions and an increase for the Herbert region (spring) were plausible under the A2 scenario. Spatial plots identified variability within regions. Northern and southern regions were more variable than central regions. Practical implications – Changes to the frequency of unharvestable days may require a range of management adaptations such as modifying the harvest period and upgrading harvesting technologies. Originality/value – The application of a targeted industry rainfall parameter (unharvestable days) obtained from downscaled climate models provided a novel approach to investigate the impacts of climate change. This research forms a baseline for industry discussion and adaptation planning towards an environmentally and economically sustainable future. The methodology outlined can easily be extended to other primary industries impacted by wet weather.

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Akbarian, S., C. Y. Xu, and S. Lim. "ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENT REMOTE SENSING DATA IN SUGARCANE CROP YIELD STUDY." ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences V-3-2020 (August 3, 2020): 655–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-v-3-2020-655-2020.

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Abstract. Sugarcane is a perennial crop that contributes to nearly 80% of the global sugar-based products. Therefore, sugarcane growers and food companies are seeking ways to address the concerns related to sugarcane crop yield and health. In this study, a spatial and spectral analysis on the peak growth stage of the sugarcane fields in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia is performed using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Difference Red Edge Index (NDRE) derived from high-resolution WorldView-2 (WV2) images and multispectral Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images. Two topics are chosen for this study: 1) the difference and correlation between NDVI and NDRE that are commonly used to estimate Leaf Area Index, a common crop parameter for the assessment of crop yield and health stages; 2) the impact of spatial resolution on the systematic difference in the abovementioned two Vegetation Indices (VIs). The statistical correlation analysis between the WV2 and UAV images produced correlation coefficients of 0.68 and 0.71 for NDVI and NDRE, respectively. In addition, an overall comparison of the WV2 and UAV-derived VIs indicated that the UAV images produced a better accuracy than the WV2 images because UAV can effectively distinguish various status of vegetation owing to its high spatial resolution. The results illustrated a strong positive correlation between NDVI and NDRE, each derived from the WV2 and UAV images, and the correlation coefficients were 0.81 and 0.90, respectively, i.e. the correlation between NDVI and NDRE is higher in the UAV images than the WV2 images.

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Liu, X. Y., M. Rezaei Rashti, M. Esfandbod, B. Powell, and C. R. Chen. "Liming improves soil microbial growth, but trash blanket placement increases labile carbon and nitrogen availability in a sugarcane soil of subtropical Australia." Soil Research 56, no. 3 (2018): 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sr17116.

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Liming has been widely used to decrease soil acidity, but its effects on soil nitrogen (N) availability and microbial processes in sugarcane fields are largely unknown. Adjacent sugarcane soils at 26 months after liming (26ML), 14 months after liming (14ML) and with no lime amendment (CK) in Bundaberg, Australia, were selected to investigate the effect of liming on soil N bioavailability and microbial activity in a long-term subtropical sugarcane cropping system. Liming in both 14ML and 26ML treatments significantly increased soil pH (by 1.2–1.4 units) and exchangeable Ca2+ (>2-fold) compared with the CK treatment. The lower concentrations of hot water extractable organic carbon (C) and total N and ammonium-N in the 14ML, compared with the CK and 26ML treatments, can be attributed to the absence of trash blanket placement in the former. Enhanced microbial immobilisation due to improved soil pH by liming (14ML and 26ML treatments) led to increased soil microbial biomass C and N, particularly in the presence of a trash blanket (26 ML treatment), but decreased soil respiration and metabolic quotient indicated that acidic stress conditions were alleviated in the liming treatments. Soil pH was the main factor governing soil enzyme activities, with an overall decrease in all enzyme activities in response to liming. Overall, liming and trash blanket practices improved sugarcane soil fertility. Further study is warranted to investigate the shifts in soil microbial community composition and the diversity and abundance of N-associated functional genes in response to liming in sugarcane fields.

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Logan, D. P., P. G. Allsopp, and M. P. Zalucki. "Overwintering, soil distribution and phenology of Childers canegrub, Antitrogus parvulus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Queensland sugarcane." Bulletin of Entomological Research 93, no. 4 (July 2003): 307–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/ber2003245.

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AbstractIn this study, the question of whether Childers canegrub, Antitrogus parvulus (Britton) overwinters in the subsoil was addressed. Irrigated fields of sugarcane were sampled during a 2-year period near Bundaberg in southern Queensland. Antitrogus parvulus overwintered as second and third instars at each of three sites. During autumn and winter third instars of different allochronic (separated in age by 12 months) populations occurred together and could not be readily separated. Field-collected third instars were reared on ryegrass and separated into two age groups based on the date of pupation. Third instars in the first year of their life cycle (young third instars) remained at shallow depth (100–200 mm) and did not overwinter in the subsoil as once thought. Minimum temperatures during winter were 13–16°C and did not prevent young third instars from feeding and gaining weight. Third instars in their second and final year moved downwards from late summer and pupated in the subsoil at 293–425 mm in spring. General phenology was as previously reported with first instar larvae occurring from January until April, second instars from January until November and third instar larvae throughout the year. Prepupae and pupae were found between October and December and adults occurred in soil during November and January. Batches of eggs occurred at a mean depth of 350 mm. First and second instars occurred predominantly at relatively shallow (100–200 mm) depths in the soil profile. All stages tended to be most common under rows of sugarcane rather than in the interrow.

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Vawdrey, L. L., and G. R. Stirling. "The use of tolerance and modification of planting times to reduce damage caused by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) in vegetable cropping systems at Bundaberg, Queensland." Australasian Plant Pathology 25, no. 4 (1996): 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ap96044.

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Day, Gary E., and Linda South. "Improving the Health System with Performance Reporting – Real Gains or Unnecessary Work?" Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management 11, no. 1 (March 16, 2016): 8–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.24083/apjhm.v11i1.229.

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Aim: This paper will discuss current approaches to performance reporting and whether there are real benefits to healthcare organisations or whether it is a time consuming activity that adds little to improving quality healthcare and organisational performance. Most importantly, this paper will argue that performance reporting will not prevent another major healthcare scandal, such as that seen at Bundaberg Hospital or NHS Mid Staffordshire Trust. The paper will also outline learnings for Australia from other health systems where performance reporting is part of management practice. Approach: While performance reporting is largely designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare organisations, this paper will explore the approach from a practical managerial perspective. Context: This paper explores performance reporting across a range of Australian healthcare organisational settings to highlight differing approaches to improving performance. Main findings: Performance reporting can be an effective tool to improve organisational performance. For performance reporting to be successful, managers and clinicians need to work collaboratively to identify areas for performance improvement and useful measures to address these. Additionally, organisations must choose a meaningful suite of measurements that can help drive performance improvement. Real time performance reporting, such as through performance dashboards, provides managers with the opportunity to make timely, incremental improvements. Finally, performance reporting must be done in a way that does not detract from providing safe, quality patient care. Conclusions: Performance reporting can be a useful management tool for healthcare organisations, however organisations must consider timeliness of performance reporting and select a number of measurements that have impact for their given facilities and avoid the wholesale analysis of data that has little opportunity to improve practice or performance. Abbreviations: LHN – Local Health Network; NEAT – National Emergency Access Targets; NHPA – National Health Performance Authority.

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Huett, D. O., and I. Vimpany. "Revised diagnostic leaf nutrient standards for macadamia growing in Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47, no. 7 (2007): 869. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea06133.

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Leaf nutrient analyses are widely used to determine the nutritional status of macadamia orchards. A commercial database was developed from 2186 observations collected from 186 farms across 56 geographical areas spanning New South Wales and Queensland. The data were collected over 10 years, with 1 to 9 sequential annual observations on each farm. An experimental database was also developed where several of the most popular commercial cultivars growing in the Lismore area of New South Wales and the Bundaberg area of Queensland were sampled at monthly intervals over a 2–3 year period. Two canopy sampling heights were used to confirm the effect of shading (irradiance) on leaf nutrient composition. This latter study confirmed that spring was an appropriate time to sample and that irradiated leaves, usually located in an upper canopy position, should be sampled. The most important change to the recommended leaf nutrient standards was the increase in the leaf nitrogen range from 1.3–1.4% to 1.4–1.7% for all cultivars except 344, where we recommend 1.6–2.0%. The study also confirmed that the adequate concentration range for zinc should be much lower than originally recommended. We recommend concentrations of 6–15 mg/kg. Minor changes were made to most other macro- and micronutrients. We also advise caution when interpreting the analyses of some nutrients because concentrations can change over the spring period. The revised leaf nutrient standards were developed from two large and comprehensive databases and reliably represent adequate leaf nutrient concentrations in productive, well-managed macadamia orchards in Australia. A single leaf analysis will not reliably indicate the nutritional status of a macadamia orchard. Additional information is required on trends in leaf and soil analyses over time as well as fertiliser, yield and management history.

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Olsen, JK, and DJ Lyons. "Petiole sap nitrate is better than total nitrogen in dried leaf for indicating nitrogen status and yield responsiveness of capsicum in subtropical Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 34, no. 6 (1994): 835. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea9940835.

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This study was conducted to assess the usefulness of petiole sap nitrate and total nitrogen (N) in dried leaf for determining N status and yield response in capsicum (Capsicum annuum L.) grown with plastic mulch and trickle irrigation in subtropical Australia. Five rates of N (0, 70, 140,210, 280 kg/ha) were applied in factorial combination with 2 rates of potassium (K: 0, 200 kg/ha) in randomised block experiments to capsicum cv. Bell Tower grown at Bundaberg Research Station in spring 1990 and autumn 1991. Critical nutrient ranges for nitrate concentration in petiole sap and for total N concentration in dried youngest mature leaf blades plus petioles (YMB + P) were derived at different stages of crop development (bud development, BD; first anthesis, FA; 80% flowering, F; fruit set, FS). Sap nitrate was about 5 times more sensitive to changes in N application than total N. Petiole sap nitrate accounted for a greater amount of the variation in marketable fruit yield (quadratic square root relationships, 0.45 < R2 < 0.83) than total N concentration in dried YMB + P (linear relationships, 0.29 < R2 < 0.74). Simple linear regressions indicated a stronger relationship between applied N and petiole sap nitrate concentration than total N concentration in dried YMB + P (range in R2 values among 8 sampling events: 0.71-0.91 for petiole sap nitrate, 0.35-0.78 for YMB + P total N). For the fertiliser application strategy, 60% of N was applied pre-fruitset and 40% after. Sap nitrate concentrations associated with 95 and 100% of maximum marketable fruit yield increased from BD (5010-6000 mg/L spring, 4980-5280 mg/L autumn) to FA (6220-7065 mg/L spring, 555M000 mg/L autumn). After FA, the range progressively decreased to 1640-2800 and 520-1220 mg/L at FS, for spring and autumn, respectively. It was concluded that petiole sap nitrate was a better indicator of plant N status and yield response than total N concentration in dried YMB + P for capsicum in subtropical Australia. A critical petiole sap K concentration (corresponding with maximum yield and at which no yield response to K addition was measured) of >4800 mg/L was proposed by correlating sap K with yield responses.

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Garside, A. L., M. J. Bell, and B. G. Robotham. "Row spacing and planting density effects on the growth and yield of sugarcane. 2. Strategies for the adoption of controlled traffic." Crop and Pasture Science 60, no. 6 (2009): 544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp08312.

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Controlled traffic (matching wheel and row spacing) is being promoted as a means to manage soil compaction in the Australian sugar industry. However, machinery limitations dictate that wider row spacings than the standard 1.5-m single row will need to be adopted to incorporate controlled traffic and many growers are reluctant to widen row spacing for fear of yield penalties. To address these concerns, contrasting row configuration and planting density combinations were investigated for their effect on cane and sugar yield in large-scale experiments in the Gordonvale, Tully, Ingham, Mackay, and Bingera (near Bundaberg) sugarcane-growing regions of Queensland, Australia. The results showed that sugarcane possesses a capacity to compensate for different row configurations and planting densities through variation in stalk number and individual stalk weight. Row configurations ranging from 1.5-m single rows (the current industry standard) to 1.8-m dual rows (50 cm between duals), 2.1-m dual (80 cm between duals) and triple (65 cm between triples) rows, and 2.3-m triple rows (65 cm between triples) produced similar yields. Four rows (50 cm apart) on a 2.1-m configuration (quad rows) produced lower yields largely due to crop lodging, while a 1.8-m single row configuration produced lower yields in the plant crop, probably due to inadequate resource availability (water stress/limited radiation interception). The results suggest that controlled traffic can be adopted in the Australian sugar industry by changing from a 1.5-m single row to 1.8-m dual row configuration without yield penalty. Further, the similar yields obtained with wider row configurations (2 m or greater with multiple rows) in these experiments emphasise the physiological and environmental plasticity that exists in sugarcane. Controlled traffic can be implemented with these wider row configurations (>2 m), although it will be necessary to carry out expensive modifications to the current harvester and haul-out equipment. There were indications from this research that not all cultivars were suited to configurations involving multiple rows. The results suggest that consideration be given to assessing clones with different growth habits under a range of row configurations to find the most suitable plant types for controlled traffic cropping systems.

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