Abstract
Sugar production contributes more than $2 billion annually to the Australian economy, mainly through export earnings (DAFF 2019; QEAS 2019). However, the associated costs of disease management and prevention are up to 40% of the economic production value (Magarey et al. 2003). Therefore, effective and informed disease management and biosecurity planning/surveillance for endemic and exotic pathogens are critical for the ongoing profitability of the Australian sugarcane industry. Management requires early, fast, and accurate diagnostic and quantification of causative organisms and their epidemiology. While existing diagnostic methods are robust and well-established, they are time-consuming, expensive and laboratory-based. Here, we report on the development of a novel handheld diagnostic device, SugarPATH (Figure 1a), suitable for detecting target pathogens within 20 min. SugarPATH is designed to overcome the shortcomings in existing sugarcane pathogen diagnostics by providing Australia with a rapid and accurate diagnostic tool for early detection and to provide proper biosecurity surveillance and disease management.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2023 Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists |
Editors | P. G. Allsopp |
Place of Publication | QLD, Australia |
Publisher | Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists |
Pages | 213-214 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Volume | 44 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781713880257 |
Publication status | Published - 18 Apr 2023 |
Event | 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 2023: ASSCT 2023 - Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Australia Duration: 18 Apr 2023 → 21 Apr 2023 https://www.proceedings.com/content/071/071167webtoc.pdf (Proceedings front matter) https://www.assct.com.au/conference/conference-program/conference-program (Conference program and abstracts) https://www.proceedings.com/71167.html (Publisher proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists 2023 |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Cairns |
Period | 18/04/23 → 21/04/23 |
Other | The 44th annual conference of ASSCT was held at the Cairns Convention Centre over four days during April 2023 and, by all accounts, was very successful. There were 350 registered delegates including 21 delegates from overseas enjoyed a mix of technical discussions, networking and social events. The Industry Equipment Exhibition was supported by 49 domestic and international companies occupying 55 sites displaying a full range of equipment and services typically used in the sugar industry. A total of 70 papers were presented over two days of technical sessions including 37 agricultural, 28 manufacturing and five case studies from equipment suppliers. On the first day agricultural delegates attended an SRA field day at the Meringa research Station while an Asset Reliability Workshop was held for manufacturing delegates. On the final day of the conference, manufacturing delegates had a field trip to the local bulk sugar terminal and the nearby Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station. |
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