August’s ISSCT Bulletin leads with a feature article on the so-called pasture mealybug, a pest now detected across all sugar cane growing areas of Louisiana and Florida, where it has been associated with severe leaf yellowing, stunted growth and sharp reductions in recoverable sugar — and whose identity is still unresolved. It also carries reports from four of the Society’s recent webinars, covering molecular biology, germplasm and breeding, entomology, and co-products, along with details of the ICSB’s 2027 James E. Irvine Memorial Travel Award for early-career scientists. The issue remembers Dr Oscar Almazán del Olmo, a pioneering researcher in sugar cane co-products and derivatives, who died in July. As usual, it features a round-up of international sugarcane news, latest research, and upcoming events.
