R&D projects
Discover avocado levy investments into Avocado Fund R&D initiatives
The avocado levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Avocado Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
Discover the projects that you want to see by refining the list by ongoing, completed, and historical R&D projects as well as projects by R&D portfolio type. You can also filter the projects by areas of extension and communications, international trade, and data and insights.
151-160 of 174 results
Supply chain quality improvement – retailer point of purchase improvements (AV15011)
This investment worked closely with retailers to deliver education, training programs and consumer-facing tools to reduce the percentage of damaged avocados available on shelves.
8 August 2018
Achieving more consistent yields of quality fruit in the Australian avocado industry (AV14000)
Grower best practice resources and workshops for producing more consistent high yields of good-quality avocados from year to year were delivered by this project.
26 April 2018
Australian avocado benchmarking program development rounds II and III (AV13003)
This investment continued avocado industry benchmarking, enabling growers to identify and strive for best practice in production, packing and marketing.
18 September 2017
Exploring alternatives for managing Phytophthora root rot in avocados (AV13021)
This project assessed alternative chemical treatments for Phytophthora root rot in avocados, including mandipropamid and potassium silicate.
16 June 2017
Optimising pollination of macadamia and avocado in Australia (MT13060)
This project sought to identify the most effective pollination management strategies in Australian macadamia and avocado crops.
7 March 2017
RNA silencing based Phytophthora root rot resistant avocado rootstocks – Phase 2 (AV13000)
To improve avocado yield, this project employed a novel strategy, 'RNA silencing', to help obtain avocado rootstocks tolerant to Phytophthora root rot.
19 January 2017
A multi-target approach to fruitspotting bug (MT10049)
Information on fruitspotting bugs and their management was produced by this investment, which developed the Fruitspotting Bugs 2016 handbook
5 February 2019
Coordination of data management and avocado quality improvement and extension program (AV12012)
This investment helped run the avocado industry's Qualicado program while contributing to improves Infocado and OrchardInfo programs.
21 June 2016
Mechanisms of cultivar- and race-based disease resistance in avocado (AV09024)
Phytophthora root rot was this project's focus, including avocado and avocado rootstock susceptibility, tolerance and resistance to the disease.
13 April 2016
An analysis of fruitspotting bug activity in avocado crops from fruit-set to harvest (AV11021)
This project investigated banana-spotting bug in avocado, producing monitoring and control advice and assessing the use of pheromone traps.
31 March 2016