R&D projects
Discover citrus levy investments into Citrus Fund R&D initiatives
The citrus levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Citrus Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Generation of residue data for pesticide minor use permit applications in horticulture crops 2015/16 (ST15027)
This investment was responsible for generating pesticide residue and crop safety data to support minor use permit applications and renewals.
26 November 2018
Protecting Australia’s citrus genetic material (CT15005)
This investment supported the National Citrus Repository Program from 2015 to 2018, maintaining and disease testing citrus foundation trees.
14 December 2018
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
This project examined the level of innovation in the Australian horticulture industry, and its relationship to productivity.
4 September 2015
Protecting Australian citrus germplasm through improved diagnostic tools project (CT14009)
This project supported the NSW DPI Citrus Pathology Program team, in collaboration with Auscitrus, to assess, develop and validate laboratory diagnostic procedures for a number of endemic graft-transmissible pathogens of citrus.
14 December 2018
Australian Citrus Quality Standards – stage 3 (CT15013)
Support for the citrus industry to improve harvest timing decisions, grade Imperial mandarin granulation and establish strong links with major retailers
10 May 2019
Development of phenology models and a timing guide for the management of Californian red scale in Australian citrus (CT15008)
This project developed a degree-day-based phenology model to predict the timing of peak abundance of vulnerable life stages of Californian red scale to better guide Aphytis releases and oil applications for citrus growers
27 February 2019
Development of national strategies to manage citrus gall wasp (CT15006)
This project investigated new management options for the control of citrus gall wasp including cultural control, biological control, repellents and alternative insecticides
27 February 2019
Australian citrus industry innovation and market development program (CT15012)
This investment supported a range of personnel to help develop a globally competitive and well-informed citrus industry to reliably supply product that satisfies market requirements
7 December 2018
Evaluation of new citrus varieties 2017-2022 (CT17006)
This investment assessed new citrus varieties under local conditions to provide industry with objective performance data.
23 May 2023
Evaluation of new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry 2017-2022 (CT17002)
This investment evaluated the performance of new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry from 2017 to 2022.
23 August 2023