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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Improving the biosecurity preparedness of Australian horticulture for the exotic spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) (MT17005)
This multi-industry investment improved awareness of the risks posed by spotted wing drosophila, which attacks a range of soft-skinned fruit, as well as enhanced Australia’s capacity to detect and respond to any incursions of the pest.
4 December 2018
SITplus: Developing and optimising production of a male-only, temperature-sensitive-lethal, strain of Qfly, B. tryoni (MT13059)
This investment has successfully demonstrated a method to develop a ‘temperature-sensitive lethal, male-selecting’ strain of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly).
31 January 2019
Protecting Australia's citrus genetic material (CT17008)
This investment supported the National Citrus Repository (NCR) program for publicly owned citrus varieties, to maintain industry access to healthy planting material.
16 August 2021
Improving citrus quality with regulated deficit irrigation (CT17000)
This project investigated a practical irrigation deficit method for the Australian citrus industry, to enhance fruit sugar content while also saving irrigation water.
27 September 2022
Citrus Technical Forums (CT16700)
This investment was responsible for the planning and delivery of the industry’s biennial Citrus Technical Forums
18 June 2019
Queensland citrus improvement scheme: finding better rootstocks for Australia (CT13004)
This investment investigated a range of new rootstocks for citrus growers, leading to the commercialisation of the new Barkley rootstock.
31 October 2018
Evaluation and commercialisation of new citrus rootstocks (CT13042)
This investment evaluated the performance of new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry, with a focus on improving the yield and quality of both fresh and processing fruit, boosting tree health by improving tolerance to stresses, and looking at the modification of tree architecture.
4 October 2018
Citrus industry communications (CT15009)
This investment was responsible for delivery effective and timely communications to Australian citrus growers and industry stakeholders.
1 August 2018
Joint Florida and Australian citrus black spot research initiative (CT13021)
This international collaboration advanced knowledge of how citrus black spot disease can be limited, and also found a type of citrus that may advance breeding of resistant varieties in the future.
18 June 2018
Evaluating new citrus varieties 2013-2017 (CT12026)
New citrus varieties were evaluated under this project, across a range of climates, soils and rootstocks.
15 June 2017