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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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
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
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
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
Commercial development of subtropical mandarin hybrids (CT09023)
This investment progressed the development and evaluation of new mandarin hybrid varieties for subtropical regions, running between 2010 and 2014.
21 December 2016
Protecting Australia's citrus genetic material (CT10008)
This project funded protection and testing of the National Citrus Repository pest and disease free foundation trees for nursery tree production, from 2010 to 2015
24 July 2015
Early-season replacement for Imperial mandarin (CT09014)
This project supported a citrus breeding program to find improved varieties for the early part of the mandarin season, with the research run from 2009 to 2013.
3 June 2014
Assessing the horticultural performance of new citrus rootstocks via short-term orchard trials (CT07002)
This project identified superior citrus rootstocks that could be entered into longer term plantings under a range of soil, climatic and management conditions
31 March 2014