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 plant industry access to new genetics through faster and more accurate diagnostics using next generation sequencing (MT18005)
This investment was tasked with supporting the adoption of ‘next generation sequencing’ in the screening of imported horticultural plant material in post-entry quarantine facilities.
23 August 2023
Citrus market development, market access and quality (CT18002)
This investment helped the Australian citrus industry continue its strong presence in the global market, remain competitive and able to reliably supply product that satisfies international requirements.
26 June 2024
Xylella coordinator (MT17006) (MT17006a)
Through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative, this investment supported the role and activities of a national coordinator relating to exotic bacteria Xylella fastidiosa.
14 June 2023
Citrus industry minor use permit program (CT16000)
This project funds submitting renewals and applications for minor use permits for the citrus industry
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
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