R&D projects

Competitive citrus orchard systems (CT23006)

This project is building knowledge and resources to support a transition to growing systems with improved resource efficiency (space, water and labour) for producing high-value citrus crops.

20 June 2024

• Ongoing project
• Citrus Fund
• On-farm and crop management

Albedo breakdown prediction (CT23003)

Albedo breakdown in citrus poses significant challenges to the industry in terms of economic costs, lowering fruit quality and increasing spoilage.

31 May 2024

• Ongoing project
• Citrus Fund
• Technology

Management of the citrus industry consultation and advisory mechanism (CT23004)

This project is supporting Australian citrus growers to have profitable, competitive, and sustainable businesses through sound investment of the citrus levy by Hort Innovation.

17 May 2024

• Ongoing project
• Citrus Fund
• Industry development and communication

Citrus market development and quality program (CT22002)

This investment ensures the Australian citrus industry remains globally competitive, well-informed, profitable, and able to reliably and sustainably supply quality fruit that achieves commercial and regulatory market requirements in domestic and international markets.

19 March 2024

• Ongoing project
• Citrus Fund
• International trade and markets

Breeding new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry (CT23002)

The project will create new and unique germplasm, providing long-term opportunities for the Australian citrus industry to increase genetic diversity using high-performing rootstock options.

19 March 2024

• Ongoing project
• Citrus Fund
• Varieties and rootstocks

International eLearning retail program (MT22501)

This project delivered an engaging and informative online course that educates retail employees from key export countries about Australian produce.

4 March 2024

• Avocado Fund
• Citrus Fund
• Table Grape Fund
• Completed project
• Training and education
• International trade and markets

Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)

This investment provides a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

21 February 2024

Understanding cross-protection of viral diseases in horticultural crops – a case study of citrus tristeza virus (BY22002)

This investment is developing a vaccine-like solution to arm the Australian citrus industry with an effective way to combat citrus tristeza virus.

9 November 2023

• Ongoing project
• Citrus Fund
• Pests, diseases and biosecurity
• Biosecurity

Spatially enabling tree crop production practice (AS23000)

This investment seeks to geographically identify and map fundamental industry information such as variety, planting date, management, and productivity of tree orchards.

9 November 2023

• Ongoing project
• Avocado Fund
• Banana Fund
• Citrus Fund
• Macadamia Fund
• Advanced Production Systems Fund
• Technology

Chemical residue report to support Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia (MT23000) (MT23002)

This project provided a report of national residue testing data to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) for their utilisation in renewal of Australia’s Country Recognition Arrangement (CRA) with Indonesia.

9 November 2023

• Avocado Fund
• Cherry Fund
• Citrus Fund
• Onion Fund
• Persimmon Fund
• Strawberry Fund
• Table Grape Fund
• Vegetable Fund
• Completed project
• Blueberry Fund
• International trade and markets