R&D projects
Discover lychee levy investments into Lychee Fund R&D initiatives
The lychee levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Lychee Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
This investment provided weekly updates on consumer attitudes and behaviours during and beyond COVID-19.
15 June 2020
Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008)
This short investment facilitated a 2020 Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) for several horticultural industries
29 January 2021
Lychee pest and disease field guide (LY19001)
This project updated the Lychee pest and disease handbook, a resource that assists lychee growers and industry stakeholders to effectively monitor and manage pests and diseases in their orchards.
26 June 2020
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Through this project, Hort Innovation engaged independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.
31 December 2021
Treatment for mites on lychee fruit prior to irradiation for improved market access (LY16002)
This project explored parraffinic oil and fruit washing as an effective approach to removing mites and micro insect pests prior to export of lychees.
4 April 2019
Mite and insect disinfestation of lychee fruit using high pressure water sprays (LY18000)
This investment investigated how to optimise the use of high-pressure water to remove surface pests on lychees.
31 March 2020
Tropical fruit export strategy (MT17002) (MT17002b)
This investment was tasked with developing individual export strategies for a range of tropical commodities, feeding into an overarching export strategy for Australian tropical fruit.
15 May 2018
US market access project (LY15001)
A pilot program for exporting lychees to the United States of America was run under this investment, which also produced export resources for growers.
31 July 2018
Autonomous perception systems for horticulture tree crops (AH11009)
This robotics and mechanisation investment contributed to the development of sensing technologies/algorithms, trialed in autonomous perception ground vehicles (the Shimp and Mantis robots).
11 March 2016
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