R&D projects
Discover macadamia levy investments into Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives
The macadamia levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Macadamia regional variety trials – series 3, phase 2 (MC11001)
This investment continued the evaluation of new macadamia varieties through trials to collect and analyse data that was used to narrow down promising selections and work towards the release of new high-performing varieties for growers.
5 November 2018
Macadamia breeding and conservation (MC09021)
New macadamia varieties were bred and assessed under this investment, which also conducted rootstock trials. The work ran from 2009 to 2013.
16 November 2015
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
Integrated pest management program for the Australian macadamia industry (various projects from MC16004 to MC16008) (MC16004 to MC16008)
This program developed, demonstrated and facilitated the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, to support macadamia growers in having pest-resilient farming systems.
12 December 2018
Macadamia integrated disease management (MC16018)
This project was tasked with delivering an integrated disease program, that is compatible with IPM, to increase the productivity and profitability of macadamia growers and the Australian macadamia industry.
30 January 2023
Benchmarking the macadamia industry 2015-18 (MC15005)
This investment supplied three years of industry data on plantings, production, costs, pests and weather problems, yield and quality of crops to give a picture of the macadamia industry from 2009 to 2018
10 December 2018
Generation of pesticide data – Sigastus weevil (MC17007)
This investment involved field trials with two insecticides to produce residue, crop safety and efficacy data, which were used to support minor use applications for the macadamia industry.
30 July 2019
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
This investment delivered a nationally coordinated bee-pest surveillance program to help safeguard honey-bee and pollinator-dependent industries in Australia.
13 December 2021
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
Developing a macadamia industry tree stock standard (MC17001)
This investment developed the Macadamia Nursery Stock Standard to boost macadamia orchard productivity through improvement in nursery stock physiology as well as pest management
25 June 2019