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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Reconnaissance and recommendations for mistletoe management in macadamia orchards (MC18001)
This project summarised current knowledge about mistletoe management and provided interim recommendations as well as priorities for future research
22 January 2019
Macadamia – propagation and precocity (MC13014)
Plant growth regulators, mini-grafted trees and tree girdling were found to reduce the time to first harvest and boost yield in macadamia trees in this research.
31 January 2019
Australian macadamia communication program (MC18000)
This project shared R&D and marketing outcomes and other knowledge with macadamia growers and other industry stakeholders.
15 July 2022
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
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
This across-industry investment is responsible for producing Hort Innovation’s annual Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook
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