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Discover summerfruit levy investments into Summerfruit Fund R&D initiatives

The summerfruit levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Summerfruit Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.

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Completed project Final Research Report

SPLAT cue-lure based management of Queensland fruit fly (MT12001)

A pheromone-based lure approach for managing Queensland fruit fly was assessed by this project, dubbed SPLAT: Specialised Pheromone Lure Application Technology.

5 February 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project

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

Completed project

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

Completed project Final Research Report

National honey bee pest surveillance program (MT12011)

This investment supported the National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (NBPSP) from 2013 to 2016, to help safeguard pollination-dependent industries.

5 February 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

A model for industry planning and preparedness for an incursion of Varroa mite (MT12049)

This project tested the preparedness of Australia’s pollination-dependent industries for an incursion of the exotic bee pest Varooa mite (Varroa destructor).

16 November 2015