R&D projects
Discover vegetable levy investments into Vegetable Fund R&D initiatives
The vegetable levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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ProbiSafe – developing biocontrol agents to inhibit pathogen growth (VG16005)
This investment developed and verified new biological control agents to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria on vegetables
22 May 2019
Creating value from edible vegetable waste (VG15076)
Researchers produced high nutrition vegetable powders and fermented purees using carrot and broccoli that would otherwise have gone to waste
19 February 2019
Improving safety of vegetable produce through on-farm sanitation, using electrolysed oxidising (EO) water (VG15068)
This project investigated whether ‘electrolysed oxidising’ or ‘EO’ water can be used to increase the quality of vegetable irrigation water.
30 July 2020
A revolutionary new sensor for in-field measurements of food safety in leafy vegetables (VG13073)
This project aimed to construct a working prototype of a new-generation Raman sensor to detect dangerous microorganisms in leafy vegetables.
1 August 2018