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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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Ongoing project

Vegetable industry minor use program (VG16020)

Through this project, levy funds and Australian Government contributions are used to submit renewals and applications for minor use permits for the vegetable industry as required.

10 December 2018

Completed project

Novel topical vegetable, cotton virus and whitefly protection (VG16037)

This investment minimised the economic impact of pest infestation on vegetables through the development of an innovative topical protection medium, BioClay.

7 December 2018

Completed project

Review of the national biosecurity plan for the vegetable industry (VG15065)

This investment was responsible for reviewing and updating the Australian vegetable industry’s biosecurity plan.

30 June 2021

Completed project Final Research Report

Improved management options for cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (VG15013)

This investment is developing new knowledge for understanding and managing cucumber green mottle mosaic virus.

6 May 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Improving soilborne disease diagnostic capacity for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15009)

This investment used world-leading DNA testing technology to provide vegetable growers with tests to assess the risk of soilborne diseases caused by select pathogens prior to planting

9 August 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Advanced stable fly management for vegetable producers (VG15002)

This investment investigated strategies to reduce the development of stable flies in crop residues left after vegetable harvest

24 January 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

SITplus: Developing and optimising production of a male-only, temperature-sensitive-lethal, strain of Qfly, B. tryoni (MT13059)

This investment has successfully demonstrated a method to develop a ‘temperature-sensitive lethal, male-selecting’ strain of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly).

31 January 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Management and detection of bacterial leaf spot in capsicum and chilli crops (VG14010)

This project aimed to increase the capacity of the vegetable industry to develop integrated disease management programs for bacterial leaf spot of capsicum and chili field crops.

7 November 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

New in-field treatment solutions to control fruit fly (2) (VG13042)

This project produced the Fruit Fly Management for Vegetable Growers guide and investigated new methods for managing and monitoring fruit flies.

3 July 2017