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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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Completed project Final Research Report

National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre (VG17003)

This project supported the running of the National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre, which houses a range of research.

20 October 2022

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 Final Research Report

Adoption of precision systems technology in vegetable production (VG16009)

This investment was tasked with supporting the vegetable industry in adopting precision agriculture technologies.

10 January 2020

Completed project

Vision systems, sensing and sensor networks to manage risks and increase productivity in vegetable production systems (VG15024)

This project was all about the application of automation, robotics, vision systems and sensing technologies in the vegetable industry

7 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

On farm evaluation of vegetable seed viability using non-destructive techniques (VG16028)

This research looked at ways to assess and improve vegetable seed quality and viability on farm.

5 September 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

Boosting vegetable consumption through diet (VegeEze) (VG16071)

A mobile app for encouraging vegetable consumption, VegEze, was developed by this investment, which also delivered insights into how technology can be used to support vegetable use

9 August 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

Improved skill for regional climate in the ACCESS-based POAMA model (VG13092)

This investment contributed to improving spatial and temporal weather forecasting and seasonal predictions in regions of interest to vegetable growers.

14 February 2018