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Researchers dish up a digital avocado
Media ReleaseIt’s an ancient fruit, but the avocado has been brought into the new millennium with the publication of its draft genome, which may be the key to improvements in future crops. UQ Centre for Horticultural Science’s Professor Neena
14 August 2019
Defending Australia against the Number 1 crop killer
Media ReleaseImage: Glass winged sharpshooter WHAT HAS been dubbed the number one plant biosecurity threat to Australia is now under the spotlight through a new Hort Innovation funded project aimed at building Australia’s capability to quickly and
31 July 2019
Accurate yield forecasting and better tree crop management focus of $5M project
Media ReleaseA GRANT worth more than $5 million dollars has been awarded to Hort Innovation to continue work in optimising the management of Australian tree crop industries through innovative mapping and monitoring tools. Awarded under Round 4 of
29 July 2019
Trees support mental health in older adults
Media ReleaseADULTS WHO live in neighbourhoods with 30 per cent or more covered in tree canopy have 31 per cent lower odds of developing psychological distress according to new research findings. Funded by Hort Innovation under the Hort Frontiers
26 July 2019
Natural predators are key to beat crop pests
Media ReleaseAUSTRALIAN vegetable growers have teamed up with researchers under a Hort Innovation funded project to find more natural and sustainable ways to manage damaging pests in their fields. Their aim is to grow cleaner and greener crops;
24 July 2019
$10M funding injection to support the eradication of Qfly
Media ReleaseAUSTRALIAN RESEARCH into sterile insect technology has been strengthened through a $10 million collaborative project managed by Hort Innovation, with significant cash contributions by Western Sydney University (WSU) and the Government
18 July 2019
Our sustainable future starts today
Media ReleaseDECISION MAKERS are being encouraged and empowered to make conscientious choices around urban greening in Australian cities. Trees provide well recognised benefits to human health and wellbeing, and by regulating temperature and
16 July 2019
Keeping Australia's bees free from broken wing disorders
Media ReleaseImage credit: Dr Ethel Villalobos, University of Hawaii. PARASITIC VARROA mites can magnify the damage from a common virus in honeybees that can cause deformities in the bees’ wings, according to a review published in the Annual Review
5 July 2019
Gympie identified as birthplace of global macadamia industry
Media ReleaseCaption: Dr Craig Hardner, pictured with the world’s first cultivated macadamia tree, planted in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens in 1858. THE GLOBAL macadamia industry may have originated from a single tree taken from Gympie to Hawaii
3 July 2019
It’s a Fun-gi Phenomenom
Media ReleaseCaption: Maths Whiz Eddie Wu features in the new Phenomenom webcast. He uses maths and science to peak kids interest in vegetables. THE NEXT instalment of Hort Innovation’s Phenomenom phenomenon is here. Stage two of this research
3 July 2019