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Completed project Final Research Report

Monitoring avocado quality in retail (AV19003)

This project monitored avocado fruit quality in retail stores across the country to provide detailed, timely feedback to specific packhouses and the industry as a whole.

20 April 2023

Ongoing project

Investigation into citrus blossom bugs in avocados (AV19000)

This investment is developing an understanding of the biology and ecology of citrus blossom bug and its impact on the Australian avocado industry

1 March 2020

Completed project

Australian apple consumer and shopper research (AP19000)

This short investment delivered insights into Australian apple consumers and identified key targets and growth opportunities

30 September 2019

Completed project Final Research Report

Pilot sterile codling moth releases for the apple industry (AP18001)

This project examined the application of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) as a tool for control of codling moth in Australian apple orchards.

1 July 2024

Article

Fall armyworm update and alert

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an exotic pest that has recently been detected for the first time in Australia. Hort Innovation is keeping a close eye on the situation and is currently working with the relevant authorities to prepare and protect the horticulture sector against any potential spread of fall armyworm.

30 October 2020

Fact sheet

Virus diseases of cucurbits in Australia fact sheet

This fact sheet summarises the symptoms, spread and control measures for viruses affecting curcurbits

22 January 2020

Completed project

Extension strategy for the Australian vegetable industry (VG18003)

This investment scoped out the extension needs for the Australian vegetable industry and delivered a strategy for addressing those needs into the future

26 November 2019

Media Release

Self-fertilising almond trees secure the future of industry

Media ReleaseIN A WORLD-LEADING research project funded by Hort Innovation, Australian scientists have successfully bred self-fertile almond varieties for growers that are not entirely reliant on bees for pollination. The longitudinal project

17 February 2020

Media Release

Researchers’ say: Tan your mushrooms, not your skin

Media ReleaseBATHING YOUR mushrooms in the sun before eating increases their vitamin D content by nearly eightfold, according to new Hort Innovation funded research that summarises the health effects of the popular fungi. According to the leading

5 February 2020

Article

The road to recovery

A profile on chestnut grower Alison Saunders and her recent experience in the bushfires

5 February 2020