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Research to Boost Queensland Papaya Quality and Trade Appeal
Media ReleaseNEW RESEARCH commissioned by Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) aims to improve the quality, yield, flesh colour, flavour and sweetness of one of Australia's most versatile fruits. To be delivered by Griffith
4 April 2016
Australian almond variety evaluation and commercialisation program (AL12015)
This program evaluated new almond varieties between 2013 and 2018, leading to the commercialisation of six new cultivars for the industry.
16 December 2018
Accelerating development of the Australian custard apple industry, new variety development and commercialisation phase 2 (CU13001)
This investment aimed to accelerate the development of the Australian custard apple industry by providing better varieties and rootstocks, better crop management techniques and extension of technologies to new and existing growers.
14 December 2018
Mango breeding support (MG09003)
This investment provided technical support and R&D services to the Australian Mango Breeding Program between 2010 and 2013.
13 January 2014
Macadamia breeding and conservation (MC09021)
New macadamia varieties were bred and assessed under this investment, which also conducted rootstock trials. The work ran from 2009 to 2013.
16 November 2015
New rootstocks to improve production and water use efficiency, sustainability and reduce risks of dried grape production (DG12006)
New high-yielding, water-efficient and drought-tolerant rootstocks for dried grape production were investigated in this project. High-density trials were also conducted.
14 December 2018
Australian cherry evaluation utilising precocious rootstocks (CY12024)
Some 115 new cherry varieties were evaluated under this investment, with the inclusion of promising precocious rootstocks Gisela 6 and Krymsk 5.
24 October 2018
Protecting Australia’s citrus genetic material (CT15005)
This investment supported the National Citrus Repository Program from 2015 to 2018, maintaining and disease testing citrus foundation trees.
14 December 2018
DNA-marker development for flavour compounds in strawberry (BS12006)
This work identified potential genetic markers relating to desirable strawberry flavour compounds, to feed into strawberry breeding and variety selection.
2 February 2016
Macadamia regional variety trials series 4 (MC17006)
This investment is continuing to evaluate the performance of new and emerging macadamia varieties.
14 December 2018