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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
Growing Matters podcast series
Looking for something amazing to listen to? We've put together a series of podcasts to kickstart your next listening obsession with information, ideas and inspiration.
5 July 2019
The link between soil wealth and cover cropping with Dr Kelvin Montagu
In this podcast Dr Kelvin Montagu explains how cover crops integrate with the vegetable production system and how keeping your soil healthy plays a big role on the wellbeing of your crops.
5 July 2019
Sustainable banana farming with Matt Abbott
In this podcast Matt Abbott shares his ideas and knowledge on sustainability, his reinvigorated way of looking at farming as a business, and a lot more.
5 July 2019
Waste management practices in the banana industry with Paul Inderbitzin
In this podcast Paul Inderbitzinshares his experience from overseas with using plastic in banana growing. He explains why waste reduction in the banana industry is critical and shares his innovative method for recycling plastic into oil.
5 July 2019
Methods of protected cropping for subtropical climates with Emily Rigby
In this podcast, Emily Rigby shares her insights on using protected cropping to reliably produce high quality and high-yielding plants. She also speaks about her discoveries from international travel studying protected cropping in sub-tropical climates with a focus on low- and high-tech protected cropping.
5 July 2019
Cost-effective technologies for improving protected cropping structures with Ross Pirrone
If you're interested in protected cropping but have not yet taken the plunge, or want to take your practices a step further, listen to this podcast with Ross Pirrone. Find out about cost-effective and more advanced growing structures and systems, especially for tropical and sub-tropical growing regions.
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
IPDM field day presentation for the olive industry
Presentation slides from 2018 olive grower field days on IPDM techniques
31 December 2018