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Avocado industry capacity building – Western Australia (AV17006)
This program built research capacity within the Western Australian avocado industry to achieve higher and more consistent production, allowing the local industry to grow and take advantage of domestic and international markets.
11 June 2024
Maximising yield and reducing seasonal variation (AV16005)
This investment increased the avocado industry’s knowledge on immature fruit abscission and identified management intervention points for future research.
17 June 2024
Horticulture Statistics Handbook out now
Media ReleaseHORT INNOVATION today released the latest Horticulture Statistics Handbook – offering the most comprehensive and contemporary data available on all sectors of the Australian horticulture industry in one easy-to-read guide. Featuring
29 March 2018
Multi-million dollar project to design the tree of the future
Media ReleaseCaption: Project lead, Professor Robert Henry from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland. AUSTRALIAN researchers have turned to plant genetics to help solve DNA mysteries and create
22 November 2018
Researchers buzzing with latest sterile Queensland fruit fly finding
ArticleScientists have developed an additional safeguard to differentiate factory-reared sterile Queensland fruit flies (Qflies) from their wild relatives in research being delivered as part of the national Sterile Insect Technology Plus
2 September 2017
Shoo, fly! New world-leading facility opens to bolster fruit-fly defence
ArticleSet to provide a powerful new line of defence against one of horticulture’s most damaging pests, this world-leading and game-changing $3.18 million National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) fruit fly facility is located in Port Augusta, South
1 November 2016
Groundbreaking buzz: the surprising truth about flies
ArticleA study commissioned by Hort Innovation and its partners has shown that – rather than bees as might be expected – it’s blow flies that are the chief pollinators of avocados in one of the crop's Aussie growing regions. Led by Plant & Food
1 September 2016
Growers urged to get the app to improve the map
ArticleAustralia’s avocado, mango and macadamia growers are being called on to contribute to a map that aims to enhance the nation’s biosecurity response and planning capability and help with recovery efforts after severe weather events. The draft
1 March 2017
Pursing a holistic approach to persimmons
Avocado and persimmon grower is focusing on soil fertilisation, reducing chemical inputs and talking on Integrated Pest Management
31 October 2016
New project to tackle avocado bruising
New project tackles the problem of bruising of Australian avocadoes at the retail and household level
31 August 2016