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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
$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
Generation of data for pesticide permit applications in horticulture crops 2019/20 (MT18018)
This multi-industry project generated the data needed to support a range of existing minor use permits across a variety of horticulture crops, to ensure growers have continued access to safe and effective chemicals for the management of pests, weeds and diseases.
10 July 2019
Market insight reports: cultural festivals and events
New Austrade reports available to assist Australian horticulture businesses that export to better understand opportunities and uses for their produce as gifts and offerings during cultural festivals and events.
9 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
Reverse trade mission to entice our Asian neighbours
Media ReleaseIMPORTERS, wholesalers and retailers from six export markets within Asia will touch down on Australian soil next week for the annual AUSVEG Reverse Trade Mission, commissioned by Hort Innovation and supported by the Victorian
11 June 2019
Innovative science is key in the fight against fruit fly
Media ReleaseRESEARCHERS ARE investigating how to implement sex selection in fruit flies in a bid to trump up control and eradication measures for the Australian horticulture industry’s most costly pest. In what has been referred to as “genetic
23 May 2019
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2018-19 to 2020-21 (HA18002)
This across-industry investment is responsible for producing Hort Innovation’s annual Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook.
22 May 2019
Horticulture leads Australian agriculture in value and on-farm efficiency
Media ReleaseA RECENT analysis of Australian agricultural industries has put horticulture at the forefront in sustainable practices. A review of the latest data[i] from the Australian Bureau of Statistics identified the Australian horticulture
22 May 2019
12th Biennial Australian Mangoes Conference partnership (MG18000)
This investment provided funding to support the 12th Biennial Australian Mangoes Conference held across May 14-17, 2019 in Darwin
31 May 2019