Avocado Fund

Ongoing project

Avocado industry and market data capture and analysis (AV20000)

Media Release

Bringing high tech horticulture to urban areas in Australia – rooftop, underground and floating farms

Media Release

Tree genomics program sequences 300 macadamia varieties to improve productivity and profitability for growers

Completed project

Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food education website (ST19037)

Media Release

R&D levy investments projected to deliver $40.5 million of value over 30 years

Article

The Masterclass in Horticultural Business course is now open for 2021 intakes

Article

Taste Australia maintains presence at Asia Fruit Logistica in 2020

Media Release

New Directors, Chair and Deputy Chair for Hort Innovation

Media Release

$50 million in plant biosecurity projects prioritised and coordinated through national collaboration

Article

Serpentine Leafminer detected in Sydney

Media Release

New partnership signed between Australian agencies to strengthen plant biosecurity

Media Release

New plant pest and disease surveillance tech delivered

Media Release

What's the buzz about? Celebrating Australian pollinator week

Marketing

Marketing snapshot - 2019/20

Article

Fall armyworm update and alert

Media Release

Hort Innovation AGM – Board member nominees announced

Ongoing project

Multi-scale monitoring tools for managing Australian tree crops – phase 2 (various projects)

Article

Members vote to update Hort Innovation’s Constitution

Media Release

Aussie frozen berry producer Stuart McGruddy awarded Hort Innovation Churchill Fellowship

Media Release

Fall armyworm podcasts launched to help growers

Media Release

Cross your I's and dot your bees for pollination

Minor use permit

Minor use permits for the avocado industry

Article

New phytophthora resistant rootstock released for use by the Australian avocado industry

Completed project

Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)

Media Release

Sterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in Queensland fruit fly population

Article

An Extraordinary General Meeting of members has been called

Media Release

Greening our cities – reducing the 'urban heat island' effect

Media Release

Record-breaking year for Australian table grape exports

Media Release

Horticulture research to boost bushfire recovery

Article

Horticulture grant on offer for young Australians

Article

My Market Kitchen episode 8: Healthy fish and chips

Media Release

Launch of third apple and pear orchard program

Media Release

Strawberry breeding program delights tastebuds

Media Release

Getting the facts on pollination

Article

My Market Kitchen episode 6: Chocolate avocado mousse

Media Release

Living turf provides bushfire protection scientific report finds

Ongoing project

Understanding the mode of action of phosphite in avocado for enhanced management of Phytophthora root rot (AV19005)

Ongoing project

Carbohydrate monitoring to predict yield and understanding fruit set (AV19006)

Media Release

World first global review reveals health benefits of the humble mushroom

Article

Renewed funding for plant biosecurity research

Historical document

International Alternate Bearing Summit_ Phase one of alternate bearing solutions for avocado growers (AV09009)

Historical document

Improving yield and quality in avocado through disease management (AV07000)

Historical document

Improving spraying and management of spotting bugs in avocados (AV06001)

Historical document

Improved management of avocado diseases (AV04001)

Guide

Avocado pollination brochure

Historical document

Determination of health-promoting bioactives in Australian avocados (AV07003)

Historical document

Cryopreservation of somatic embryos and shoot tips towards development of a cryo-bank for avocado germplasm (AV11025)

Completed project

Multi-scale monitoring tools for managing Australian tree crops: Industry meets innovation (ST15012 and others)

Completed project

Adaptive area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly using the sterile insect technique: Guidelines for efficient and effective pest suppression and stakeholder adoption (ST15014 and ST15015)

Historical document

Biosecurity capacity building for the Australian avocado industry_ laurel wilt (AV10004)

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