R&D projects
Discover banana levy investments into Banana Fund R&D initiatives
The banana levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Banana Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Banana industry communications program (BA18001)
This investment was responsible for keeping Australian banana growers informed about industry R&D and other news and developments in a timely way.
10 January 2023
SPLAT cue-lure based management of Queensland fruit fly (MT12001)
A pheromone-based lure approach for managing Queensland fruit fly was assessed by this project, dubbed SPLAT: Specialised Pheromone Lure Application Technology.
5 February 2019
Integrated management of yellow Sigatoka (BA15003)
This project supported the role and activities of a Yellow Sigatoka liaison officer for the banana industry between 2016 and 2018.
9 January 2019
Banana enterprise performance comparison (BA16009)
This investment collected data on the productivity, quality, profitability and other information from Australian banana businesses as part of the industry's benchmarking program.
7 November 2018
Generation of residue data for pesticide minor use permit applications in horticulture crops 2015/16 (ST15027)
This investment was responsible for generating pesticide residue and crop safety data to support minor use permit applications and renewals.
26 November 2018
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
This project examined the level of innovation in the Australian horticulture industry, and its relationship to productivity.
4 September 2015
National banana bunchy top virus program – Phase 3 – QLD (BA15006) and National banana bunchy top virus program – Phase 3 – NSW (BA15007) (BA15006 and BA15007)
These projects contributed to the control of banana bunchy top disease, with activities designed to protect uninfested areas, remove infestation from farms, and reduce the disease range.
13 December 2018
The Australian banana industry communications program (BA15005)
This investment was responsible for keeping Australian banana growers and other industry stakeholders informed about key industry issues and the latest R&D in a timely way, from 2016 into 2019.
5 December 2018
National banana development and extension project (BA16007)
This program delivered the outcomes of R&D to the banana industry through industry development officers and the events and resources they produced.
26 June 2020
Banana Industry Congress 2019 (BA17003)
This investment supported the 13th Australian Banana Industry Congress, held from May 22 to 24, 2019 on the Gold Coast
28 June 2019