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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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Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project

Tropical fruit export strategy (MT17002) (MT17002a)

This investment was tasked with developing individual export strategies for a range of tropical commodities, feeding into an overarching export strategy for Australian tropical fruit.

16 May 2018

Completed project

Autonomous perception systems for horticulture tree crops (AH11009)

This robotics and mechanisation investment contributed to the development of sensing technologies/algorithms, trialed in autonomous perception ground vehicles (the Shimp and Mantis robots).

11 March 2016

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project Final Research Report

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

Completed project

Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)

This across-industry investment is responsible for producing Hort Innovation’s annual Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook

12 December 2018

Completed project Final Research Report

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