R&D projects
Discover citrus levy investments into Citrus Fund R&D initiatives
The citrus levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Citrus Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Evaluation of new citrus varieties 2017-2022 (CT17006)
This investment assessed new citrus varieties under local conditions to provide industry with objective performance data.
23 May 2023
Citrus fruit export China and Japan (CT17005) (CT17005b)
This investment was about bolstering opportunities for and value of Australian citrus in Asian markets.
31 October 2018
Evaluation of new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry 2017-2022 (CT17002)
This investment evaluated the performance of new rootstocks for the Australian citrus industry from 2017 to 2022.
23 August 2023
Generation of residue, efficacy and crop safety data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops 2017 (ST16006)
This investment was responsible for generating pesticide residue and crop safety data to support minor use permit applications and renewals.
10 May 2023
Improving the biosecurity preparedness of Australian horticulture for the exotic spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) (MT17005)
This multi-industry investment improved awareness of the risks posed by spotted wing drosophila, which attacks a range of soft-skinned fruit, as well as enhanced Australia’s capacity to detect and respond to any incursions of the pest.
4 December 2018
SITplus: Developing and optimising production of a male-only, temperature-sensitive-lethal, strain of Qfly, B. tryoni (MT13059)
This investment has successfully demonstrated a method to develop a ‘temperature-sensitive lethal, male-selecting’ strain of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly).
31 January 2019
Protecting Australia's citrus genetic material (CT17008)
This investment supported the National Citrus Repository (NCR) program for publicly owned citrus varieties, to maintain industry access to healthy planting material.
16 August 2021
Improving citrus quality with regulated deficit irrigation (CT17000)
This project investigated a practical irrigation deficit method for the Australian citrus industry, to enhance fruit sugar content while also saving irrigation water.
27 September 2022
Citrus Technical Forums (CT16700)
This investment was responsible for the planning and delivery of the industry’s biennial Citrus Technical Forums
18 June 2019
Queensland citrus improvement scheme: finding better rootstocks for Australia (CT13004)
This investment investigated a range of new rootstocks for citrus growers, leading to the commercialisation of the new Barkley rootstock.
31 October 2018