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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Generation of data for pesticide permit applications in horticulture 2022 (ST22001, ST22003 and ST22004)
These multi-industry projects are generating the data needed to support a range of existing minor use permits across various horticulture crops to ensure growers have continued access to safe and effective chemicals for managing pests, weeds, and diseases.
29 November 2022
Improving diagnostics and biosecurity for graft-transmissible diseases in citrus (CT17007)
With a focus on graft-transmissible pathogens, this investment worked to improve biosecurity for the Australian citrus industry.
20 October 2022
Reducing the risk of illegally imported citrus budwood (CT19004)
This investment protects the citrus industry's health status by ensuring that disease-free, true-to-type propagation material is available to prevent incurable diseases from entering Australia.
5 October 2022
Citrus industry communications program (CT21000)
This investment is delivering effective and timely communications to ensure Australian citrus growers and other industry stakeholders are kept up-to-date with the latest R&D and marketing activities, and other industry news and information.
23 September 2022
Citrus industry health and nutrition education program (CT21006)
This project is educating healthcare professionals on the nutritional, health, and culinary benefits of citrus fruit consumption.
31 August 2022
Scientific review for classification of unsweetened citrus juice in the Australian Dietary Guidelines (CT21004)
This project aims to understand the misconceptions that have led to a negative perception of 100 per cent no added sugar citrus juice.
31 August 2022
National Fruit Fly Council – Phase 4 (FF20000)
The National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) is a strategic body bringing together federal and state governments, growers and research funders to oversee the implementation of the National Fruit Fly Strategy.
2 August 2022
Phenomenom resources (MT21018)
This investment developed Phenomenom resources for the avocado, citrus, melon and rubus industries, including a dedicated Nomcast for each commodity and supporting PDF resources.
10 April 2024
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)
This investment provided a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
9 January 2024
Australian horticulture international demand creation (ST21007)
This investment delivered insights into what the international consumer wants across 13 priority markets for the Australian horticulture sector.
17 July 2023