R&D projects
Discover lychee levy investments into Lychee Fund R&D initiatives
The lychee levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Lychee Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Through this project, Hort Innovation engaged independent consultants to evaluate the impact of our R&D investments, providing insights into the type and magnitude of impacts generated across the company’s strategic levy programs.
31 December 2021
Treatment for mites on lychee fruit prior to irradiation for improved market access (LY16002)
This project explored parraffinic oil and fruit washing as an effective approach to removing mites and micro insect pests prior to export of lychees.
4 April 2019
US market access project (LY15001)
A pilot program for exporting lychees to the United States of America was run under this investment, which also produced export resources for growers.
31 July 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
Lychee knowledge transfer at the 2018 China litchi conference (LY17001)
This investment supported attendance of Australian lychee industry representatives at the 2018 China International Litchi Business Conference and its surrounding activities in order to keep trade and market access discussions progressing.
27 August 2018
Grower guide for lychee grading (LY16003)
This project brought together the various lychee grading standards in existence, to formulate an overall guide for Australian lychee growers.
1 August 2018
Industry communication through Living Lychee (LY14000)
The Living Lychee journal, industry website and other lychee resources were produced by this project between 2014 and 2017.
5 July 2017
A multi-target approach to fruitspotting bug (MT10049)
Information on fruitspotting bugs and their management was produced by this investment, which developed the Fruitspotting Bugs 2016 handbook
5 February 2019
Export market scoping study for the lychee industry (LY13003)
This project investigated opportunities to increase export of Australian lychees, developing understanding of new market opportunities and the export supply chain.
16 November 2015