R&D projects
Discover macadamia levy investments into Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives
The macadamia levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Macadamia Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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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
Integrated pest management program for the Australian macadamia industry (various projects from MC16004 to MC16008) (MC16004 to MC16008)
This program developed, demonstrated and facilitated the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, to support macadamia growers in having pest-resilient farming systems.
12 December 2018
Benchmarking the macadamia industry 2015-18 (MC15005)
This investment supplied three years of industry data on plantings, production, costs, pests and weather problems, yield and quality of crops to give a picture of the macadamia industry from 2009 to 2018
10 December 2018
Generation of pesticide data – Sigastus weevil (MC17007)
This investment involved field trials with two insecticides to produce residue, crop safety and efficacy data, which were used to support minor use applications for the macadamia industry.
30 July 2019
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
This investment delivered a nationally coordinated bee-pest surveillance program to help safeguard honey-bee and pollinator-dependent industries in Australia.
13 December 2021
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
Developing a macadamia industry tree stock standard (MC17001)
This investment developed the Macadamia Nursery Stock Standard to boost macadamia orchard productivity through improvement in nursery stock physiology as well as pest management
25 June 2019
Innovative rootstocks for the Australian Macadamia industry (MC16000)
This investment investigated rootstocks that offer the best prospects for productivity improvements in the Australian Macadamia industry.
31 January 2023
Macadamia crop forecasting 2015-18 (MC15009)
This investment was responsible for producing macadamia crop forecasts between 2015 and 2018.
10 May 2019
Macadamia second generation breeding and conservation (MC14000)
New macadamia varieties were bred and evaluated under this investment, including those with improved pest, disease and disorder tolerance.
31 December 2019