R&D projects
Discover mango levy investments into Mango Fund R&D initiatives
The mango levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Mango 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
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
Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) - Updates (MT21005)
This investment delivered the 2021 Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) for several horticultural industries.
10 May 2023
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Among other thing, this project produced the Ag Chemical Updates, detailing chemical issues and reviews.
9 July 2021
Adaptive area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly using the sterile insect technique: Guidelines for efficient and effective pest suppression and stakeholder adoption (ST15014 and ST15015)
This grant-funded project investigated, trialled and finalised guidelines and resources for the area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly.
3 July 2020
Generation of data for pesticide permit applications in horticulture crops 2019/20 (MT18018)
This multi-industry project generated the data needed to support a range of existing minor use permits across a variety of horticulture crops, to ensure growers have continued access to safe and effective chemicals for the management of pests, weeds and diseases.
10 July 2019
Conditional non-host systems protocol for fruit fly in mangoes (MG17005)
This project investigated mango hardness and its relationship to the fruit's fruit fly host status.
11 August 2021
Manipulating mango flowering to extend harvest window (MG12012)
This project investigated the climatic conditions associated with mango flowering in the Northern Territory, and chemical treatments that can be used to promote this process.
20 February 2019
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
Farm-wide fruit fly management systems for the east coast of Australia (MT12050)
This project evaluated a farm-wide management system to control Queensland fruit fly on mango orchards, which included the use of protein baiting, male fruit fly annihilation and packhouse grading.
21 January 2016