Your investments
Ongoing and completed work
Your industry levy and Australian Government contributions have been invested into the below Hort Innovation Melon Fund initiatives.
For each ongoing R&D investment you can click through to see a general project overview, plus any specific progress updates and related resources that are available.
For completed investments, you’ll find a recap of the whole work and can access any available resources or final research reports produced by the project team.
Ongoing projects
Ongoing project
Across horticulture support for export MRL compliance (MT19006)
Ongoing project
Melon food safety – monitoring and support (VM20005)
Ongoing project
iMapPESTS: Sentinel Surveillance for Agriculture (ST16010)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
Ongoing project
Educating health professionals on Australian melons (VM20003)
Ongoing project
Melon industry communication program (VM20006)
Ongoing project
Field-based testing for fall armyworm (MT19014)
Ongoing project
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Ongoing project
Melon industry minor use program (VM16000)
Completed projects
Completed project
Risk and crisis management planning for the melon industry (VM18002)
Completed project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Completed project
Phenomenom - The Good Mood Food Module (ST19041)
Completed project
Melon industry development and communication (VM17001)
Completed project
Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food educational website (ST19037)
Completed project
Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)
Completed project
2020 Australian melon industry conference and field day (VM19002)
Completed project
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
Completed project
Melon outbound trade mission (VM18007)
Completed project
Consumer insights for the Australian melon industry (VM18000)
Completed project
Melon and pineapple industry SARP report updates (MT18007)
Completed project
Characterisation and management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon (VM12001)
Completed project
2018 Australian Melon Industry Conference & Field Days (VM17000)
Completed project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
Completed project
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
Completed project
Understanding practices in key pollination areas (MT13027)
Research reports, publications, fact sheets and more
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