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Ongoing and completed work

Your industry levy and Australian Government contributions have been invested into the below Hort Innovation Vegetable 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
Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops 2021 (ST20003, ST20005 and ST20006)
Ongoing project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
Ongoing project
Co-developing and extending integrated Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) management systems for the Australian vegetable industry (VG20003)
Ongoing project
Nutritional analysis of across horticulture commodities (ST19036)
Ongoing project
Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar (VG20000)
Ongoing project
Identifying potential parasitoids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and the risk to Australian horticulture (MT19015)
Ongoing project
Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments (ST19000)
Ongoing project
Feasibility study into opportunities for high-technology horticulture production in urban environments (HA19005)
Ongoing project
Digitisation of East Gippsland Vegetable Innovation Days (VG19001)
Ongoing project
VegNET 2020-2021
Ongoing project
Parasitoids for the management of fruit flies in Australia (MT19003)
Ongoing project
Leadership development program (MT18016)
Ongoing project
Vegetable Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) report updates (VG18004)
Ongoing project
Alternative disinfestation for market access for crops affected by tomato potato psyllid (VG17015)
Ongoing project
Internal fruit rot of capsicum (VG17012)
Ongoing project
National vegetable industry communications program (VG18000)
Ongoing project
Ex-post impact assessment (MT18011)
Ongoing project
SITplus: Port Augusta Qfly SIT factory pilot operation (FF18003)
Ongoing project
Taste Australia retail program (MT18017)
Ongoing project
Generation of data for pesticide permit applications in horticulture crops 2019/20 (MT18018)
Ongoing project
Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops (ST18001)
Ongoing project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2018-19 to 2020-21 (HA18002)
Ongoing project
Educational opportunities around the perceptions and aversions to vegetables through digital media – long-form video (VG16018)
Ongoing project
Stingless bees as effective managed pollinators for Australian horticulture (PH16000)
Ongoing project
Vegetable cluster consumer insights program (MT17017)
Ongoing project
VegPRO education and training initiative
Ongoing project
Novel glass projects (VG15038 and VG16070)
Ongoing project
Soil wealth and integrated crop protection – phase 2 (VG16078)
Ongoing project
National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre (VG17003)
Ongoing project
Area wide management of vegetable diseases: viruses and bacteria (VG16086)
Ongoing project
The EnviroVeg Program 2017-2022 (VG16063)
Ongoing project
Vegetable industry minor use program (VG16020)
Ongoing project
Novel topical vegetable, cotton virus and whitefly protection (VG16037)
Ongoing project
A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15070)
Ongoing project
Review of the national biosecurity plan for the vegetable industry (VG15065)
Ongoing project
Export facilitators (VG16085)
Ongoing project
Vegetable industry export program (VG16061)
Ongoing project
Attracting new entrants into Australian horticulture – promoting careers in horticulture (LP15006)
Ongoing project
Nuffield scholarship (VG14065)
Ongoing project
Tools and interventions for increasing children’s vegetable knowledge (VG16064)
Ongoing project
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
Ongoing project
National tomato potato psyllid (TPP) program coordinator (MT16018)
Ongoing project
Masterclass in Horticultural Business (LP15001)
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Completed projects
Completed project
Vegetable data generation investments (ST16006, ST17000 and MT17012)
Completed project
Vegetable business benchmarking (VG17000)
Completed project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)
Completed project
Sowing success through transformational technologies (VG15021)
Completed project
Field and landscape management to support beneficial arthropods for IPM on vegetable farms (VG16062)
Completed project
Podcast for fall armyworm management in Northern farming systems (MT19013)
Completed project
RD&E program for control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer (MT16004)
Completed project
Phenomenom - The Good Mood Food Module (ST19041)
Completed project
Seasonal horticulture labour demand and workforce study (ST19040)
Completed project
Optimising cover cropping for the Australian vegetable industry (VG16068)
Completed project
Vegetable agrichemical pest management needs and priorities (VG16060)
Completed project
Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food educational website (ST19037)
Completed project
Impact of pesticides on beneficial arthropods of importance in Australian vegetable production (VG16067)
Completed project
Scanning technologies for horticulture packhouses (ST19022)
Completed project
Pathogen persistence from paddock to plate (VG16042)
Completed project
Improving safety of vegetable produce through on-farm sanitation, using electrolysed oxidising (EO) water (VG15068)
Completed project
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)
Completed project
Category and Consumer Impact Monitor (ST19031)
Completed project
Vegetable industry leadership and development missions 2019 (VG18002)
Completed project
Development of a vegetable education resource – stage 2 (VG15067)
Completed project
Optimising benefits of vermiculture in commercial-scale vegetable farms (VG15037)
Completed project
Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar 2019 (VG18001)
Completed project
Adoption of precision systems technology in vegetable production (VG16009)
Completed project
Characterisation of a carlavirus of French bean (VG15073)
Completed project
Improved management of pumpkin brown etch (VG15064)
Completed project
Extension strategy for the Australian vegetable industry (VG18003)
Completed project
Financial performance of Australian vegetable farms 2016-2017 to 2018-2019 (VG15077)
Completed project
Precision seeding benefits for processing pea production (VG15039)
Completed project
Vegetable industry communication program 2016-2019 (VG15027)
Completed project
Improving soilborne disease diagnostic capacity for the Australian vegetable industry (VG15009)
Completed project
Autonomous systems investments (VG15003 and VG15059)
Completed project
Vegetable market price reporting pilot program
Completed project
ProbiSafe – developing biocontrol agents to inhibit pathogen growth (VG16005)
Completed project
A multi-faceted approach to soilborne disease management (VG15010)
Completed project
Improved management options for cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (VG15013)
Completed project
Innovative solutions for management of tospoviruses of vegetable crops (VG14063)
Completed project
Strengthened biosecurity for the Australian vegetable industry – stage 2 (VG15020)
Completed project
Economics of weed management in the Australian vegetable industry
Completed project
Facilitating adoption of IPM through a participatory approach with local advisors and industry (VG15034 and VG15035)
Completed project
Creating value from edible vegetable waste (VG15076)
Completed project
Growing Leaders (VG15030)
Completed project
On-farm power generation - options for vegetable growers (VG13051)
Completed project
Consumption of juiced fruit and vegetables data analytics (MT16008)
Completed project
Using classical genetics and epigenetics to make sterile insect technology flies fitter (AI14002)
Completed project
SITplus: Developing and optimising production of a male-only, temperature-sensitive-lethal, strain of Qfly, B. tryoni (MT13059)
Completed project
Advanced stable fly management for vegetable producers (VG15002)
Completed project
Global Innovations in Horticulture Seminar (VG15032)
Completed project
Vegetable digital asset redevelopment – Veggycation (VG16080)
Completed project
Effective management of parsley summer root rot (VG13101)
Completed project
Educational opportunities around perceptions of, and aversions to, vegetables through digital media (VG16018)
Completed project
New product development information for the vegetable industry (VG14031)
Completed project
Protected cropping – review of research and identification of R&D gaps for levied vegetables (VG16083)
Completed project
New end-point treatment solutions to control fruit fly (2) (VG13044)
Completed project
10th Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposium sponsorship (MT17022)
Completed project
Remediation of soil contaminated by Salmonella enterica to expedite plant or replant of vegetables (VG13039)
Completed project
A value chain approach to horticultural product innovation (AI13012)
Completed project
2018 Women’s and Young Grower Industry Leadership and Development Missions (VG15703)
Completed project
2018 USA Industry Leadership and Development Mission (VG15702)
Completed project
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2015-2018 (AH15001)
Completed project
Vision systems, sensing and sensor networks to manage risks and increase productivity in vegetable production systems (VG15024)
Completed project
Removing barriers of food safety certification for vegetable exporters though GLOBALG.A.P. co-certification (VG16019)
Completed project
National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET)
Completed project
Building the business case to grow domestic demand for vegetables in Australia (VG17013)
Completed project
Improved knowledge of factors contributing to carrot rot (VG15066)
Completed project
Generation of residue data for pesticide minor use permit applications in horticulture crops 2015/16 (ST15027)
Completed project
Data analytics and application technology to guide on farm irrigation (VG15054)
Completed project
Management and detection of bacterial leaf spot in capsicum and chilli crops (VG14010)
Completed project
Review of issues and options for preventing and removing redback spiders in broccoli (VG17014)
Completed project
National Innovation Coaching / Hort360 (VG16063)
Completed project
Improving processing vegetable yields through improved production practices (VG16011)
Completed project
On farm evaluation of vegetable seed viability using non-destructive techniques (VG16028)
Completed project
Understanding the nature, origins, volume and values of vegetable imports (VG12083)
Completed project
Developing technical guidelines and a best practice extension toolbox for greenhouse construction and safe operation (VG16004)
Completed project
Boosting vegetable consumption through diet (VegeEze) (VG16071)
Completed project
A revolutionary new sensor for in-field measurements of food safety in leafy vegetables (VG13073)
Completed project
2018 European industry leadership and development mission (VG15701)
Completed project
Surveillance of tomato potato psyllid in the Eastern States and South Australia (MT16016)
Completed project
Innovating new virus diagnostics and planting bed management in the Australian sweetpotato industry (VG13004)
Completed project
Vegetable knowledge transfer at the 2018 International Spinach Conference (VG17004)
Completed project
Addressing vegetable consumption through foodservice organisations (chefs, TAFEs and other training institutions) (VG16026)
Completed project
Gap analysis and economic assessment for protected cropping vegetables in tropical Australia (VG16024)
Completed project
Improved skill for regional climate in the ACCESS-based POAMA model (VG13092)
Completed project
Soil condition management – extension and capacity building (VG13076)
Completed project
Understanding consumer triggers and barriers to consumption of Australian indigenous vegetables and Asian vegetables (VG15071)
Completed project
Market opportunity for vegetable juices (VG16016)
Completed project
Increasing consumption by developing community awareness and benefits of vegetables (VG16025)
Completed project
Process improvements for preserving peak freshness in broccoli (2) (VG14062)
Completed project
Demographic research for the vegetable industry – phase 2 (VG15019)
Completed project
New in-field treatment solutions to control fruit fly (2) (VG13042)
Completed project
Vegetable industry market access and development program (VG13097)
Completed project
VegWHS training resources (VG16031)
Completed project
New breeding technologies and opportunities for the Australian vegetable industry (VG16010)
Completed project
Vegetable trend forecasting and analysis (VG16027)
Completed project
Consumer and market program for the vegetable industry (Project Harvest) (VG12078 and VG14060)
Completed project
Identifying and sharing postharvest best practice on-farm and online (VG13083)
Completed project
New in-field treatment solutions to control fruit fly (1) (VG13041)
Completed project
Manipulation of regulatory microRNAs to suppress insecticide resistance in diamondback moth (VG13111)
Completed project
Grower study tour of New Zealand: Precision vegetable production (VG15704)
Completed project
Vegetable industry participation in the South Australian Government trade mission to SE Asia 2016 (VG15075)
Completed project
Integrating sustainable soil health practices into a commercial vegetable farming operation (VG12115)
Completed project
Sensitivity study - impact of increasing vegetable exports on the domestic market (VG15061)
Completed project
Financial performance of Australian vegetable farms 2013-14 to 2015-16 (VG13068)
Completed project
Management of insecticide resistance in the green peach aphid (VG12109)
Completed project
Review of current irrigation technologies (VG14048)
Completed project
The effects of using anhydrous ammonia to supply nitrogen to vegetable crops (VG15062)
Completed project
Confirmation of ultra-filtration as a viable low-cost water disinfection and nutrient solution recycling option (VG13052)
Completed project
EnviroVeg program for promoting environmental best practice in the Australian vegetable industry (VG12008)
Completed project
An investigation of low-cost protective cropping (VG13075)
Completed project
Increasing productivity and extending seasonality in soil grown vegetables using capsicum as a candidate (VG12103)
Completed project
Women's grower study tour 2014-2016 (VG13706)
Completed project
Economic modelling of the impact of increased vegetable intake on health costs and grower returns (VG15031)
Completed project
Landscape diversity and field margin management (VG14047)
Completed project
Market research around the opportunity to create more vegetable snacking options to quantify market size (VG14024)
Completed project
Pre-harvest practices that will increase the shelf-life and freshness of vegetables (VG14025)
Completed project
Market research for investigating opportunities for more vegetable meal occasions (VG14026)
Completed project
Development of a vegetable education kit (VG13089)
Completed project
An intelligent farm robot for the vegetable industry (VG12104)
Completed project
Controlling multiple heading and transplant shock in lettuce (VG12017)
Completed project
Identifying and understanding the factors influencing bioactive levels in vegetables (VG14027)
Completed project
Vietnamese field extension officer for the Western Australian vegetable industry (VG12024)
Completed project
Field extension officer for Western Australia (VG12026)
Completed project
National honey bee pest surveillance program (MT12011)
Completed project
Transforming tenderness and eating quality in tropical sweetcorn through introgression of tender germplasm (VG10105)
Completed project
A model for industry planning and preparedness for an incursion of Varroa mite (MT12049)
Completed project
Managing biting fly in vegetable crop residues (VG12022)
Completed project
Market analysis and strategy: broccoli to Japan (VG13048)
Completed project
Updating and republishing valuable vegetable industry resources (VG12087)
Completed project
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
Completed project
Export opportunities for carrots, sweet corn, beans, broccoli and baby leaf – symposia (VG13072)
Completed project
Scoping study of a disorder that reduces shelf life and consumption of green beans (VG14040)
Completed project
Investigating the costs associated with the production, sale and distribution of vegetables (VG12086)
Completed project
Innovative ways to address waste management on vegetable farms (VG13109)
Completed project
Vegetable snacking options market research – stage 2 (VG15060)
Completed project
Vegetable industry export strategy (VG15052)
Completed project
Global scan for vegetable innovation - fresh and minimally processed (VG13080)
Completed project
Evaluation of quality assurance software for the vegetable industry (VG13082)
Completed project
Environmental Assessment of the Vegetable Industry (VG13057)
Completed project
Review optimal cooking techniques for vegetables to maximise retention of nutrients (VG13087)
Completed project
Economic evaluation of farm energy audits and benchmarking of energy use on vegetable farms (VG13054)
Completed project
Identify process improvements for preserving peak freshness of broccoli (VG13086)
Completed project
Adaptive pest management for horticulture under climate change – pilot pest scoping (VG13029)
Completed project
Conveying health benefits of Australian vegetables (VG12043)
Completed project
Optimum vegetable portion size to meet consumer needs (VG12094)
Completed project
Enhancing market attitudes towards IPM and sustainable vegetable production practices (VG12084)
Completed project
Production of fish feed from vegetable waste (VG13050)
Completed project
Increasing energy efficiency and assessing an alternate energy option for Australian protected cropping (VG09124)
Completed project
Biogas generation feasibility study (VG13049)
Completed project
Integration of crop and soil insect management in sweetpotato (VG09052)
Completed project
Evaluating sweetpotato varieties to meet market needs (VG09009)
Completed project
Benchmarking study to assess vegetable industry biosecurity awareness and preparedness (VG12085)
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Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops 2021 (ST20003, ST20005 and ST20006)
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Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
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Completed project
Vegetable data generation investments (ST16006, ST17000 and MT17012)
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Completed project
Vegetable business benchmarking (VG17000)
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Co-developing and extending integrated Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) management systems for the Australian vegetable industry (VG20003)
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