Vegetable Fund

Ongoing project

Generation of data for pesticide applications in horticulture crops 2021 (ST20003, ST20005 and ST20006)

Ongoing project

Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)

Completed project

Vegetable data generation investments (ST16006, ST17000 and MT17012)

Media Release

Aussie horticulture spotlights responsible farming

Completed project

Vegetable business benchmarking (VG17000)

Media Release

Efforts to combat small but ‘ravenous’ worm ramp up

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)

Completed project

Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT17019)

Completed project

Sowing success through transformational technologies (VG15021)

Media Release

Hort Innovation calling for Directors

Media Release

Is there a place for sweetpotato ice cream?

Media Release

$28 million program to improve farm productivity

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)

Media Release

2020 – The year everything about fresh produce consumption changed

Fact sheet

Aphids spreading virus in brassicas and lettuce in the Lockyer Valley fact sheet

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)

Completed project

RD&E program for control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer (MT16004)

Media Release

Cover crops – a game changer

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)

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)

Media Release

$15 billion horticulture value in 2019/20 Hort Stats Handbook shows

Completed project

Vegetable agrichemical pest management needs and priorities (VG16060)

Media Release

Helping Aussie kids explore food and its relationship to mood

Fact sheet

Reducing food safety risks from pre-harvest water (for vegetable producers)

Fact sheet

Reducing food safety risks from pre-harvest water (for supply chain managers and regulators)

Fact sheet

Reducing food safety risks from manures (for vegetable producers)

Fact sheet

Using manures to grow vegetables – a guide to reducing risk (for supply chain managers and regulators)

Media Release

Bringing high tech horticulture to urban areas in Australia – rooftop, underground and floating farms

Media Release

Tree genomics program sequences 300 macadamia varieties to improve productivity and profitability for growers

Completed project

Nutrition claims for The Good Mood Food educational website (ST19037)

Media Release

R&D levy investments projected to deliver $40.5 million of value over 30 years

Article

The Masterclass in Horticultural Business course is now open for 2021 intakes

Article

Taste Australia maintains presence at Asia Fruit Logistica in 2020

Media Release

New Directors, Chair and Deputy Chair for Hort Innovation

Media Release

$50 million in plant biosecurity projects prioritised and coordinated through national collaboration

Article

Serpentine Leafminer detected in Sydney

Media Release

New partnership signed between Australian agencies to strengthen plant biosecurity

Media Release

New plant pest and disease surveillance tech delivered

Media Release

What's the buzz about? Celebrating Australian pollinator week

Article

Fall armyworm update and alert

Media Release

Hort Innovation AGM – Board member nominees announced

Completed project

Impact of pesticides on beneficial arthropods of importance in Australian vegetable production (VG16067)

Guide

Brassicas: A guide to pesticide effects on beneficials

Guide

Legume vegetables: A guide to pesticide effects on beneficials

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