541-550 of 598 results
Landscape diversity and field margin management (VG14047)
This project looked at the potential protective effect of maintaining semi-natural habitats around vegetable crop fields, in regards to vegetable pest management.
19 July 2016
How to maximise the health benefits of Brassica vegetables
This fact sheet summarises the main opportunities for growers to maximise the health benefits of their brassica crops
28 June 2016
Pre-harvest effects on the quality of baby spinach
This fact sheet summarises how baby spinach quality can be impacted by pre-harvest activities.
28 June 2016
Pre-harvest effects on lettuce quality
This fact sheet summarises how lettuce quality can be impacted by pre-harvest activities.
28 June 2016
The protected culture of strawberry plants growing under plastic tunnels (BS11003)
This project sought to determine the productivity of strawberry plants grown under high plastic tunnels compared to outdoor-grown plants.
28 June 2016
Pre-harvest practices that will increase the shelf-life and freshness of vegetables (VG14025)
The effects of pre-harvest practices and factors on vegetable shelf-life and quality were explored in this research.
28 June 2016
Extension of citrus practices to maximise marketable fruit size and economic returns through on-farm trials (CT10030)
This project identified non-profitable practices in the citrus industry, extended the uptake of practices that increased yield and marketable fruit and developed ways to evaluate new technologies through on-farm trials
24 June 2016
Determine optimum nitrogen and potassium requirement to maximise yield and quality of day-neutral Victorian strawberries (BS12010)
Increasing yield and quality of day-neutral Victorian-grown strawberries (Albion strawberries) was the focus of this project, which produced new plant nutrition information.
22 June 2016
Development of soil disinfestation systems for production of certified strawberry runners (BS13000)
This project looked at new soil disinfestation and growing approaches for the production of high-health strawberry runners in the absence of methyl bromide.
1 June 2016
Australian Citrus Quality Standards Program - stage 2 (CT12004)
This project supported the Australian Citrus Quality Standards program and included large-scale consumer sensory research linking eating quality to the Standards.
23 May 2016