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SITplus: Raising Qfly sterile insect technique to world standard (HG14033)
This investment brought the technology and scientific underpinnings of Qfly SIT and AWM up to world standard to ensure that the initiative succeeds in delivering viable and sustainable solutions to Australian growers.
31 May 2021
Integrated management of yellow Sigatoka (BA15003)
This project supported the role and activities of a Yellow Sigatoka liaison officer for the banana industry between 2016 and 2018.
9 January 2019
Why is mistletoe killing our macadamia trees?
Media ReleaseCaption: L2R - Local consultant Chris Fuller, Hort Innovation Relationship Manager Dumisani Mhlanga, research lead Professor Dave Watson, and research assistant Melinda Cook. MISTLETOE, the beloved festive kissing plant, has become
21 December 2018
Avocado industry biosecurity capacity building (AV16010)
This investment is monitoring and delivering new diagnostic protocols for key threats to the Australian avocado industry.
20 December 2018
New Zealand experts to help combat Varroa mite threat
Hort Innovation has combined forces with Plant & Food Research New Zealand to strengthen Australia’s defences against Varroa mite and enhance crop pollination through a $5 million targeted research project.
16 August 2016
World a-buzz with Australia’s latest fruit fly findings
Media ReleaseFOR DECADES, researchers around the world have refined the development of sterile male fruit flies to control wild populations of the pest. While the development of sterile male-only Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) for release is new to
21 September 2017
New high-tech facility to help meet food demand
Media ReleaseTO DEVELOP the next crop of horticulture growers and meet rising food demand, Hort Innovation and Western Sydney University have combined forces to launch the nation’s first state-of-the-art vegetable glasshouse-production research
1 November 2017
Rapid response tool to protect Aussie farms
Media ReleaseMORE THAN 60,000 hectares of the nation’s orchards stand to benefit from increased biosecurity and disaster response times after the release of the Australian Tree Crop Rapid Response Map today. The map shows commercial avocado, mango
16 November 2017
Industry urged to submit plant biosecurity ideas
Media ReleaseTHE NATION'S recently formed plant Research and Development Corporations’ (RDCs) biosecurity effort, the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI), is calling on industry and researchers to submit ideas for pest and disease
15 December 2017
Stingless bees latest weapon in arsenal to protect Aussie crops
Media ReleaseRESEARCHERS are boosting their understanding of native stingless bees as pollinators in a $10M effort to help safeguard Australia’s fruit, nut, vegetable and cut flower supply into the future. Hort Innovation and Western Sydney
12 December 2017