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Improving preparedness of the Australian horticultural sector to the threat potentially posed by Xylella fastidiosa (a severe biosecurity risk) (MT17006) (MT17006b)
This multi-industry investment reviewed and allowed Australia to adopt world's best practice methods for detecting and identifying Xylella fastidiosa bacteria
23 August 2023
Aussie horticulture exports hit record high
Media ReleaseCaption: The Taste Australia stand at the Asia Fruit Logistica THE WORLD'S appetite for Australian fruit, nuts and vegetables has skyrocketed with Australian produce exports reaching almost $2.8 billion for the first time – a 27 per
3 September 2019
$10M funding injection to support the eradication of Qfly
Media ReleaseAUSTRALIAN RESEARCH into sterile insect technology has been strengthened through a $10 million collaborative project managed by Hort Innovation, with significant cash contributions by Western Sydney University (WSU) and the Government
18 July 2019
Market insight reports: cultural festivals and events
New Austrade reports available to assist Australian horticulture businesses that export to better understand opportunities and uses for their produce as gifts and offerings during cultural festivals and events.
9 July 2019
Keeping Australia's bees free from broken wing disorders
Media ReleaseImage credit: Dr Ethel Villalobos, University of Hawaii. PARASITIC VARROA mites can magnify the damage from a common virus in honeybees that can cause deformities in the bees’ wings, according to a review published in the Annual Review
5 July 2019
Reverse trade mission to entice our Asian neighbours
Media ReleaseIMPORTERS, wholesalers and retailers from six export markets within Asia will touch down on Australian soil next week for the annual AUSVEG Reverse Trade Mission, commissioned by Hort Innovation and supported by the Victorian
11 June 2019
Spotted wing drosophila project summer 2019 update fact sheet
A fact sheet providing a Summer 2019 update on MT17005, preparedness for an incursion of the exotic pest spotted wing drosophila
30 April 2019
Spotted wing drosophila host list
A list of known hosts of the exotic pest spotted wing drosophila, including crops and other plants
30 April 2019
Literature review on alternative control options to chemical control
Review of the literature on non-chemical control options for the exotic pest, spotted wing drosophila
30 April 2019
Innovative science is key in the fight against fruit fly
Media ReleaseRESEARCHERS ARE investigating how to implement sex selection in fruit flies in a bid to trump up control and eradication measures for the Australian horticulture industry’s most costly pest. In what has been referred to as “genetic
23 May 2019