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Don't waste coir from hydroponics summary
Summary of available options for managing spent coir
10 May 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
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2018-19 to 2020-21 (HA18002)
This across-industry investment is responsible for producing Hort Innovation’s annual Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook.
22 May 2019
Horticulture leads Australian agriculture in value and on-farm efficiency
Media ReleaseA RECENT analysis of Australian agricultural industries has put horticulture at the forefront in sustainable practices. A review of the latest data[i] from the Australian Bureau of Statistics identified the Australian horticulture
22 May 2019
Research initiative ramps up investments to secure plant biosecurity
Media ReleaseMORE THAN $27 million has been invested into research, development and extension projects through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative and partners since its inception just 18 months ago. The initiative was developed to encourage
26 March 2019