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Selwyn Snell to retire as Chair of Hort Innovation
ArticleAFTER 11 impactful years, Hort Innovation Chair Selwyn Snell is set to retire from horticulture’s research and development corporation in November this year. The change comes as the company’s Constitution calls for three of its nine sitting
5 June 2020
Key sustainability issues identified for Australian horticulture
ArticleNEW RESEARCH for Hort Innovation has identified the sustainability topics that are most important to people interested in Australian horticulture, from growers through to consumers and communities. Having ethical and resilient practices,
22 May 2020
Fall armyworm update and alert
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an exotic pest that has recently been detected for the first time in Australia. Hort Innovation is keeping a close eye on the situation and is currently working with the relevant authorities to prepare and protect the horticulture sector against any potential spread of fall armyworm.
30 October 2020
Telling the sustainability story
Media ReleaseHORT INNOVATION is working with growing businesses to develop a tool to help the horticulture sector share its sustainable, ethical and safe farming practice stories with stakeholders. The tool, the Horticulture Sustainability
24 October 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
Hong Kong marketing pilot identifies niche opportunities for apples
Hong Kong marketing pilot identifies niche opportunities for applesThis article was prepared by Hort Innovation for the June edition of the e-newsletter Industry Juice, produced as part of the Hort Innovation Apple and Pear Fund investment National
6 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
Nitrogen application in pear orchards
The Nitrogen application in pear orchards fact sheet provides growers with information on how to assess their nitrogen status, how to calculate their nitrogen requirements, what fertiliser options they have and the timing and method of application.
1 August 2018