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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
Integrated pest management for reducing magpie goose damage to mango orchards
A fact sheet providing mango growers with recommendations on how to reduce magpie goose damage to their orchards
30 August 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
Researchers buzzing with latest sterile Queensland fruit fly finding
ArticleScientists have developed an additional safeguard to differentiate factory-reared sterile Queensland fruit flies (Qflies) from their wild relatives in research being delivered as part of the national Sterile Insect Technology Plus
2 September 2017
Shoo, fly! New world-leading facility opens to bolster fruit-fly defence
ArticleSet to provide a powerful new line of defence against one of horticulture’s most damaging pests, this world-leading and game-changing $3.18 million National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) fruit fly facility is located in Port Augusta, South
1 November 2016
Growers urged to get the app to improve the map
ArticleAustralia’s avocado, mango and macadamia growers are being called on to contribute to a map that aims to enhance the nation’s biosecurity response and planning capability and help with recovery efforts after severe weather events. The draft
1 March 2017
Curbing the effects of Magpie Geese on mango orchards
ArticleA recent workshop in the Northern Territory saw over 40 people come together in an effort to curtail the effects of Magpie Geese on mango orchards. Over the last decade, mango farmers in northern Australia have reported increasing numbers of
1 March 2016