Aphids spreading virus in brassicas and lettuce in the Lockyer Valley fact sheet

This fact sheet provides a summary of aphids that spread virus in brassicas and lettuce in the Lockyer Valley

6 April 2021

• Fact sheet
• Vegetable Fund

Dealing with dry times

Key resources and support for growers

10 October 2022

Data shows strong vegetable performance in domestic markets

Data shows strong vegetable performance in domestic marketsIn 2019/20, the horticulture industry exceeded $15 billion in production value with the vegetable category making up 32 per cent of total value. During this period, vegetable production

22 March 2021

• Article
• News and media

Scale and mealybug management options for lychee growers - an extension toolkit (LY20001)

This investment delivered an extension toolkit for lychee growers on how to manage scale and mealybug pests.

20 April 2023

• Completed project
• Industry development and communication
• R&D
• Outcome 1: Demand creation
• Outcome 2: Industry supply, productivity and sustainability
• Outcome 3: Extension and capability

Macadamia industry innovation and adoption (MC20000) (mc20000)

This project is enhancing the adoption of innovation and technology, and facilitating capacity building, in the Australian macadamia industry.

17 March 2021

• Ongoing project
• R&D
• Outcome 3: Extension and capability

The Australian potato grower’s manual (PT19003)

This project delivered a manual for Australian potato growers that hosts a wealth of information about best practice potato management.

28 September 2022

• R&D
• Outcome 1: Extension and capability
• Outcome 2: Industry supply, productivity and sustainability

Identifying potential parasitoids of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and the risk to Australian horticulture (MT19015)

This project examined potential parasitoids of fall armyworm and delivered extension materials to growers on how to effectively manage this pest.

28 September 2022

• Final research report
• Completed project
• R&D
• Outcome 1: Industry supply, productivity and sustai
• Outcome 2: Industry supply, productivity and sustainability

RD&E program for control, eradication and preparedness for vegetable leafminer (MT16004)

This project assisted the vegetable industry prepare and protect against the potential spread of the vegetable, serpentine and American serpentine leafminers.

16 March 2021

• Final research report
• Completed project
• Farm productivity, resource use & management
• R&D

New innovations to improve mushroom whiteness shelf life (MU19005)

This investment investigated new innovations to improve and maintain mushroom whiteness, looking at both pre- and post-harvest factors.

16 March 2021

• Mushroom Fund
• Completed project
• R&D

Managing hydrophobic soils in potato production

This fact sheet looks at the management of hydrophobic soils in potato production

16 March 2021

• Fact sheet
• R&D