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Essential oils
Traceability
Research project

Developing Industry Standards for Australian Native Oils

The investment supports the growth of the native oils industry through; development of industry standards for oil quality and identification; …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    11 Oct 2019 -
    15 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    Essential Oil Producers Association of Australia

Pasture, fodder & feed
Plant science
Research project

Australian Pastures Genebank (14/15 - 17/18) [See PRJ-09988]

AgriFutures (then RIRDC's) contribution to the Australian Pastures Genebank to strategically acquire, document, conserve, maintain and distribute plant genetic resources …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    31 Dec 2013 -
    30 Jul 2018

  • Research organisation

    Department of Primary Industries and Regions

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Processing & packaging
Research project

Re-locatable medical CT for DEXA

This project will develop a reliable predictor of lean meat yield (LMY%) using DEXA within processing plants. The results will …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Jan 2019 -
    15 Dec 2024

  • Research organisation

    Murdoch University

Multiple industries
Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains
Input management
Research project

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser

Majority of agricultural crops establish mutually beneficial associations with AM fungi, which benefit the host plants directly via enhanced uptake …
  • Funded by

    Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

  • Project date

    1 Apr 2019 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    The University of Western Australia (UWA)

Sheep & lamb
Crop protection
Research project

Managing Subterranean Clover Red Leaf Systems

Surveys conducted in 2017 identified Soybean dwarf virus (SbDV) as the dominant virus species infecting the majority of the clover plants …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    20 Feb 2018 -
    31 May 2018

  • Research organisation

    Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Research project

Meat Processing Engineering Network 2017-2019

The Meat Industry Engineering Network consists of industry personnel, researchers, regulators and trainers and represents an efficient method of distribution …
  • Funded by

    Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

  • Project date

    1 Aug 2017 -
    3 Jun 2019

  • Research organisation

    National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council Limited (MINTRAC)

Vegetables
Input management
Research project

Novel topical vegetable, cotton virus and whitefly protection

This investment aims to minimise the economic impact of pest infestation on vegetables (and on cotton) through the development of …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    22 Feb 2018 -
    29 Oct 2021

  • Research organisation

    The University of Queensland (UQ)

Multiple industries
Fruits Vegetables
Research project

Smart Farm Dashboard

Expand our micro climate sensors to build a more comprehensive farm picture by July 2022.Build and Deploy more Dendrometers on …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    16 May 2022 -
    16 May 2023

  • Research organisation

    Corinda State High School

Other rural industries
Multiple technology areas
Harvest technology Input management Plant science
Research project

Accelerating Wattle Seed production for the Australian Native Food Industry

There are over 100 edible wattle species recognised across Australia and they grow in every ecosystem represented across the entire continent. …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    22 Jun 2020 -
    2 Jul 2023

  • Research organisation

    Australian Native Food Industry Limited

Essential oils
Novel ingredients
Research project

Contribution to the CRC-P for Cloning tea tree to produce low methyl eugenol

This project aims to clone tea tree plants with desirable low methyl-eugenol content to overcome the slow response time of …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    8 Mar 2019 -
    18 May 2020

  • Research organisation

    Australian Tea Tree Industry Association Ltd (ATTIA)

Forestry
Crop protection
Research project

Giant Pine Scale Postgraduate Research Scholarship Agreement

Giant Pine Scale (Marchalina hellenica) is a scale insect that sucks the sap of pine trees. If established, the insect …
  • Funded by

    Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)

  • Project date

    20 Sep 2018 -
    20 Sep 2020

  • Research organisation

    La Trobe University

Wine
Multiple technology areas
Input management Plant science
Research project

Vine nutrition

The nutritional health of winegrape vines is usually measured through testing the plant petiole, the stalk that attaches a leaf to the plant stem, but results can take time to generate and may not be highly accurate. This project will develop a smartphone app to capture and analyse images of vine leaves, to rapidly assess nutritional status.
  • Funded by

    Wine Australia

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2018 -
    31 Dec 2021

  • Research organisation

    Charles Sturt University (CSU)

Cross industry
Crop protection
Research project

National Nursery Industry Biosecurity Program

The National Nursery Industry Biosecurity Program aims to ensure production nurseries in Australia are aware of and prepared for incursions …
  • Funded by

    Hort Innovation

  • Project date

    30 Nov 2015 -
    18 Dec 2020

Cotton
Plant science
Research project

PhD: Characterisation of brassinosteroid effects and brassinosteroid - responsive genes in cotton for growth and stress tolerance enhancement

Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a relatively new class of plant hormones that control important agronomic traits such as plant growth and …
  • Funded by

    Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

  • Project date

    1 Sep 2015 -
    31 Mar 2020

  • Research organisations

    Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New England (UNE)

Cotton
Crop protection
Research project

Agronomy for Resilient Future Cotton Systems

Research is needed to update existing agronomic recommendations largely developed under different environmental conditions or in lower yielding cotton crops, …
  • Funded by

    Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2015 -
    30 Jun 2019

  • Research organisations

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

Cross industry
Multiple technology areas
Plant science Processing & packaging
Research project

PhD: Next-generation fertilisers for nutrient stewardship in cotton production

About half of the world’s used soda-lime glass (container glass) is unfit for recycling, but a newly developed process …
  • Funded by

    Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)

  • Project date

    15 Jan 2017 -
    15 Jan 2020

  • Research organisations

    Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD), New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI), The University of Queensland (UQ)

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