3728 research projects
Research project
Papaya market supply data capture and analysis
Hort Innovation
The overall objective of this project is the collection of production volumes of fresh red papaya and yellow paw paw in the main growing regions of North Queensland. These production figures, along with national market category wholesale and retail data, will be tallied to give production volumes for the tablelands...
27 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Best practices for evaluation of bee health technology
Hort Innovation
Objective of the project is to compare different commercially available hive sensor systems against our gold-standard laboratory methods of monitoring honey bee colony health.
5 Jan 2023 - 31 Oct 2026
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
An Integrated Pest Management program for the Australian almond industry - Phase 2
Hort Innovation
The overarching objective is to develop a toolkit of complementary pest management approaches, tools, and practices that form the backbone of an IPM strategy for almond pest management, and to ensure these practices are communicated to, and adopted by, growers and industry
28 Feb 2023 - 14 Dec 2027
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
An Integrated Disease Management program for the Australian almond industry - Phase 2
Hort Innovation
The overall aim of the project is to investigate integrated disease management strategies that improve on-farm management of economically important almond diseases.
28 Feb 2023 - 14 Dec 2027
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Improving Fruit and Banana Spotting Bug control
Hort Innovation
The objective of this project is to develop a new improved Banana Spotting Bug (BSB Amblypelta lutescens lutescens) trap that will have greater longevity and efficacy. The second objective is to develop a pheromone lure for the attraction and trapping of Fruit Spotting Bug (FSB Amblypelta nitida).
29 Jul 2022 - 29 Mar 2027
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Expansion of flies as berry crop pollinators
Hort Innovation
This project will investigate the role of flies in berry crops as well as to determine the impact of different release and retention strategies on survival, distribution, foraging activity and pollination service delivery of Eristalis tenax, the impact of targeted placement of additional floral and non-floral resources and to devise...
1 Apr 2023 - 17 Apr 2026
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Consumer Usage & Attitude Tracking
Hort Innovation
This investment is providing a category tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage, purchase patterns, attitudes, and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
28 Jun 2022 - 31 Jul 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Australian-grown Horticulture Sustainability Report
Hort Innovation
This investment will deliver baseline data measures for industry engagement opportunities, data collection and validation initiatives, culminating in an inaugural Australian-grown Horticulture Sustainability Report.
22 Feb 2022 - 19 Jun 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Horticulture Comms Evaluation Modules
Hort Innovation
This project examines the impact of Hort Innovation’s Apple and Pear, Avocado, Banna, Mango, Mushroom and Sweetpotato levy-funded marketing campaigns. These insights will provide Hort Innovation and industry with a clear view of how the campaigns have performed in driving salience, specific messages and purchase intent. The research will look...
28 Jun 2022 - 31 Jul 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Seasonal horticulure labour accomodation study
Hort Innovation
The project looked at quantifying the demand for accommodating seasonal horticultural labour force across production regions, estimating the gap in accommodation supply relative to demand. The proejct looked at quantifing the accoomodation gap for seasonal workers
27 May 2022 - 9 Nov 2022
New South Wales, Australia