20 July 2012
This project investigates the translation of scattered agronomic and climate data into a management tool that can be applied by industry participants. This will be delivered […]
20 July 2012
The main themes of the project are the Matching of crop water use to readily available water and using and interpreting data from soil monitoring equipment. […]
20 July 2012
Report examines a a variety of pre and post-transplant herbicides for the management of broadleaf weeds, with the project potentially resulting in a reduction in weed […]
20 July 2012
This project identified, screened and collected efficacy, crop safety and residue data for a range of new herbicides for capsicum and chilli production. Related ProjectsWeed Management […]
20 July 2012
This Report addresses the availability and screening of new herbicides for the management of weeds within Carrot Crops. Related ProjectsWeed Management In CarrotsThis project has been […]
20 July 2012
The project identifies a range of new herbicides suitable for lettuce production in Australia with evaluation of three new herbicides in terms of crop safety and […]
20 July 2012
The report presents the findings of trials which investigated improved weed control strategies in onions grown under Tasmanian conditions for domestic and export markets. Related ProjectsWeed […]
20 July 2012
This project sought the development of improved herbicide strategies for weeds to be used in areas where collar rot could be an issue. Related ProjectsWeed Management […]
20 July 2012
Project aims to extend findings earlier work to major production areas, providing necessary data to allow the registration of herbicides for broadleaf weed control in cucurbit […]
20 July 2012
The project develops a number of alternatives herbicides for use in sweet corn, with focus on improving grass weed control and product alternative to atrazine. Related […]
20 July 2012
This report developed a range of technical and extension partnerships at the industry, regional and national level to support the adoption of Integrated Pest Management technologies. […]
20 July 2012
This report communicates all current and emerging knowledge about Western flower thrips and tomato spotted wilt virus to the Australian Vegetable industry. Vegetable growers and related […]
29 August 2013
In November 2012, nine female vegetable growers traveled to Italy and Israel as part of the inaugural Women in Horticulture Grower Study Tour. The tour was […]
23 February 2014
The 2013 Women’s Grower Study Tour provided nine Australian female vegetable growers with the opportunity to learn from the production practices and large scale operations found […]
28 March 2016
The 2015 Women in Horticulture Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for eight leading female vegetable levy payers to visit innovative vegetable growing operations, […]
10 May 2016
The key objective of the mission was to provide an opportunity for leading women in the Australian vegetable industry to gain a unique insight into new […]
11 July 2016
The 2015 Women in Horticulture Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for eight leading female vegetable levy payers to visit innovative vegetable growing operations, […]
9 August 2016
The 2015 Women in Horticulture Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for eight leading female vegetable levy payers to visit innovative vegetable growing operations, […]
20 July 2012
This project comprised case studies where employers, managers, employees and industry experts discuss the workplace environment, career options and training needs to create public awareness of […]
20 July 2012
This 2-year long project aimed to estimate critical ranges for petiole nitrate-nitrogen in potato crops to enable growers assess the nitrogen status of the processing potato […]
21 July 2015
Led by AUSVEG Communications Officer, Erin Lyall, the growers spent their first night in New Zealand in Auckland. Five days of grower and merchant visits around […]
20 July 2012
This report details a young growers study tour of New Zealand undertaken to expose young growers to industry issues such as production, marketing, processing, value-adding, supply […]
20 July 2012
The 2011 Young Growers’ Tour to New Zealand saw nine Australian participants visit vegetable growing regions in the North Island of New Zealand. They visited vegetable […]
20 July 2012
This educational tour of vegetable growing facilities and farms in NZ to learn and expand their knowledge of horticulture, demonstrating the need to develop more activities […]
20 July 2012
Tour was undertaken incorporating 12 growers to the north island of New Zealand, exploring the challenges and opportunities facing both field grown and protected cropping enterprises […]
20 July 2012
The young vegetable grower study tour to NZ was organised by AUSVEG and different state organisations with the assistance of Vegfed. The main purpose of the […]
20 July 2012
In the mid 1997, a group of young vegetable growers in Tasmania began to meet as a loose association of colleagues within the vegetable industry. In […]
23 May 2017
The aim of project VG13052 was to confirm the practical and economic feasibility of ultra-filtration as a technology for nutrient solution disinfection. This information is highly […]
6 June 2017
This project provided Australian vegetable growers with the tools and knowledge to better manage the risk of crop losses from soilborne disease. Related ProjectsA multi-faceted approach […]
12 June 2017
This project comprised a systematic review of worldwide initiatives on increasing vegetable consumption with a view to identifying initiatives that have been shown to be effective […]
25 June 2017
Through a range of activities, including market and desktop research and industry engagement, this project analysed the distribution channels that have potential to deliver vegetable snacks to […]
25 June 2017
Project Harvest aimed to identify opportunities for Australia’s vegetable industry through identifying trends in purchase and consumption, in perceptions of value, retail channel preferences, triggers and […]
26 June 2017
This project was an extension of project VG12078. Project Harvest aimed to identify opportunities for Australia’s vegetable industry through identifying trends in purchase and consumption, in […]
27 June 2017
This project provides insight on the topics of trends; future forecasting, both in general and within the food space; and how consumer trends are created using […]
27 June 2017
Growers within Australia, and around the world, are beginning to either directly experience or witness the benefit of building individual brands and harnessing the power of […]
28 June 2017
Today’s molecular plant breeders are armed with the technologies to make specific changes to genes in living cells, in some cases without the presence of any […]
17 July 2017
The Vegetable Industry Market Access and Development Program (VG13097) was set up to facilitate, co-ordinate and communicate market access and market development information and opportunities to […]
17 July 2017
This project created eight short video clips for use on YouTube, other social media applications or web sites. The video clips provide practical examples and training […]
11 August 2017
Zebra chip disease, caused by Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous and vectored by the tomato potato psyllid (TPP), Bactericera cockerelli, is a devastating disease of potato and other […]
16 August 2017
The purpose of this project was to examine supply chain factors that could affect broccoli quality, evaluate retail display conditions and determine whether consumer expectations of […]
21 November 2017
Anhydrous ammonia is a high nitrogen (82%) fertiliser, which is currently widely used in the cotton and grain industries in Australia. It is a product that […]
21 November 2017
This project was developed to give Australian vegetable growers an understanding of available and emerging irrigation practices and technologies that could improve profitability and encourage the […]
11 January 2018
The purpose of this project was to review viruses of national importance to the Australian vegetable industry with emphasis on providing recommendations for future investments. The […]
11 January 2018
A fresh-market capsicum improvement program has developed genetic resistances to two tospoviruses, Capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV) and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in new parent lines […]
11 January 2018
In-field management of fruit flies in fruiting vegetable crops has relied heavily on regular cover sprays with dimethoate and fenthion. However, recent restrictions in their use, […]
23 January 2018
Despite broccoli’s image as a healthy, nutritious and flavoursome vegetable, sales are constrained by poor quality at retail and disappointing storability after purchase. A series of […]
23 January 2018
This project has compiled and communicated the latest in postharvest technology for vegetables. Information has been collated from the scientific literature, books and reports. In addition, […]
23 January 2018
Generation of Residue Data for Pesticide Minor-Use Permit Applications in Vegetable Crops 2014/ 2015
In Australia, before an agrochemical product can be sold or used, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) must first register it. In order for […]
21 February 2018
Fruit flies are recognised as one of horticulture’s most serious pests. A number of important species attack fruiting vegetables such as zucchini, capsicums, cucumber and eggplant. […]
21 February 2018
This project was funded with a voluntary contribution from Harvest Freshcuts and by Horticulture Australia Ltd. This project aimed to firstly clarify the food labelling guidelines […]
12 April 2018
The Bureau is developing a new seasonal forecast system called ACCESS-S, which will replace the current system, POAMA, in 2018. The primary aim of this project […]
16 April 2018
This project was undertaken to help Hort Innovation and the Australian vegetable industry to understand the market opportunity for vegetable juices. Very little was known about […]
30 April 2018
Adaptation and adoption of risk-mitigating technologies for vegetable crops in the Australian tropics could help overcome marketable yield losses caused by climate variability and extreme weather […]
9 May 2018
Australia has a modest vegetable but growing protected cropping industry. Estimates of vegetable production under protected cropping vary from 498 – 1,300 ha, with tomatoes accounting […]
21 May 2018
Vegetable crops that are field-established from seed, like corn, beans, carrots and spinach, need high-quality seed to avoid substandard crops and the waste of essential farm […]
5 June 2018
Research from Hort Innovation and Deloitte Access Economics has identified that more than 90% of Australians fail to eat their recommended five or more serves of […]
25 July 2018
The objective of this project was to review a broad range of data related to vegetable commodity production to identify those commodities and production processes that […]
13 August 2018
By monitoring grower plant beds over four years, this project’s virology team surveyed viruses present in the Australian industry and studied how they varied geographically and […]
13 August 2018
This project manifested as VegEze: an iOS mobile app that challenges Australians to eat 3 types of vegetables at dinner or their main meal for 21 […]
13 August 2018
Since 2011, the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) has operated a surveillance program to monitor for incursions of TPP in eastern Australian processing potato crops using […]
15 October 2018
Soil health is a substantial and broad field that covers the physical, chemical and biological components of soil and their interactions. The objectives of this research […]
22 October 2018
This project set out to identify ways to increase the average yields of the target processing vegetables. Australian frozen vegetable production continues to face increased competition […]
12 November 2018
Since 2016 there have been numerous customer complaints about redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) in broccoli. Complaints have come from customers in all Australian states, suggesting that […]
19 November 2018
Australian vegetable producers are not unfamiliar with practices and systems introduced to minimise risk to their business. Systems to minimise food safety risk, which also provide […]
30 November 2018
VG13072 Export Opportunities for Carrots, Sweet Corn, Beans, Broccoli and Baby Leaf – Symposia commenced in February 2014 and encompassed four seminars from 2015-2018: Malaysia and […]
9 January 2019
Hort Innovation is looking to upskill and support growers to develop new vegetable-based products by providing them with the resources to inform and guide them through […]
10 January 2019
This two-year investigative study showed that there were five different types of carrot crown problems that reduce carrot returns to growers: ring crown rot, smooth crown […]
10 January 2019
Soft rot bacterial species Dickeya and Pectobacterium are listed globally in the top 10 of important bacterial plant pathogens based on their economic impact. They are […]
11 January 2019
Project PT16000 was commissioned by Hort Innovation to complete a literature search and identify information and research on potato seed handling and quality. A literature review […]
16 January 2019
This project aimed to construct a working prototype of a new-generation Raman sensor that could detect dangerous microorganisms in leafy vegetables, on farm and in the […]
29 January 2019
Parsley summer root rot, or SRR, is a disease complex affecting all parsley-growing regions of Australia. Crop losses from SRR can be as high as 100 […]
4 February 2019
This project was the first research study undertaken on survival of Salmonella enterica in soil contaminated with chicken manure conducted under Australian conditions. The research investigated the effect […]
11 February 2019
The 2018 European Industry Leadership and Development Mission was held from 5-13 February and provided an opportunity for eight vegetable levy payers to visit the Berlin […]
11 February 2019
The 2018 U.S.A. Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for a group of nine vegetable industry members to visit innovative growing operations, research facilities, […]
11 February 2019
These two industry leadership and development missions provided opportunities for women working in the Australian vegetable industry and emerging leaders in the same industry to visit […]
18 February 2019
The effectiveness of irrigation practices in Australian horticulture is currently limited by the availability of useful information to growers. Water applications are often based on observations […]
25 February 2019
The research program VG15071 – Understanding consumer triggers & barriers to consumption of Australian Indigenous vegetables & Asian vegetables was designed to identify commercially viable Australian […]
4 March 2019
This project was commissioned to better understand the opportunities to improve attitudes to vegetables amongst children aged 8-12 and to develop digital classroom resources that support […]
11 March 2019
Over the past 5-10 years, the amount of information available online with regard to nutrition, dieting & cooking advice has grown exponentially. Australian consumers broadly understand […]
18 March 2019
An Australian contingent attended the 2018 International Spinach Conference (ISC) in Murcia, Spain, with the aim of increasing the capacity of Australian spinach producers to improve […]
25 March 2019
The purpose of this project was to understand the reasons why vegetable imports into Australia are occurring and how the domestic industry can respond or compete […]
31 March 2019
Increased climate variability is a key challenge facing the Australian vegetable industry. Heat waves, heavy rain, unseasonal frosts, hail and other extreme weather events can reduce […]
4 April 2019
Tospoviruses infect a large number of horticultural crops, causing losses across the supply chain at all levels. Species such as Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and […]
4 April 2019
Post‐harvest residues of most leafy vegetables rot within days after harvest and provide an ideal environment for stable flies to complete their development. The resultant adult […]
4 April 2019
It was identified by the vegetable industry that biosecurity and related technical issues are areas where the industry requires appropriate expertise to respond to, and engage […]
9 May 2019
Growing Leaders 2015 – National Vegetable Industry Leadership Program successfully completed its 10th year of delivery. The current project has now concluded. Growing Leaders 2015 Project […]
9 May 2019
This project aimed to increase the quality of vegetable crops and ensure sustainable vegetable production by increasing uptake of integrated pest management (IPM) in the South […]
15 May 2019
Powdery scab disease of potato (caused by tuber infections with the protozoan pathogen Spongospora subterranea) has long been recognized as a common and economically important blemish […]
23 May 2019
VG15032 – Global Innovations in Horticulture Seminar commenced in December 2015 and encompassed three seminars from 2015-2018, all named the Global Innovations in Horticulture Seminar. The […]
23 May 2019
The Innovation Coach Research project set out to test if this unique process could improve farm gate returns to vegetable growers. The project now has the […]
9 December 2019
This project surveyed almost 150,000 Australians to deliver insights into the fruit, vegetable and juice consumption of Australians through the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score. An […]
16 January 2020
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus is an economically important Tobamovirus that infects cucurbits. In September 2014, it was detected in the Northern Territory. This was the […]
26 February 2020
The Hort Innovation Strategy 2019-2023 calls for an emphasis and increased focus on delivering extension that truly impacts on business decisions and enhances practices on farm. […]
10 March 2020
Soil-borne diseases are a major constraint for the Australian vegetable industry. This project developed DNA based tests for quantifying key pathogens and evaluated their use as […]
23 April 2020
Weeds are a persistent problem for many vegetable producers in Australia. Although the economic impact of weeds on Australian vegetable production has been estimated at the […]
21 July 2020
Pest management options can be described as falling into only three categories – biological control (predators, parasites and pathogens of the pests), cultural controls (management practices) […]
30 August 2020
The Vegetable Industry Leadership and Development Missions – 2019 project provided an opportunity for a group of emerging leaders in the Australian vegetable industry to visit […]
30 August 2020
The Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar 2019 (AVIS) provided funding for 250 vegetable growers from horticultural regions across Australia to attend the seminar. A contingent of eight […]
2 September 2020
Earthworms are known to be an indicator of healthy soil function. However, there has been limited research into how commercial vegetable farming practices impact on earthworm […]
2 September 2020
This study, which ran from 2016 to 2019, evaluated how pea yields are affected by plant spacing arrangements, stand density, and individual plant structure. The project […]