18 November 2015
Growers of some horticultural crops are left exposed to greater production risk and can incur significant crop losses when pesticides are not registered for use on […]
20 July 2012
The study was conducted to determine the tissue residue profile of azoxystrobin when applied to cucumber, capsicum, and leafy lettuce grown in protected structures under hydroponic […]
20 July 2012
This project reports on GLP studies conducted to generate residue data in various vegetable crops for several pesticide active-constituents, data which will be submitted to the […]
20 July 2012
This report summarises the work undertaken by the Crop Protection Research Pty Ltd (CPR) to generate residue and, for some pesticides, crop-safety data, which was subsequently […]
20 July 2012
The selective use of pesticides to control pests, weeds and diseases plays an important role in increasing production, improving the quality of Australia’s horticultural crops and […]
10 May 2016
Generation of Residue Data for Pesticide Minor-Use Permit Applications in Vegetable Crops 2013 – CPR
In Australia, before an agrochemical product can be sold or used, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) must register it. This only occurs following […]
11 July 2016
With APVMA approval of the minor-use permit applications that have been submitted, this project will provide growers with effective pesticide options for the control of various […]
20 July 2012
This project generated pesticide residue data in a range of vegetable crops to support minor-use permit applications to the APVMA. A total of 18 residue trials […]
20 July 2012
This project aims to help horticulturalists to have suitable options to deal with insects, diseases and weeds that jeopardize their crops. The major outcome of this […]
20 July 2012
This project investigates the continued use of existing pest control products in established crop management strategies and access to additional pest control products to incorporate into […]
29 August 2013
Growers of minor vegetable crops are often left without viable methods of controlling pests in their crops. To assist these growers, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary […]
28 August 2013
Horticulture Australia and the Australian Vegetable industry are seeking a permit for captan (various formulations) for the control of grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) in cucumber, capsicums, […]
15 April 2014
Growers of some horticultural crops are left exposed to greater production risk and can incur significant crop losses when pesticides are not registered for use on […]
20 July 2012
This report sought to develop methods to genetically modify brassica vegetables along with evaluation of genetically modified vegetable brassicas with agronomically usueful genes. Related ProjectsGenetic Engineering […]
20 July 2012
This project evaluated bean cultivars in 1991 and 1992 under commercial conditions for yield and for market quality and management characteristics. Seventeen cultivars from 4 seed […]
19 March 2013
Silverleaf whitefly (SLW) is a considerable pest of vegetable production. It has a broad host range and is able to develop resistance to insecticides rapidly. To […]
30 July 2015
The Australian vegetable industry aims to increase its vegetables’ attractiveness and competitiveness as exports to Asian markets. To achieve this, research into the various types of […]
12 July 2016
GAIN objectives were to: • To enhance, resource and manage a GAIN social media presence and discussion activities; • To deliver an annual webinar on a […]
20 July 2012
This project addresses the Green House Modernistation Project which involved the establishment of a facility that demonstrated numerous the growing of numerous crops, varieties and techniques […]
20 July 2012
This study tour enabled a firsthand observation of the Canadian growing methods and glasshouse systems that have been developed over more than 20 years. The Australian […]
20 July 2012
The purpose of this report was to assess existing, new and emerging greenhouse technologies and how they may be integrated in existing systems in Australia. This […]
20 July 2012
This project addresses the issues of underestimation of value and volume of vegetable production in NSW by collecting readily available data from multiple sources, and conducting […]
20 July 2012
This project was undertaken to investigate the potential for a grower registration scheme to help address biosecurity issues in the vegetable industry. A national grower registration […]
20 July 2012
This tour report details the 2011 Grower Tour to Germany and Netherlands which saw eight Australian participants visit vegetable growing regions in Europe and learn their […]
26 March 2017
The project VG15704 ‘Grower Study Tour of New Zealand: precision vegetable production’ aimed to provide vegetable producers the opportunity to travel and learn from each other […]
20 July 2012
A group of vegetable growers and contractors joined an international study tour that involved workshops and farm visits to investigate controlled traffic farming developments in Europe […]
20 July 2012
The report discusses the Vegtool program that is designed to make better decision regarding crop selection comparing crop gross margins determining which crops would generate profitable […]
20 July 2012
The 2009 Growers Tour to the USA saw eight Australian growers visit prime California vegetable growing regions of the Salinas Valley, Visalia and Santa Maria, north […]
20 July 2012
This tour report details the 2010 Grower Study Tour to America which saw eight Australian growers and Horticulture Industry member, Kyle Steinhardt, visit Florida, Washington, and […]
21 July 2015
The 2012 USA Grower Study Tour provided eight vegetable levy payers with the opportunity to participate on a 13-day tour of leading vegetable growing and processing […]
20 July 2012
This study tour subsidised by the National Vegetable Levy, aim to provide local growers with insight into key trends in the US vegetable industry. The tour […]
20 July 2012
This project was undertaken to develop the leadership capability of the vegetable industry in line with the VegVision 2020 and Australian Vegetable Industry Needs Analysis 2007; […]
20 July 2012
Growing Leaders 2011 – National Vegetable Industry Leadership Program (Growing Leaders 2011) previous known as Vegetable Industry Strategic Leadership Course 2009 has been delivered for a […]
20 March 2013
Growing Leaders 2012 – National Vegetable Industry Leadership Program successfully completed its third and final year of delivery under current funding arrangements. The program has now […]
10 May 2016
Growing Leaders 2013-2015 – National Vegetable Industry Leadership Program successfully completed its seventh year of delivery. The current project has now concluded and funding has been […]
29 August 2014
The aim of this desktop study is to provide an overview of guest worker programs as they are currently implemented within certain western democracies. Specific examples […]
20 July 2012
This project evaluated the efficacy of a range of fungicides in glasshouse and field experiments. It also developed a simple and reliable seedling inoculation technique suitable […]
5 August 2015
When we started our investigation, we realised that ‘advertising’ (as per our original mandate) can be interpreted very broadly. The terminology we found more frequently used […]
20 July 2012
This project details the investigation undertaken into the use of non-chemical postharvest heat treatment against fruit fly, with the current postharvest disinfestation treatment against fruit flies […]
20 July 2012
This project was responsible for the creation a new disinfection treatment of Tomatoes against fruit flies to meet quarantine requirements for interstate trade and trade with […]
20 July 2012
This project seeks to identifiy a commercial partner, to refine and evaluate the design features of a heat treatment system in order to demonstrate to the […]
20 July 2012
Regular oversupply of vegetables on the domestic market has created much interest within the industry and service providers to assess the opportunity to export particularly into […]
20 July 2012
This project investigated effectiveness of protein bait sprays in controlling fruit flies in tomato and capsicum crops, which will benefit the industry through enhanced market access […]
13 October 2013
For the WA potato industry to expand it needs to move into new areas outside traditional potato growing areas near and south of Perth. The Mid […]
30 January 2017
The Dandaragan area of the Mid West area appears suitable for expanding the winter production of ware, crisp and possibly seed potatoes to cover the loss […]
20 July 2012
During the past few decades, the use of herbicides for weed management has become an integral part of many vegetable production systems. This period coincided with […]
20 July 2012
The horticultural industry operates in most catchments and climates that make up the Australian landscape. Both the environmental efficacy and economic viability of its production systems […]
20 July 2012
This project was conducted to assist the horticultural industries’ coordinate their response to the current NRA reviews of endosulfan, parathion-methyl and parathion-ethyl within the Existing Chemical […]
20 July 2012
A study tour of potato, carrot, and onion producing areas in Idaho, Washington State and Oregon as well as potato production areas in Holland and Scotland […]
20 July 2012
This project was undertaken by Access Economics which was commissioned by HAL to produce a Balanced Scorecard that compares the performance of the Australian horticultural industry […]
20 July 2012
The purpose of this project was to provide feedback to the Horticulture Australia Council/NFF Horticulture Code Steering Committee on issues that horticultural producers raised during the […]
20 July 2012
The Commercialisation casebook seeks to fill the significant information gap for all the Australian Horticulture Industries and promote the selection of the best practice commercialisation models. […]
20 July 2012
This project led to the development of a straightforward, easily implemented and transparent strategy to develop recommendations for collating identified industry data and information needs and […]
20 July 2012
In 2002-03, approximately $4.5m worth of horticultural projects funded through HAL included a biotechnology component. Biotechnology is a modern field of science that will underpin advances […]
20 July 2012
Australian horticulture has identified, as a key issue, the need to maintain access too much needed farm chemicals. As a result, the chemical re-registration program of […]
20 July 2012
This paper calls for public submissions and outlines four key areas that were reported by the Reference Group to the Australian Government Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries […]
20 July 2012
This report details a set of guidelines by which growers could demonstrate and improve environmental performance on the farm in a practical way when required. Related […]
20 July 2012
The purpose of this study tour was to observe how NZ’s greenhouse growers have taken Dutch techniques and technologies and implemented them in the southern hemisphere, […]
20 July 2012
This report presents information on the latest knowledge gained from the attendance at the International Symposium on Soilless culture and Hydroponic in Peru and the 6th […]
20 July 2012
This report summarises outcomes of a 12 month project continuing the research from a previous scoping study regarding root rot in parsley,this included trials identifying cultivars […]
20 July 2012
This project set out to establish the resistance status of several important fungal and bacterial pathogens from Australian vegetable crops. Project researchers assessed chemicals from major […]
20 July 2012
This project was conducted to investigate new insecticidal compounds. Researchers proposed that parasitic wasps that attach DBM, effecively contained a range of novel insecticidal compounds in […]
5 June 2013
This study identified several new pathogens from roots of Apiaceae. In a study of root rots over 3 years of trials in sandy and sandy loam […]
20 July 2012
This report details the research undertaken to aid in the differentiation of biological variants or pathotypes within the potato cyst nematode (PCN) species complex. This work […]
29 August 2014
The continued reliance on chemical soil fumigants such as Metham Sodium (MS) can largely be attributed to consumer demand for low cost, good quality, nice-looking vegetables. […]
20 July 2012
Project demonstrated practical methods for the production of compost-tea on farms, effectiveness was measured but aerobic bacterial per ml in combination with a low human pathogen […]
20 July 2012
This report highlights the results of a 24 month investigation parsnip canker. Surveys were conducted to investigate and identify the cause and extent of canker within […]
14 April 2016
This project collated information on the phytonutrients (bioactives) in levied vegetables. It builds on our previous project Veggycation® which largely focussed on the core nutrients (vitamins […]
3 October 2016
This project collated information on the phytonutrients (bioactives) in levied vegetables. It builds on our previous project Veggycation® which largely focussed on the core nutrients (vitamins […]
28 November 2016
This project collated information on the phytonutrients (bioactives) in levied vegetables. It builds on our previous project Veggycation® which largely focussed on the core nutrients (vitamins […]
20 July 2012
The report details research using chaperonin gene technology from the medical field to characterise the consortia of soil microbes associated with two potato cultivars and two […]
3 July 2013
Waste is a significant issue for the vegetable industry. Waste can include the non-harvested parts of plants, off-cuts and by-products, product which does not meet retailer […]
20 July 2012
This national project evaluates the benefits compost has on vegetable production demonstrating the ability of compost to consistently increased marketable yield and improves soil quality. Related […]
20 July 2012
Report provide data on pests and diseases in fresh market crops and the quantifying fruit loss, neccesary for the development of an effective IPM strategy. Current […]
20 July 2012
Grower awareness of the philosophy of the integrated pest management principles has improved in response to a planned extension programme. As part of the programme two […]
20 July 2012
This report investigated the benefits of a forecasting system which predict onion downy mildew outbreaks with results showing reductions in sprays. Related ProjectsImplementation Of An Onion […]
20 July 2012
This study assessed potato growers’ knowledge, understanding and use of integrated pest management (IPM) in relation to their major pest problems, chemical pesticide use and methods […]
20 July 2012
In May 2009, the EnviroVeg Program completed its current phase and funding was required to support the program through the subsequent six months which time a […]
20 July 2012
A total review of the EnviroVeg program was undertaken as a result of the EnviroVeg manual and checklists being rewritten, with the new manual taking into […]
20 July 2012
Project investigates the implementation of the freshcare program, a project developed as an on farm food safety program for the fresh produce industries. The project proposes […]
22 December 2013
To ensure there are adequate resources in place to follow through with the adoption of new projects under the three strategic priority areas outlined in the […]
20 July 2012
This report details the research and extension delivery undertaken on the integrated management of diamondback moth and other pests of Australian Brassica vegetable crops. This report […]
20 July 2012
This work reports on the implementation of the Communication Plan 2000-2005 for the Australian potato industry. Related ProjectsImplementing the Potato Industry’s communication planThis project has been […]
20 July 2012
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries maintains a sweet potato nursery to supply commercial growers with cuttings free of Feathery Mottle Virus (FMV). Because of the […]
5 June 2013
This project aimed to provide further scientific evidence on the role of vegetable consumption in weight loss. Food and nutrition scientists worked together to show that […]
20 July 2012
The report provides a summary of research conducted by the Department of Primary industries and University of Melbourne to use genetechnology to produce carrot and celery […]
20 July 2012
This project examined Acetic acid fumigation as a post harvest treat for controlling a variety of fungal rots of Japanese squash, examining effects of concentration and […]
20 July 2012
Project developed improved methods of controlling nematodes in carrot production. Surveys were used to identify the nematode species associated with carrot production, provided infromation on improved […]
20 July 2012
Project examines the key factors influencing herbicide activity and persistence and also looked at the development of a more rapid and effective analysis methods for quantifying […]
20 July 2012
This project provided evaluation of ‘soft options’ for incorporation in IPM. This included the idenfication of beneficial organisms, conducting of a disease survey of the industry […]
20 July 2012
This project improved irrigation management in potatoes and onions, augmenting results from previous projects in other vegetables. The project had two components: firstly, it conducted detailed […]
20 July 2012
This project discusses black rot and leaf spot diseases within brassica vegetable crops. This project allowed for the generation development of rapid and sensitive genetic assay […]
20 July 2012
In Queensland, there has been no detailed research into the nutritional requirements of pumpkins. As a result, there is a wide range of fertiliser rates and […]
20 July 2012
Project seeks the delivery of improved IPM systems for key vegetable crops with improved quality and marketability of produce, increase benefits through efficient pesticide use and […]
20 July 2012
This study was designed to assist potato growers to increase their early crop yields by six tonnes a hectare and to improve the average gross margins. […]
20 July 2012
This project aimed to improve the productivity of the French Fry Industry in Victoria. It undertook studies on seed management, effect of latitude on Russet Burbank […]
20 July 2012
This project was undertaken to investigate strategies for improved yield and quality, and/or reduced production costs in the target crop green beans, beetroot and sweet corn. […]
20 July 2012
This project examines aspects of seed physiological quality and investigated treatments to manipulate stem number per seed piece and tuber number per plant in seed potato […]
20 July 2012
This project examined the use of alternative to fungicide for the control of Sclerotinia lettuce drop including the potential use of biological controls and soil amendments. […]
20 July 2012
Commercial crops in Tasmania were found to be setting less than their total fruit potential. Since the fruit is the commericially valuable part of the crop, […]