Coordination Meeting For Reviewing Cadmium Issues In Potatoes & Vegetables
1 July 1999
In 2002-03 approximately $4.5 million worth of horticultural projects funded through Hort Innovation (which was then Horticulture Australia Limited) included a biotechnology component. Biotechnology was a modern field of science that would underpin advances in all aspects of plant research and it was likely to deliver new knowledge, technologies and products in the future.
Horticulture Australia’s Biotechnology Program aimed to help Australian horticulture remain internationally competitive by:
Fostering new pfartnerships between biotechnology laboratories and conventional breeding programs to deliver developments to industry
Providing knowledge of plant processes and development
Discovering new genes
Discovering new gene technologies
Generating new intellectual property to negotiate international horticultural research & development (R&D) alliances
Encouraging investment in the area.
This booklet aimed to present a brief overview of gene technology in horticultural commodities in Australia and highlight examples of research underway. It also provided an overview of the science involved in gene technology, the regulation of gene technology in Australia, gene technology products in the market at the time, and what some industry groups were thinking in relation to the technology.
Gene technology in Australia: What’s happening in horticulture?, was produced by Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited with support from the then Horticulture Australia Limited.
Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited was an industry initiative, established to increase public awareness of, and encourage informed debate about, gene technology. Agrifood Awareness Australia Limited was committed to providing quality science-based information to encourage informed decision making.
This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture.