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Updating & Republishing Valuable Vegetable Industry Resources
The purpose of this project was to review the many books, field guides, management tools, fact sheets, posters, e-tools and other resources that are outputs … Read more
Use Of Microsatellite Tracking To Determine The Source Of Qfly Outbreaks In The Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone
This project utilises DNA Fingerprinting technology to identify sources of outbreak flies. This involved the creations of a database of DNA profiles from possible source … Read more
Use Of Natural Sprouting Inhibitors For Potato Storage
This project tested the efficacy of alternative sprout suppressants that had been identified by overseas researchers and to collect residue data in the event that … Read more
Use of plant growth regulators for reduced pass harvesting of cauliflower and broccoli
The primary purpose of this project was to assess the influence of the plant growth regulators (PGS’s), ethephon, and gibberellic acid on the uniformity of … Read more
Use Of Saline Irrigation Water To Increase Total Soluble Solids In Irrigation Water
This project assessed the feasibility of irrigating processing tomatoes with saline water as a way of increasing profit and also as part of a salinity … Read more
Use Of Tissue Culture For Ginger Propagation And Improvement
The growth and performance of the micropropagated ginger was compared with “seed”-derived plants in field trials conducted in south-eastern Queensland. In the first generation ex … Read more
Use Of Vegetable Transplants To Introduce Beneficial And Biocontrol Microbes Into The Crop Environment
Project independantly assess commercially available products and determines whether treatment of transplants with microbial inoculants can improve crop vigour, yields and quality.
Using Hippodamia Ladybird In Brassica Integrated Pest Management
Project provides an account of experimental approach used to review and analyse the impact white collared ladybird, on the suppression and control of insects pests … Read more
Utilising Potato Microtubers For The Field Production Of Seed Potatoes
This project was conducted to investigate the physiological ageing of potato microtubers and identify the cultural practices required to plant microtubers in the open field … Read more
Validation Of A Disease Forecasting Model To Manage Late Blight (Septoria) In Celery
This project summarises the outcomes of a study involving late blight in celery also investigating the efficacy and economics of the TomCast disease forecasting model … Read more
Varietal improvement of Kailaan and production of a Kailaan-broccoli hybrid – stage 2
The aim of this project was to incorporate the superior high yielding quality of broccoli into the leafy low yielding Chinese kale or kailaan. Kailaan … Read more
Variety Development For The Fresh Potato Market In WA 2006/08
The report evaluates the development of improved fresh market potato varieties in order to increase consumer satisfaction and productivity of the WA potato industry.