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Consumer and market program for the vegetable industry – Phase 2
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, … Read more
Vegetable Trend Forecasting and Analysis
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 … Read more
Training Growers In Direct Consumer Engagement – Scoping Report
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 … Read more
New breeding technologies and opportunities for the Australian vegetable industry
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 … Read more
Vegetable Industry Market Access and Development Program
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 … Read more
VegWHS Training Resources
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 … Read more
Monitoring psyllids and psyllid predators in Australian potato crops
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 … Read more
Identify process improvements for preserving peak freshness of broccoli
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 … Read more
The effects of using anhydrous ammonia to supply nitrogen to vegetable crops
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 … Read more
Review of current irrigation technologies
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 … Read more
Viruses of national importance to the vegetable industry
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. … Read more
Breeding capsicum for tospovirus resistance
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 … Read more