On-farm and crop management Archives - Page 5 of 8

26 April 2022

Final Report: The EnviroVeg Program 2017-2022

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe EnviroVeg Program 2017-2022 draws together three previously separate and long-running vegetable industry environmental programs: Freshcare Environmental, Growcom Hort360 and EnviroVeg. This project aimed to improve […]

30 January 2024

Final report: Investigating soil pH and nutrition as possible factors influencing pink rot in potatoes – a pilot study

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 2020 to 2022, this project investigated how soil pH and nutrition may play a part in reducing the impact of pink rot disease in potatoes. […]

30 January 2023

Final report: National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 2017 to 2022, this investment supported the running of the National Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre to deliver vegetable-focused protected cropping research and development for the […]

30 January 2023

Final report: Soil wealth and integrated crop protection – phase 2

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 2017 to 2023, the Soil Wealth and Integrated Crop Protection program assisted potato and vegetable growers to improve the management of their soil and crop […]

30 January 2024

Stingless bees as effective managed pollinators for Australian horticulture

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 2017 to 2023, this project explored the potential of stingless bees as managed crop pollinators by testing their effectiveness with selected field crops and suitability […]

16 May 2021

Weed management in onions: winter cover crop trials

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs part of Hort Innovation levy-funded project ‘A strategic approach to weed management for the Australian vegetable industry’ (VG15070), University of New England teamed up with […]

16 August 2020

Onion Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe strategic levy investment project Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008) is part of the Hort Innovation Onion Fund. A Strategic Agrichemical Review Process […]

20 May 2024

Final report: Management strategy for serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 2021 to 2023, this project increased awareness and significance of three leafminer pests (serpentine leafminer, American serpentine leafminer and vegetable leafminer), their host range, how […]

21 May 2024

Industry preparedness for exotic root knot nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii)

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe recent identification of a new species of highly virulent plant parasite, the Guava Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii), in Australia means that there is a great […]

22 August 2024

Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis program has laid the groundwork for new and integrated crop pollination methods to reduce the risks associated with the high dependence on honey bees and […]

20 February 2020

Cover cropping pioneer aiming to educate others

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21 April 2020

Steve Allie: Grower focus on weeds reaps rewards

Reading Time: 3 minutesMaking weed management a key on-farm priority has already resulted in future cost-benefits for Western Australian vegetable growers, The Loose Leaf Lettuce Company. Since its establishment […]

1 July 2000