12 September 2013
This fact sheet has been designed to explain gross margins and the benefits of gross margin analysis, as how to use the ‘VegTool’ as a method […]
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
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
Brussels sprouts belong to the Brassica family and are related to cabbages and cauliflowers. This fact sheet provides an overview on Brussels sprouts – climatic requirements, […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet provides an overview of the capsicums and chillies – climate requirements, soils, varieties, seedling production, transplanting, spacing, fertilisers, irrigation, protected cultivation, pruning, pests, […]
20 July 2012
There are over 20 growers who produce cucumbers under protected cultivation in Western Australia, ranging from Manjimup in the South-west to Geraldton and Carnarvon. There are […]
20 July 2012
Eggplant belongs to the Solanaceae family, which includes crops such as tomatoes, potatoes, and capsicums. Eggplant is available from Western Australia growers throughout the year, mainly […]
20 July 2012
Fresh consumption of garlic is around 3500 tonnes imported mainly from China, Africa, Taiwan, NZ, and the US. While there has been a decline in production […]
19 September 2013
This online resource package has been based on the renown capsicum grower, Phuong Vo, and provides four modules including information on plant nutrition, greenhouse design, climate […]
20 July 2012
Leeks belong to the onion family and are closely related to chives, garlic, onion, and shallots. A problem with the crop is that it takes 21 […]
20 July 2012
Parsnips belong to the Apiaceae family, which includes carrots, celery, and parsley. This fact sheet provides an overview of growing parsnips in Western Australia – soil, […]
20 July 2012
Radish belongs to the Brassica family such as cabbages, broccoli, and cauliflowers. The red radish is the main type grown in Australia and originated in Western […]
20 July 2012
In Western Australia, a small of rhubarb is grown commercially throughout the year for the domestic market, mainly in the Wanneroo area. This fact sheet provides […]
20 July 2012
Silverbeet belongs to the Chenopodiaceae family and is closely related to beetroot and also to spinach. This fact sheet provides an overview on growing silverbeet in […]
20 July 2012
The snake bean has been known as the yard long bean. It gets its name from the pods which are longer than those of French beans […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet provides an overview on growing snow peas and sugar snaps in Western Australia – the required climate, soils, varieties, spacing, trellising, fertilisers, pests […]
20 July 2012
All spring onion types are characterised by slightly enlarged bulbs. The type grown in Australia does not produce offshoots; it has straight, hollow leaves, and a […]
20 July 2012
Swedes and turnips are in the Brassica or Crucifer family which also includes cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage, radish, and brussel sprouts. This fact sheet provides an overview […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet provides information on how to grow sweet potatoes in Western Australia – required climate, soils, rotation, obtaining planting material, preparing cuttings, varieties, irrigation, […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet provides an overview on chicory and witlof production. Related ProjectsGrowing witlof chicory
20 July 2012
The management of soil is a key aspect to ensuring the economic and environmental sustainability of vegetable production. Good soil management practices have a direct impact […]
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 […]
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 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
Little is known about the behaviour of earthworms in Australia. Much of it has been done in southern Australia where the information is very general in […]
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
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 […]
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
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 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
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, […]
19 March 2013
In soil-based production systems poor soil health, soilborne diseases, soil salinity and increasing pressures on production are severely restricting productivity for many growers. In addition, vegetable […]
20 July 2012
Low technology greenhouses offer only limited control of the growing environment but are widely used in the greenhouse industry. However, for growers wanting to upgrade their […]
20 July 2012
Aimed to improve the quality, yield,reliability and uniformity of lettuce grown for both domestic and export markets through adoption of sustainable management practices. Related ProjectsImproving Lettuce […]
20 July 2012
Researchers who are part of the VIC DPI Vegetable Soil Health Team have found that by measuring biological, physical and chemical properties in soil they are […]
20 July 2012
This project seeks to determine levels of support within key horticultural industry and government representatives for establishment of a national network of long-term field investigations to […]
20 July 2012
This project was part of the ongoing research collaboration between the Australian vegetable seed industry, TIAR, and seedPurity Pty Ltd to improve standards of vegetable seed […]
20 July 2012
This report investigates the factors affecting pollen viability and to identify the key processes limiting seed yields. This study involved testing a number of agronomic practices, […]
3 October 2016
Two long term productivity trials were established at the DAF Gatton research Facility over the course of this project. The trials investigated the value of rootstocks, […]
20 July 2012
Understanding soil is an important element in maintaining soil health. There are many factors involved with maintaining high-quality soil, these factors involve soil constraints, soil types, […]
20 July 2012
This project developed sampling protocol that allowed growers to accurately and quickly monitor moth egg populations, also monitoring the pesticide resistance levels and determined the source […]
20 July 2012
This project was undertaken to improve onion yields, quality and production efficiency by integrated management of weeds, pests, and diseases and the use of a comparative […]
20 July 2012
This project development new herbicide strategies by consulting industries and statutory bodies and conducting efficiency and crop phytotoxicity evaluations, focusing on reduced environmental chemical load, improved […]
21 March 2017
Integrating sustainable soil health practices into commercial vegetable production is required to reverse declines in soil health and maintain or improve the productivity and profitability of […]
20 July 2012
This project sought to find biodegradable mulches that would replace plastic mulch film in vegetable production. This involved studies conducted to examine these alternative mulches in […]
20 July 2012
This project was conducted to determine the efficiency of N usage by bell pepper grown with plastic mulch and trickle irrigation and to define a rate […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet provides an overview of bitter melon, ground preparation, varieties, sowing season, trellising and plant spacing, nutrition and irrigation requirements, and pests and diseases. […]
20 July 2012
Effective irigation scheduling and water delivery/application systems are integral components of irrigation management. Following severe droughts in southern Queensland during 1987 and 88, which severely depleted […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet provides an overview of Kangkong, its origin, distribution, Australian distribution, preferred climate and soil types, description, varieties, culture, pests and diseases, fruiting season, […]
20 July 2012
The Asian vegetable industry in Australia has grown rapidly and currently contributes about six percent to the value of the broader vegetable industry. The fast development […]
18 January 2015
Infotech Research conducted a series of 22 energy audits of levy paying vegetable growers in 2014, as part of a project with Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited […]
13 September 2013
20 July 2012
In wet seasons, seedling establishment is the major problem of the Queensland processing vegetable industry with average seedling losses as high as 70%. An industry seminar […]
20 July 2012
Soil acidity affects two-thirds of Western Australia’s wheatbelt and costs the farming community in excess of $70 million annually through lost production. This fact sheet provides […]
20 July 2012
This project has identified four priority areas for research, development and extension to improve soil health and crop management on-farm. Workshops identified three key drivers behind […]
3 July 2013
The management practices of recognised champion greenhouse grower Phuong Vo from the Vietnamese community in Virginia, have been captured in text and video as an illustrative […]
19 September 2013
This third module review important practices for managing crops through the entire growth cycle. The implementation of the best management practices will promote higher yields and […]
20 July 2012
Researchers from VIC DPI, Qld DEEDI and Peracto have found that green manures and Brassica biofumigant crops provide many benefits within vegetable cropping systems, which is […]
20 July 2012
Manganese deficiency occurs in a wide range of crops with onions, beetroot, parsnip, cabbage, cauliflower, tomato, and pumpkin. This deficiency is the most common on alkaline […]
11 July 2016
This document combines the research and analysis on fresh vegetable snacking undertaken for project VG14024. The purpose of this project was to undertake market research around […]
20 July 2012
This report is the second in a series on vegetable industry water use at state and national levels. This series outlines how water is used in […]
20 July 2012
This second report is one in a series on vegetable industry water use at state and national levels. Related ProjectsMaximising returns from water in the Australian […]
20 July 2012
This report is one in a series on vegetable industry water use at state and national levels. This series outlines how water is used in the […]
20 July 2012
This project conducted a scoping study to define existing mechanical harvesting techniques and practices, adoption of mechanical harvesting, issues of technology and its impact on supply […]
26 March 2017
This report presents options for a national governance framework for Australian seed potato certification. This project and a related project (PT15004: Seed Potato Certification Standard Review) […]
20 July 2012
The national greenhouse waste-water recirculation project was designed to deliver necessary skills to greenhouse vegetable growers in converting their free-drainage (open) systems to full recycling (closed). […]
20 July 2012
This report has allowed for seed potato growers to gain increase access to better guidelines on site-specific Nitrogen monitoring using ‘real time’ monitoring tools. Related ProjectsNitrogen […]
20 July 2012
Water from dams used to irrigate potato crops is not pure water. As well as common salt, irrigation water contains nutrients essential to plant growth such […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet details information on Okra production – site selection, ground preparation, planting material, nutrition and fertigation, pests and diseases, harvest, postharvest, and common problems. […]
8 February 2015
Technologies studied were well established and in use. They included: Devices which generate electrical power only: • solar photovoltaics (PV) • wind power • natural gas […]
22 January 2015
Research into on farm power generation has produced details of the options, and explored feasibility of adoption of such systems. Growers can use this to help […]
20 July 2012
The project “Opportunities and challenges faced with emerging technologies in the Australian vegetable industry” aims to provide a broad review of technologies that are influencing the […]
20 July 2012
The project “Opportunities and challenges faced with emerging technologies in the Australian vegetable industry” aims to provide a broad review of technologies that are influencing the […]
20 July 2012
The objective of the project “Opportunities and challenges faced with emerging technologies in the Australian vegetable industry” is to provide a broad review of the technologies […]
20 July 2012
This project identified production and storage treatments that affect seed tuber physiological quality, and found significant correlations between seed performance attributes and seed and ware crop […]
20 July 2012
The key to achieving efficient irrigation and fertiliser use is good irrigation design, and the correct scheduling of irrigation and fertiliser. The major project objective was […]
20 July 2012
Every crop has an optimum soil pH range. Within this range, production potential is maximised. The plant’s critical range is the range of soil pH in […]
20 July 2012
Project investigates organic vegetable production techniques and identifies alternate methods to management weeds, diseases and insects that may be able to be applied to convential vegetable […]
20 July 2012
This study involved the generation of a predictive model of ontogeny, incorporating climatic data including frost risk that would enable broccoli farmers to predict harvest maturity […]
12 September 2013
A fact sheet outlining how to maintain the quality of vegetable crops post harvest. Maintaining good vegetable quality requires good systems and communication throughout the supply […]
20 July 2012
This report details the factors the cause and enhance the symptoms of brown fleck in potato tubers. Evaluation of possible management strategies that reduce the incidence […]
20 July 2012
Technological advances are giving growers a valuable boost in their ongoing efforts to generate more value from existing resources. In recent years, attention is increasingly turning […]
20 July 2012
Potatoes are a major horticulture crop for which genetic engineering approaches have been successfully used abroad. They also have a number of problems that are difficult […]
20 July 2012
This project was initiated at the request of local greenhouse and hydroponic growers to investigate, evaluate with a view to import and adopt protected cropping technology […]
20 July 2012
Report summarises the results of analysis and evaluation of data which sought to determine the ability of commercially available satellite technology to recognise and differentiate the […]
18 November 2015
The more formal definition of red-tape (relating to paperwork and other administrative requirements), while a focus of this project, was not considered to be the most […]
19 September 2013
This fact sheet looks at salinity as a management issue, and outlines strategies for measuring and dealing with excessive salinity in greenhouse soils. Related ProjectsManaging a […]
20 July 2012
This report investigates potential options for adoption and adaptation of precisions agriculture techologies and management strategies into the vegetable industry. Precision Agriculture is a philosophy based […]
20 July 2012
This report is a user guide for those considering the practical advancement and feasibility of regional biosecurity. It outlines the considerations, optional approaches, and cost-effective means […]
20 July 2012
This project identified aphid activity in established and potential potato growing areas of the south-west of WA. All aphids were identified to species level, and numbers […]
20 July 2012
This fact sheet details information on snake bean production in Australia, including its distribution, preferred climate and soil types, description, varieties, culture, pests and diseases, fruiting […]
20 July 2012
Acidic soils are an impediment to agricultural production. More than half of the intensively used agricultural land in NSW is affected by soil acidity. This fact […]
20 July 2012
Soil acidity is a serious soil degradation process, estimated to affect half of all agricultural land in NSW. This is eight to nine times the area […]
20 July 2012
This project was completed on the Atherton Tableland which was designed to find out if additional fertilisers were needed to increase the yield of potatoes and […]
12 September 2013
A fact sheet outlining the importance of soil health in promoting plant health and maintaining environmental quality, the characteristics of good soils and poor soils and […]
20 July 2012
As water availability continues to be an issue across Australia, effective irrigation practices are at the top of growers’ agendas as they seek to minimise use […]
22 January 2015
Research into on farm power generation has produced details of the options, and explored feasibility of adoption of such systems. Growers can use this to help […]