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Optimum Vegetable Portion Size to Meet Consumer Needs
The vegetable industry is looking for ways to increase vegetable consumption. It was hypothesised that consumers might be buying fewer vegetables for fear of wasting … Read more
Project Harvest: Vegetable Consumer and Market program
There is an increasing need in Australia’s horticulture industry to monitor and gauge consumer perception and behaviour in relation to fresh vegetables. Colmar Brunton conducts … Read more
The addition of celery to the Movento (spirotetramat) label for the control of aphids and thrips
Victoria is the largest producer growing around 850ha of celery per year, about 65% of the Australian celery market. Overall, the celery industry is rather … 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
Consumer and market program for the vegetable industry
Project Harvest aimed to identify opportunities for Australia’s vegetable industry through identifying trends in purchase and consumption, in perceptions of value, retail channel preferences, triggers … Read more
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
Market opportunity for vegetable juices
This project was undertaken to help Hort Innovation and the Australian vegetable industry to understand the market opportunity for vegetable juices. Very little was known … Read more
A Model For Lettuce Industry Development
The project aimed to produce an export development plan through a collaborative process with the industry, which would act as a model for other horticultural … Read more
A Study Of Post Harvest Bacterial Rots And Browning In Lettuce And The Development Of Control Methods
This report investigates the browning effect on lettuce resulting from pseudomonads, examines bacterial loads in soils during cultivation and investigates the development of control methods … Read more
Acute Dietary Risk Assessment – Workshop Report
A workshop on acute dietary risk assessment was held in Canberra, ACT, on April 11, 2002. The objectives of the workshop were to provide an … Read more
Adapting To Change: Enhancing Skills Through Collaboratively Developing And Integrated Pest Management Strategy For Lettuce
This significant lettuce Integrated Pest Management project defined a crop monitoring protocol for lettuce growers, identified the key pests and diseases, developed management guidelines for … Read more
Agronomic And Postharvest Improvement In Iceberg And Cos Lettuce To Extend Shelf Life For Fresh Cuts Salads
This project identifies varieties, agronomic factors and processing and handling issues that influence shelf life, ultimately seeking to develop and ‘best practice’ approach to ensure … Read more