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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
Asessing nitrate and nitrite levels in vegetables
This research project assesses the concentrations of nitrite and nitrate in Australian leafy vegetables aiming to determine the main causes of nitrate and nitrite accumulation … Read more
Australian Vegetable Industry Carbon Footprint Tool – stage 2 (national development and adoption of the tool)
This project aims to improve the awareness of growers in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and carbon footprinting. The project has developed a website, which … Read more
Benchmarking predictive models, nutrients and irrigation for management of downy and powdery mildews and white blister
This project focused on white blister on brassicas, powdery mildew on cucurbits and downy mildew and anthracnose on lettuce. The project determined the efficacy and … Read more
Best Practice Manual And Training For The Australian Lettuce Industry
This report details feedback from training sessions which allow growers, processors and others to learn about recent research findings in the lettuce industry. Research was … Read more
Best practice production models (lettuce, brassicas)
This project was undertaken to build on the existing material produced to support IPM such as field guides, Brassica ICM toolkit, and fact sheets and … Read more
Calculator: Business case lettuce planter
A calculator spreadsheet to help quantify the costs and benefits of investing in a lettuce planter.
Calculator: IPM in lettuce
A calculator spreadsheet to help quantify the costs and benefits of investing in IPM methods for lettuce crops
Carrot diseases & other factors affecting carrot packout
A guide (in poster format) to the different diseases and disorders of carrots and other factors affecting carrot packout.
Cause And Control Of New Lettuce Diseases
Black root rot of lettuce caused by the fungus Chalara elegans was found in crops on the eastern Darling Downs, Granite Belt, Brisbane metropolitan region … Read more
Climate Change Managing Variability and Carbon
A fact sheet outlining the contribution of horticulture to climate change, the impact of climate change on horticulture and ways in which farmers can reduce … Read more
Consumer attitudes and usage in the green leaf category
Prior to this research there was very little consumer research relating to the value-added, green leaf, category. This project provides important insights into consumer purchase … Read more