R&D projects
Discover strawberry levy investments into Strawberry Fund R&D initiatives
The strawberry levy has been invested into following Hort Innovation Strawberry Fund R&D initiatives, together with Australian Government contributions.
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Developing a national systems approach for meeting biosecurity requirements to access key Asian markets (AM17001)
This project supported collaboration between Australian stakeholders to develop a quantitative systems approach for horticultural enterprises so that they realised market opportunities
21 September 2022
Continuation of pilot systems to validate Pest Free Place of Production for Queensland fruit fly in the Yarra Valley (MT15028)
This investment followed on from previous work to develop systems to validate ‘Pest Free Place of Production’ (PFPP) for Queensland fruit fly in the Yarra Valley.
10 January 2019
DNA-marker development for flavour compounds in strawberry (BS12006)
This work identified potential genetic markers relating to desirable strawberry flavour compounds, to feed into strawberry breeding and variety selection.
2 February 2016
Transformational innovation performance analysis (AI13011)
This project examined the level of innovation in the Australian horticulture industry, and its relationship to productivity.
4 September 2015
National strawberry varietal improvement program (BS17000)
This investment continued the work of the national strawberry breeding, evaluation and release program.
15 December 2022
Enhanced National Bee Pest Surveillance Program (MT16005)
This investment delivered a nationally coordinated bee-pest surveillance program to help safeguard honey-bee and pollinator-dependent industries in Australia.
13 December 2021
Coir waste management for hydroponic berries (MT17016)
An evaluation of coir waste management in raspberries and blackberries including disposal options for growers
10 May 2019
Improving the biosecurity preparedness of Australian horticulture for the exotic spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) (MT17005)
This multi-industry investment improved awareness of the risks posed by spotted wing drosophila, which attacks a range of soft-skinned fruit, as well as enhanced Australia’s capacity to detect and respond to any incursions of the pest.
4 December 2018
SITplus: Developing and optimising production of a male-only, temperature-sensitive-lethal, strain of Qfly, B. tryoni (MT13059)
This investment has successfully demonstrated a method to develop a ‘temperature-sensitive lethal, male-selecting’ strain of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly).
31 January 2019
National strawberry varietal improvement program (BS12021)
This national breeding project continued the development and commercial release of superior strawberry varieties for targeted environments.
1 August 2018