Avocado co-design workshop facilitation (AV23009)

This short project delivered a series of stakeholder workshops to shape the avocado industry’s market access and trade development program for the next five years.

19 March 2024

• Final research report
• Avocado Fund
• International trade and markets

Industry preparedness for exotic root knot nematode (Meloidogyne enterolobii) (MT22012)

This project improved Australia’s preparedness for the exotic guava root-knot nematode, a high-risk pest for potatoes, sweetpotatoes, onions and other vegetables.

19 November 2025

Avocado industry development and extension project (AV23010)

This investment enhances the Australian avocado industry's profitability, preparedness and competitiveness through an extension program that promotes best management practices.

9 January 2024

• Ongoing project
• Avocado Fund
• Industry development and communication

Inter-seasonal irregular bearing (AV23000)

This project built new knowledge to help manage irregular bearing in avocados by targeting summer fruit drop, a major cause of yield variability.

3 October 2025

Strengthening the sustainability of berry production (RB22001)

The project generated data on the environmental impacts of raspberry and blackberry production in Australia using life cycle assessment (LCA) methods.

9 September 2025

• Raspberry and Blackberry Fund
• Completed project
• On-farm and crop management
• Green space and the environment

Pest management for the Australian sweetpotato industry (PW22000)

This project is investigating nematode population diversity in Australian sweetpotato-growing soils in order to develop effective control strategies and provide improved virus diagnostic methods for the industry.

13 December 2023

• Ongoing project
• Sweetpotato Fund
• Pests, diseases and biosecurity

2024 Australian Mango Conference (MG23001)

The 2024 Australian Mango Conference took place in Cairns from May 21st to 23rd. It was the first industry conference since 2019 and provided an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss industry issues, research projects, and the future of the industry.

16 July 2024

• Mango Fund
• Completed project
• Industry development and communication

Revisiting brown etch of pumpkins (VG22012)

This project seeks to identify the causes of brown etch of pumpkins so that growers can better understand how to manage the condition more effectively.

13 December 2023

• Ongoing project
• Vegetable Fund
• Pests, diseases and biosecurity

Biocontrols for snail management in horticulture (BY22006)

This project investigated current and potential approaches to mollusc control in Australian horticulture .

22 March 2025

• Completed project
• Pests, diseases and biosecurity
• Biosecurity

Scouting responses to labour challenges in Australian horticulture (AS23004)

This project identified startups across the globe with innovative technologies for addressing labour shortages in Australian horticulture.

28 May 2024

• Final research report
• Completed project
• Advanced Production Systems Fund
• Technology