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Sharing research and technology with the University of Florida

NT government agreement facilitates research into tropical fruits.
Read full storyResearchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease

Treatment causes deadly bacterium to leak and die.
Read full story$15 billion horticulture value in Hort Stats Handbook

Value of horticultural production increased by 4.5%.
Read full storyNew date varieties to be trialled

The date industry is under represented in Australia.
Read full storySmitten apples launched

2021 is the fourth season for the Smitten variety
Read full storyVietnam approval of new Australian biosecurity facility

Vietnam to receive produce from new Melbourne irradiation facility.
Read full storyHong Kong Customs seizes cherries falsely marketed as Tasmanian

Every single carton had a unique QR code.
Read full storyApple harvest underway

Difficulties with the recruitment, management and retention of harvest labour
Read full story$13 million to strengthen Australia’s fruit fly research

Six projects approved to address gaps in our understanding of fruit fly.
Read full storyNew artificial pollination technology for Australian almonds

Technology will be tested in almond orchards in Victoria.
Read full storyUsing sugar from olive pits

High quality of sugars extracted from olive pits could be used in several different industrial processes.
Read full storyQueen bee shortage

Queen bees are vital to each beehive because it is the only bee capable of laying fertilised eggs.
Read full storyWorkplaces after COVID: What you need to know

After COVID office settings will look different and it will not simply be a return to old ways of doing business.
Read full storyGrowth of Australian lychee industry on track

New tree plantings in recent seasons will increase lychee volumes in the next 5-10 years.
Read full storyFlying autonomous fruit-picking robots

Kubota invests in Tevel an industry leader in flying autonomous fruit-picking.
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