Tree Crop News

Stone Fruit - Marketing & export

Australian peaches and nectarines making their way back to Vietnam

Vietnam is a valuable market for peaches and nectarines.

Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Australian native bee conference

Integrating beekeeping, crop pollination, hive products and research

Specialty tree crops

Potential of pongamia as renewable fuel

New research project assesses commercial potential of pongamia.

General

Introducing bagMUSTER

Australia’s first not-for-profit, whole-of-industry genuine collection and recycling program for agricultural bags.

Insect & mite control

Mighty small mites, but mighty big damage!

Mites can spread through your crop almost as fast as flying insects or the airborne spores of fungi.

Business solutions & labour

Minimum rate guarantee ‘no sweat’ with ABCgrower

Specialised horticulture software can capture, manage and report all on farm picking and labour activities.

Marketing & export - Packaging & labelling - Post harvest

Calls for automation with local support

Dealing with local manufacturers is now more important than ever given supply chain issues.

Mangoes

Predicting the shelf life of mango fruit cultivars

Project aimed at improving mango shelf life.

Pome fruit

The apple drone Is finally here

A flying tethered quadcopter with an outstretched arm that can intelligently target, grab, and pick apples off a tree could be just around the corner.

Specialty tree crops

Grant boosts future of Australian grown dates

Grant twill help increase the availability of locally-grown dates in the heavily import-reliant market.

Olives

Improving water efficiency in Australian olives

New research project investigates water productivity in olives.

Almonds - Post harvest

New gas fumigant for almonds and other nuts

Broad-spectrum control of stored product and quarantine pests.

Establishment & maintenance

Directing shoot growth to where it’s needed

You can make a deciduous fruit tree do anything.

Fruit Fly

Mediterranean fruit fly in Australia pose risk

High level of adaptability makes Medfly a considerable threat to horticulture in all of Australia.

Almonds - Disease & weed control

Superior disease protection for almonds

Copper fungicides play a key role in disease management in almonds.