Native Foods Information Sheet No 1 : Quandong

Davidsonia domestication in far north Queensland

Davidson plum is a unique tropical fruit with potential for development as a functional food, delivering health benefits in an intensely coloured and distinctly tart...

Fact Sheet: Improving Soil Health To Suppress Soil Borne Diseases Of Ginger

Declining soil fertility and biological soil health represent a major threat to sustainable ginger production. To remain competitive ginger growers have intensified crop production to...

Ginger Program RD&E Plan 2017 – 2022

The Ginger Progam RD&E Plan 2017-2022 has articulated three objectives. These objectives are to assure industry competitiveness, build stronger linkages with customers and the market...

An Economic Evaluation of RIRDC Investment in the Ginger R&D Program

This report presents the results of economic analyses of projects initially funded between 2012 and 2017 within the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)...

Cocoa Pod Splitter - Assessment of Prototype Equipment

This project has provided an objective assessment of prototype and commercial mechanical cocoa pod splitters developed in Australia and Brazil. Mechanised cocoa pod splitting and...

Myrte Rust Screening in Lemon Myrtle Provenance Plantings

The Backhousia citriodora (lemon myrtle) industry is in jeopardy due to the impact of the recently introduced rust fungus Puccinia psidii, commonly known as myrtle...

Access to Pesticides - An Explanation for Minor Industries

Agricultural industries now have a document that sets out the current sources that lists the available pesticides for their industry and a step-by-step procedure for accessing...

Australian wild rice characterisation

This project funded a PhD student for three years to study the genetics of Australian wild rice. The research has confirmed that native Australian rice populations...

Agronomic evaluation of teff in Tasmania

Teff (Eragrostis tef) is a self-pollinated C4 grass and is grown as an annual warm season cereal crop. It has been cultivated for thousands of...