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Horticulture

Research Program Manager: Mr Les Baxter email: baxter@aciar.gov.au ACIAR's horticulture research program aims to improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of fruit, vegetable and ornamental crop production in developing countries and Australia. Emphases are to improve the utility and efficiency of supply chains, optimise the quality and suitability of produce for market requirements, and minimise pre- and post-harvest losses of fruit and vegetable crops. The ACIAR horticulture program will increasingly focus on a complete supply chain approach to crop production. This approach will aim to identify and address multiple constraints to individual horticultural industry development which often arise simultaneously throughout the supply chain and can potentially reduce the impact of single issue interventions.

Newsletters

The Postharvest Technology program (a predecessor of the Horticulture program) used to produce a postharvest newsletter and a mycotoxin newsletter which are available online.

Current Projects

HORT/1999/081 - Reducing spoilage and contamination risks of fresh vegetables in China and Australia

HORT/2000/043 - Huanglongbing management for Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia

HORT/2001/049 - Development of PRSV-P resistant papaya genotypes by introgression of genes from wild Carica species

HORT/2002/062 - The development of integrated pest management for Brassica crops in DPRK and its improvement in Australia

HORT/2003/036 - Managing pest fruit flies to enhance quarantine services and upgrade fruit and vegetable production in Indonesia

HORT/2003/045 - Improvement of vegetable production and postharvest management systems in Cambodia and Australia

HORT/2003/071 - Integrated pest management and supply chain improvement for mangoes in the Philippines and Australia

HORT/2004/034 - Diagnosis and management of wilt diseases of banana in Indonesia

HORT/2004/048 - Integrated disease management (IDM) for anthracnose, Phytophthora blight and whitefly transmitted geminiviruses in chilli pepper in Indonesia

HORT/2005/077 - Integrated crop management package for sustainable smallholder gardens in Solomon Islands

HORT/2005/134 - The use of pathogen tested planting materials to improve sustainable sweet potato production in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

HORT/2005/136 - Mitigating the threat of banana Fusarium wilt: understanding the agroecological distribution of pathogenic forms and developing disease management strategies

HORT/2005/142 - Improving mandarin production in Bhutan and Australia through the implementation of on-farm best management practices

HORT/2005/153 - Development of integrated crop management practices to increase sustainable yield and quality of mangoes in Pakistan and Australia

HORT/2005/157 - Optimising mango supply chains for more profitable horticultural agri-enterprises in Pakistan and Australia

HORT/2005/160 - Increasing citrus production in Pakistan and Australia through improved orchard management techniques

HORT/2006/106 - Screening and field trials of high-carotenoid sweet potatoes in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to improve human vitamin A status

HORT/2006/147 - Integrated pest management of stem borers and insect vectors of viral diseases of sugarcane in Indonesia

HORT/2006/170 - Plant biosecurity: Technological research and training for improved pest diagnostics in Thailand and Australia

HORT/2007/066 - Enhanced profitability of selected vegetable value chains in the southern Philippines and Australia

HORT/2007/067 - Improved domestic profitability and export competitiveness of selected fruit value chains in the southern Philippines and Australia

HORT/2007/072 - Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for University of South Pacific, Fiji