Research projects

Advanced machine cognition to segregate effects of climate from management at the landscape scale

Agrifood Knowledge Network in North West Tasmania

Ag Tech Innovation Studio

Barley waterlogging tolerance improvement program

BENEFITS: Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Net Emissions and Forestry ITemiSation of wool farms

Commercialising the Bilby™ – a below ground wireless sensor node

Commercialising the smart penetrometer (Bandicoot)

Controlling Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus

Cropping in High Rainfall Zone

Disease resistance in barley

Growing value from irrigation for Tasmanian agriculture

High Performance Soils

Improving barley adaptation to acid soils

Improving the representation of soil productivity in decision support systems

Increasing intrinsic heat tolerance of wheat

Introgressing waterlogging tolerance gene to commercial barley varieties

Land use in carbon farming

NEXUS project: exploring profitable, sustainable livestock businesses in an increasingly variable climate

Precision Agriculture

Precision Vegetables

Smarter Irrigation for Profit

'Smart' soil sensors

Smelling soil e-nose development

Soil-borne disease control

Stress tolerance in cereals

TasAgFuture

Tas Farm Innovation Hub

The QUOLL e-nose: Microbes against climate change

Understanding the impacts of waterlogging on barley, canola and fababean

WaterCan Profit

Water for Profit

Waterproofing barley

Agrifood Knowledge Network in North West Tasmania

Baby salad leaves will last longer in your fridge

Beating smoke taint with sparkling wine

Bumpy road to perfect fruit

Development of a predictive model for vacuum-packed pork

Development of shelf-life models for beef, lamb and pork

Ensuring safety of chicken meat

Evaluation and predictive modelling of shelf life of frozen beef products in different packaging systems

Glucose as a novel approach for shelf-life extension of vacuum-packed meats

Good news for berry lovers

Greens from a greenhouse?

HyTECH - ARC Training Centre for Hyphenated Analytical Separation Technologies

Is watermelon ripened by ethylene?

Listeria monocytogenes on Australian Rockmelons

More cherries after summer

Preventing potato greening

Resin Canal Discolouration in Australian mangoes

Sensory experiences of cubed watermelon

Agrifood Knowledge Network in North West Tasmania

Area-wide management of vegetable diseases

Australian apple export manual and post-harvest guide

Better sparkling wine, faster

Biofumigation for potato production

Control of weed poppies in commercial poppy production

Cool climate hort: Baiting potato powdery scab disease spores

Cool climate hort: Determining the cause of winter dieback in pyrethrum

Cool climate hort: Heat stress during strawberry fruit ripening

Cool climate hort: High protein fava beans - a potential new crop rotation

Cool climate hort: How old is your seed potato?

Cool climate hort: Interaction of potato pathogens in soil

Cool climate hort: Investigating collar rot in peas

Cool climate hort: Managing oxalis in rotational crops

Cool climate hort: Microclimate influence on calcium uptake in sweet cherries

Cool climate hort: Optimising Gibberellic Acid in sweet cherry under protected and conventional production systems for fruit firmness

Cool climate hort: Pink rot disease - a reemerging disease of potatoes

Cool climate hort: Sustainably managing pest bugs in carrot seed crops

Cool climate hort: Verticillium wilt early dying disease of potatoes

Cool climate hort: What do potatoes (and their friends in the soil) really need to thrive?

Crop protectants for blueberry rust

Developing a system to manage potato diseases

Developing mechanical pollination systems for horticulture

Developing tools to screen native pepper for resistance to dieback and tolerance to drought

Development of a decision support systems for management of potato diseases and estimating impact of changing climates

Development of regional risk models for fungal diseases in pyrethrum

Estimating the contribution of feral honey bees to crop pollination in Tasmania

Fungicide resistance in fungal pathogens

Getting nitrogen application right

Grapevine Yield Forecasting

Honey bee health and pollination under protected and contained environments

Improved Australian apple and pear orchards soil health and plant nutrition

Investigating the potential of industrial hemp as a forage crop

Investigating the soil pH and nutrition as possible factors influencing pink rot in potatoes

Management and diagnosis of grapevine trunk disease in vineyards and nurseries

Mapping Australian Cider Uniqueness for the Production of High Quality and Consistent Craft Cider

Modelling onion white rot in Tasmania

Mushroom pest & disease management

New On-farm Strategies for the Prevention and Control of Blueberry rust in Tasmania

Nitrogen use in cherry orchards

Optimising apple production systems (PIPS 4 Profit)

Optimising Protected Cherry Production

Pest and disease management for the Australian mushroom industry

Pinot Noir Provenance

Potato root infection by powdery scab pathogen

Precision pea seeding

Promoting alternative pollinators

Pyrethrum disease management

Pyrethrum extraction

Rapid detection systems for pyrethrum pathogens

Raspberry and Blackberry (rubus) Integrated Pest Management

Redberry mite on Blackberries

Red Drupelets on Blackberries

Research Hub for Traditional Chinese Herbs

Soil health research & extension priorities for potato industry

Stabilising the yield of Tasmanian vineyards

Sterile codling moths for apple pest management

Surveillance for Tomato Potato Psyllid

Sustainable soils for the apple & pear industry (PIPS 4 Profit)

Sustainably growing horticulture value in cool climate Australia

Systemic downy mildew

Tasmanian Certified Seed Potato Scheme

Tasmanian cool climate wine research hub

Testing botrytis management options for wine grapes

Zero Net Emissions Horticulture Demonstration Farm

Accelerated calf rearing

Agrifood Knowledge Network in North West Tasmania

App for sheep graziers

BENEFITS: Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Net Emissions and Forestry ITemiSation of wool farms

Carbon Storage Partnership

Dairy benchmarking program

Dairy Businesses for Future Climates

Dairy HIGH 2

Evaluation of strip tillage and direct drilling sowing methods for pasture renovation

Growing red meat productivity through the selection and establishment of perennial legumes

Herbage Development Program

Impacts of regenerative agriculture on drought resilience, soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions

Management of non-replacement dairy calves in Tasmania

NEXUS project: exploring profitable, sustainable livestock businesses in an increasingly variable climate

On-farm adoption of low emissions feed technologies for improved profitability of the Tasmanian livestock sector

Pasture 365

Preserving pasture for the future

Rearing calves on grain-free starter

Serradellas for new environments

Virtual fencing: A game changer for pasture-based livestock systems

Welfare of dairy cows when managed with Halter technology

Nurturing Agri-business learning and extension (eNABLE program)

Pastures in Schools Program