Production researchStonefruit production research
See the latest production research from the Stonefruit orchard at Tatura
Online virtual orchard tour
A look around the orchard
360 degree virtual tours of the Stonefruit research orchard at Agriculture Victoria (Tatura). These tours will showcase how fruit development will progress over the 2018/19 season.
September 2018 - Flowering on tree structures in the canopy-cropload experiments.
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Agriculture Victoria, with the support of the summerfruit industry and Horticulture Innovation Australia, is investigating future production systems to increase productivity and grower returns through improved eating quality and consumer satisfaction.
Orchard managementStonefruit orchard management
Some orchard management techniques from the Stonefruit research orchard at Tatura.
Online virtual orchard tour
A look around the orchard
360 degree virtual tour of the Stonefruit demonstration plot: Peach and Nectarine canopies for mechanical pruning and mechanical harvesting
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Harvest / Post harvestHarvest & post-harvest research
Research on non-destructive technologies to optimise fruit maturity at harvest - from the Research Orchard at Tatura.
Understand how fruit maturity affects storage and impacts fruit composition and quality - from post-harvest research at Agribiosciences, Bundoora.
Impacts of Methyl bromide fumigation treatment on fruit for export - from post-harvest research at Tatura.
Monitoring and modelling stonefruit export fruit along the supply chain to improve the quality of Australian fresh produce into Asian markets - from the Serviced Supply Chain project.
The research project, Serviced Supply Chain, is funded by the Hort Frontiers Asian markets Fund, part of the Hort Frontiers Asian strategic partnership initiative developed by Hort Innovation, with co-investment from Agriculture Victoria, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ), Montague Fresh (summerfruit), Manbulloo (mangoes), Glen Grove (citrus), the Australian Government plus in-kind support from University of Queensland and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Market researchStonefruit export market research
Consumer preference research for stonefruit (summerfruits) was conducted in China and Indonesia to help growers determine the best varieties to meet each market’s requirements.
Full copies of the consumer preference research reports are available to levy payers and members of Summerfruit Australia
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Researchers & eventsScientists and grower meetings
Meet the scientists involved in stronefruit research.
See the events that growers and industry members can attend (includes information from past events).
Stonefruit grower events
Stonefruit Research Roadshows highlighting research from the Stonefruit research orchard in Tatura and research from Agribiosciences, Bundoora.
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