RIRDC Projects and Results

Completed Projects & Research in Progress

Archived Research in Progress reports

Current projects

Production of Newsletter of the Essential Oil Producer's Association of Aus

Production of High Quality Plant Extracts of Australian Medicinal Herbs

Application of molecular genetics to improvement of yield in oil mallees

Determination of residues in riberries, lemon and anise myrtle and satin ash.

Agronomic and Extraction Parameters for Centipeda cunninghamii Production

Development of commercial artemisinin production in Australia

Tropical sandalwood silviculture management to minimise fungal attack

The Melaleuca Book

Bioactive extracts from Australian native plants for the personal care industry.

Investigating control options for myrtle rust in native foods and tea tree

Discovery of genetic resistance markers to Myrtle rust in Myrtaceae

Monitoring Myrtle Rust in a Lemon Myrtle Provenance Trial

Completed projects

Analysis of Dodonea viscosa as a potential remedy for anti-inflammatory and

Development of an internationally competitive saffron industry

Improved oil quality and yield from Tasmanian-grown French lavender

Quality assurance protocols to minimise pesticide residues in essential oil

A literature review and assessment of Morinda citrifolia (Noni)

Increased yields from peppermint crops through improved micronutrient nutri

Commercial production of milkweed a plant with anticancer properties

Development and economic assessment of Artemisia for production of anti-Malarial

Using frontier technologies for the quality assurance of medicinal herbs

Fabrication of Electronic Materials from the Australian Essential Oils

Clinical trial of kunzea oil for onychomycoses treatment-commercial potential

Growing the essential oils industry

Essential Oils and Plant Extracts: Program Review and Development of Five Y

Growing Xi Shu and extracting an anti-cancer drug (Camptothecin)

Aroma and Flavour Products from Plant Waste

Spatial analysis of plant-host relationships in tropical sandalwood

Production of TALGA lavender industry newsletter

Develop Australian Standards For Oil Of Australian Lavandin Cultivars

Flood irrigated tropical timber trials in the North of Western Australia

Management of postharvest diseases using Australian essential oils

Heartwood rot identification and impact in Sandalwood (Santalum album).

Revision of Backhousia citriodora Essential Oil Standard

Development of antimicrobial coatings from pure Australian essential oils

EOPAA Website