RIRDC Projects and Results

Completed Projects & Research in Progress

Archived Research in Progress reports

Current projects

Integrated management strategies for diseases and pests of Asian vegetables

Review and development of technology for improved processing of mechanicall

Translation and publication of Spanish olive manual "El Cultivo del Olivo"

Commercialisation of Mume in Australia

Commercialising cocoa growing in north Queensland

Quinoa as a new crop in Australia

Further development of the stevia natural sweetener industry

Investigation of factors to improve black truffle yield

Improving seed sprout food safety: a farm to retail assessment

The Australian Green Tea Newsletter

Improved Decision Making by LOTE Growers - The Next Step

Broad scale implementation of native grass germination enhancement technologies

Cullen australasicum – overcoming a limitation towards its commercial success

Changes in quality (bioactivity) of native foods during storage

Processing seed of selected low-input native grasses for commercial adoption

Development of a nano-sensor for volatile analysis of Australian Black Truffles

Pilot production and sales of red bayberry in Australia

Development of Chinese Date-Jujube Industry

Administration and communication towards the establishment of Seaweeds Australia

Water use and the irrigation requirements of hazelnuts in Australia

Obtaining samples for inoculation data on truffles

Australian Native Food Industry Stocktake

Review/rejuvenation of the Australian New Crops Website

Linking rambutan phenology and key economic germplasm for improved production

Commercialisation of elite lines of Microlaena stipoides as a perennial grain

Assessing the potential for a Cochinchin gourd industry in Australia

To investigate closed production systems for ornamental ginger production

Developing an Australian Date Industry

Identify the agent causing rot in tuber melanosporum and management controls

Identification of desirable coffee secondary metabolites

Minor use of chemicals –Insects and pathogens

Asian and World Foods Newsletter

Review and Preparation of a Five Year Plan for New Plants Products Program

BUILDING CAPACITY IN NEW RURAL INDUSTRIES

Davidsonia domestication: productivity constraints in Far North Queensland

Native Foods Compositional Data for FSANZ Nutritional Panel Calculator

Collation of health literature for tropical and exotic fruits and extracts

Value adding options for tropical fruit - using jackfruit as a case study

Completed projects

Investigation into legumes with pharmaceutical and aquaculture potential

Improved economic sustainability of Vietnamese vegetable growers in the Syd

Anti-cancer properties of Asian crucifers

A field evaluation of the productivity of hazelnut varieties

Edamame soybean development in Australia

Developing better nutritional strategies for mechanical tea production

Cross-pollination in olive cultivars

Improving the market access of Asian vegetables

Australian paprika: breeding & industry development

Management of Fusarium oxysporum in jojoba plantations

Taro industry development: the first step

Developing best management practices and resolving minor permit issues for

Improving harvest quality of native food crops

Recycling solid waste from olive oil extraction process

Production of high quality export green tea through integrated management

Development of new root vegetable crops from Southern Western Australia's d

Harvest timing, sensory analysis and shelf life for optimal olive oil quality

A survey of Australian olive cultivars to determine compliance to internati

Grass roots-native perennial grasses for sustainable pasture systems

Commercial potential of red bayberry in Australia

Intensive seed-production systems to commercialise native grasses in nthn Aust

Northern Australia cocoa development (Stage 3)

Evaluation of the potential for hydroponic cranberry production

End product markets for emerging tropical fruit industries-tropical fruit w

Development of olive pest and disease field guide

Increasing the production of Australian wasabi

Review of Asian Food projects to identify key messages and gaps in research

Mechanical olive harvesting: Evaluation of fruit loosening agents

Daikon a promising anti-cancer vegetable

Preparing the native food industry for national and global challenges

Access to asian foods newsletter

An investigation into some important pests and diseases of culinary herbs

A business plan for the development of a Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandi

Determining the feasibility of phytomining in rural Australia

Improving latex extraction technology by debarking guayule

Emerging animal and plant industries: Their value to Australia

Asian Foods Researchers' Workshop May 2007

Paprika oleoresin - investment background

Seaweed: Potential as a marine vegetable and other opportunities

Improving Communication among LOTE Asian Vegetable Growers

Technological and biological factors affecting sterols in Australian olive oils

Characterisation of phenolic compounds in oils produced from frosted olives

Current Issues in Intellectual Property for the Australian Rural Sector

Australian wild rice: A new sustainable wild food enterprise

Native legumes as a grain crop for diversification in Australia

RIRDC Australian New Crops Website

Access to Asian Foods Newsletter

To determine residue levels of specified chemicals in specified crops

Developing harvest technologies for C. australasicum

Folate content of Asian vegetables

Establishing R&D priorities for the Australian Green Tea industry

Integrated Polyculture Industry Stage 1

Tropical exotic fruit industry - strategic direction setting

Understanding the cropping behaviour of Riberry (Syzygium leuhmannii)

Opportunities for native fruit and nut production with low water use

Fig industry development – Stage 1

Truffle industry stocktake

Green tea profitability and environmental assurance

New industries for future climates

Continuation of the Access to Asian Foods Newsletter

Drought tolerance of novel perennial legumes

Boosting rambutan productivity through improvements in fruit set.

Update and Review of Processed Asian Foods in Australia

Native Foods Flavour of the Month Web Profiles

Collation of minor use information for the Australian Olive Industry

Australian Herb and Spice Industry Stocktake

Health benefits of Australian native foods

Changing decision making by LOTE growers

AEV Benchmarking Tracking Study for Olives: Preliminary Survey

A literature review of carbon sequestration in olives and other tree crops

Specific physiological activity of Australian native fruits

Date Industry Development Stage 2

Defining the unique flavours of Australian native foods

Olive Industry Five Year Research and Development Plan 2009-2014

Technical transfer for the Australian olive industry

Continuation of the Access to Asian Foods Newsletter Project PRJ-003093

Native foods curriculum project

The effect of coffee cherry maturity on taste

Opportunities for Achacha a new plant product

Taking stock of the Australian Asian vegetable industry

Identify the agent causing rot in tuber melanosporum and management controls

Initiating the Australian Bush Plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana) collection

Date palm trial/demonstration establishment, maintenance and measurement

Controlling Pythium and associated pests in Ginger

Fairtrade in Australia: Scoping study

National Culinary Herb and Spice Industry Levy Consultation

An alternative approach to biorefinery - A K-pulping process

The potential to produce processing pumpkin seed in northeast Victoria

Investigating alternative medicinal uses of a passionfruit hybrid

Australian Truffle Industry Development 2010-11

Living wall and green roof plants for Australia

Date Palm Industry Plan