RIRDC
RIRDC, shaping the future

Program Overview

Strategies and Expectations 2008-09

Key strategies for 2008-09

  • identify means of optimising irrigation scheduling techniques for key wildflower crops 
  • provide wildflower growers with a consistent scientific approach to balance soil chemistry on a wide range of soils
  • examine product development/commercialisation methodologies in order to identify ways in which it may be possible to increase the speed and decrease costs of new plant commercialisation
  • examine a suite of undeveloped or underdeveloped native floriculture products that display significant commercial potential but have yet to be fully assessed and trialled under commercial production conditions
  • select and test new ornamental eucalypt varieties for floriculture and landscaping, and release them commercially


Expected key outputs for 2008-09

  • a series of fact sheets/brochures outlining commercial production methods and related information to inform potential growers of plant requirements and manage their expectations of the return from each plant crop
  • a review of the product development process with recommendations for streamlining the process in the future
  • assessment of the financial viability of a range of grafted crops in a range of situations


Expected key outcomes for 2008-09

  • improved capacity of wildflower growers to provide a high quality, high value product by engaging in a continuous improvement program, based on soil science