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	ACIAR Cambodia Vegetable project
	To establish a model for improved production and supply chain performance for the Cambodian vegetable industry, this project will investigate and implement changes to the production and postharvest handling and storage of vegetables, commencing with high performing, disease resistant tomato lines being released from the current AVRDC-Cambodia collaboration. Selection of tomato as the initial ‘model’ crop reflects the recognised future importance of this crop to Cambodian producers.
	Agronomy and management of new annual legumes
	The project will develop management packages to increase the adoption of new annual legumes and the supply of low cost nitrogen for crops and pastures. On-farm collaborative research will quantify the impact on soil nitrogen, feed quality and quantity and identify critical management decisions and agronomy issues associated with growing these new annnual legumes required to ensure their success in farming systems.
	Alternative to endosulfan in the IPM of spined citrus bug in citrus
	Spined citrus bug (SCB) feed on citrus fruit, causing downgrading of fruit quality and fruit drop. Endosulfan is a critical component of SCB management but is likely to be withdrawn. The current project investigated three alternatives to endosulfan in the management of SCB.
	Australian vegetable crops - maximising returns from water
	Virtually all of the 132,000 hectares of vegetable crop worth in excess of $1.8 billion in Australia is irrigated. The diverse nature of crops, soil, climate and the range of irrigation systems used to deliver water has made it difficult to benchmark water resource utilisation by the vegetable industry against international best practice.
	BMP/QA FOR LUCERNE HAY
	Development of a user-friendly benchmarking package for Australian lucerne hay producers, providing information on new technology and Best Management Practices (BMP)and a basis for a quality assurance (QA)system for growers to improve profitability and market share.
	Bean disease control.
	Aphanomyces root rot and black root rot of beans were two diseases that were found to be a significant issues with bean growers in NSW and Tasmania in a previous project. Both diseases cause considerable losses on some properties and their control has not been fully investigated. This project will look at integrated management options for these diseases.
	Beef Supply Chains
	To demonstrate the value of prediction models in a commercial environment, alliances with several supply chains need to be established. These alliances will allow the outputs to be accurately measured and ultimately valued to allow premiums to flow down the supply chain to reward decisions that are made during the breeding/growing/finishing stages of production. These alliances need to span a range of geographical areas and production systems.
	Best management options for onion thrips in onion
	Onion thrips is the most important insect pest of onion in Australia. It reduces onion yield and marketability, and is a vector of Iris Yellow Spot Virus of onion. The proposed project will build on findings from VN04004 and develop effective and sustainable IPM strategies for onion thrips in onion.
	Better extension for improved rice yields
	Rice extension programs have been highly successful in improving rice yields by 30% over the last 20 years and water use efficiency by 50%. This project is an extension project which communicates rice research and farmer best practice results to 2,000 rice farmers.
	Biological control of broad-leafed weeds in temperate pastures
	This project will complete the delivery of a suite of biological control agents for Paterson’s curse, thistles, blue heliotrope and horehound. These agents should be able to reduce the vigour of these weeds in the short-term and their density in the long-term.

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