Hort Innovation Grant

Dr Bishwo Mainali, Dr Vivian Mendez, Dr Soo Jean Park, Dr Mary Whitehouse, and Distinguished Professor Phil Taylor of Applied BioSciences have been awarded $1,600,645 from Hort Innovation for research to support the development of sustainable insect pest management strategies for Australia’s macadamia industry. The project is a multicomponent effort involving collaboration of Macquarie University, Cervantes Agritech, AgEcon, and Macadamia Farm Management with logistic support from Australian Macadamia Society.

This project focuses on developing a decision-based pest management strategy that will guide effective and sustainable pest management decisions for the Australian macadamia industry to suppress populations of key insect pests under an economic threshold, promoting orchard health and productivity.