Industries
Industries and crops
These are the AgriFutures Australia emerging-industry priorities and Hort Innovation levied horticulture crops we're interested in. Each industry page references the relevant national research programme.
Emerging industries
AgriFutures-priority crops and other emerging plant industries where tissue culture addresses a real industry bottleneck in planting material, disease, or scale.
Agave
Rapid multiplication for Australian spirits and fibre production.
Native Foods
Bush foods including lemon myrtle, Davidson plum, and riberry.
Native Citrus
Finger lime, desert lime, and native citrus for premium markets.
Kakadu Plum
Chemotype selection and clonal propagation of a flagship native food.
Tea Tree Oil
Clonal propagation of new Melaleuca alternifolia cultivars.
Pongamia
A tree crop that must be cloned — AgriFutures-identified.
Sandalwood
Hemi-parasitic Santalum species for high-value oil markets.
Truffle Trees
Host trees for Australia’s truffle industry.
Hazelnuts
Disease-free rootstock for nut production and truffle cultivation.
Coffee
Biosecurity-safe propagation for Australian-grown coffee.
Pomegranate
Elite clonal material for Australia’s pomegranate industry.
Dates
Quality planting material for commercial date palm production.
Established industries and conservation
Hort Innovation levied crops and conservation propagation where clean, clonal material is standard practice.
Macadamia
Clonal propagation of rootstock and scion varieties.
Berries
Disease-free planting material for strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries.
Bananas
Tissue culture for Panama-disease-aware banana supply.
Ginger
Clean seed programmes for Australian ginger production.
Conservation
Threatened species propagation and ecological restoration.
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