Research Hub

Research posters

Production systems

• The impact of rootstock-soil type interaction on productivity - Amnon Haberman, QLD DPI
• Optimising the productivity of intensive orchards - Amnon Haberman, QLD DPI        
• Choosing the right roots: macadamia rootstocks for vigour, yield and efficiency - Patrick Mason, QAAFI, UQ
• Linking crop losses across pre-harvest, shed and industry stages in macadamia production - Ziyu Shao, UQ
• Young macadamia tree survival under waterlogging and flooding - Suzy Rogiers, NSW DPIRD
• Rootstock-mediated stomatal traits as indicators for climate-resilient macadamia orchards - Haricharan Vijayakumar, UQ
• Ethephon: identifying the optimal rates to induce mature nut abscission - Michael Farrar, Griffith University

Pest & disease

• Beneficial arthropods of the Northern Rivers: natural enemies, pollinators, and the habitats that support them in macadamia orchards - William Arnold, CSIRO
• Weather-based predictive model for managing husk rot in macadamia - Theophilus Mensah, UQ
• How orchard conditions and weather drive Phomopsis husk rot in macadamia - Vivian Rincon-Florez, UQ
• Pest control benefits of microbats in macadamia orchards - Rani Davis, UQ
• Unlocking the pheromone of the fruit-spotting bug Amblypelta nitida - R Andrew Hayes, UNSC
• From mangrove to orchard: predicting macadamia nut borer dispersal - Saleh Adnan, NSW DPIRD
• Pest potential of Leptocoris spp. in Australian macadamia production systems - Reid Emery, SCU
• Digitally transforming pest and disease management: Pest READI - Tracey Steinrucken, CSIRO

Breeding/genetics

• Breaking the bottleneck: a high-throughput tissue culture system for clonal macadamia propagation - Zhangpan (Magnolia) Hu, QAAFI, UQ
• Using functional genomics approaches to study macadamia flowering - Stephanie Kerr, QUT
• Tissue culture in the tool-kit to conserve Australia’s rarest macadamia - Albert Chern Sun Wong, QAAFI, UQ
• Developing molecular tools for precocity and flowering phenology to accelerate macadamia breeding - Tharaka Hettiarachchige, QUT
• Cracking self-fertility in macadamia: genetics, mechanisms and orchard impact - Palakdeep Kaur, QAAFI, UQ
• Fast-tracking macadamia variety development for an expanding industry - Patrick Mason, QAAFI, UQ
• AI-integrated genomic prediction to accelerate genetic gain in Australian macadamia germplasm - Ni-Jung Lin, QAAFI, UQ
• Genomic prediction for clonal selection in macadamia: does dominance matter? - Zizhu Zhao, UQ

Novel technologies

• Mapping the Australian macadamia industry goes to the next level - Craig Shephard, UNE
• Earth observation workflows for macadamia yield forecasting - Andrew Clark, UNE
• Mapping adoption: using AI, GIS and remote sensing to measure integrated orchard management adoption in macadamia orchards - Jeremy Bright, NSW DPIRD

Nutrition

• Beyond calories: a new concept exploring the relationship of nuts and weight - Belinda Neville, Nuts For Life
• Where and when nutrients accumulate in macadamia nutS - Suzy Rogiers, NSW DPIRD

Research presentations

Day 1 (Wednesday 21 October) morning tea:

• Novel technologies: using AI, GIS and remote sensing to measure integrated orchard management adoption in macadamia orchards - Jeremy Bright, NSW DPIRD

Day 1 (Wednesday 21 October) lunch:     

• Nutrition: Beyond calories: a new concept exploring the relationship of nuts and weight - Belinda Neville, Nuts For Life
• Pest & disease: Pest control benefits of microbats in macadamia orchards - Rani Davis, UQ  
• Breeding/genetics: Transforming the Australian macadamia breeding program: progress, innovation and future directions - Mobashwer Alam, UQ

Day 2 (Thursday 22 October) morning tea:

• Pest & disease: Pest potential of Leptocoris spp. in Australian macadamia production systems - Reid Emery, SCU
• Breeding/genetics: Using functional genomics approaches to study macadamia flowering - Stephanie Kerr, QUT

Day 2 (Thursday 22 October) lunch:

• Production systems: Ethephon: identifying the optimal rates to induce mature nut abscission - Michael Farrar, Griffith University   
• Pest & disease: How orchard conditions and weather drive Phomopsis husk rot in macadamia - Vivian Rincon-Florez, UQ
• Production systems: Young macadamia tree survival under waterlogging and flooding - Suzy Rogiers, NSW DPIRD