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Brief

Improving management of leafrollers and chilli thrips in rubus and blueberry

Contract #
MT24009
Location
New South Wales
Closed On
Mon 11/11/2024 - 03:00 PM AEDT
Tender Details
Request for Proposal: Improving management of leafrollers and chilli thrips in rubus and blueberry (MT24009)

Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) is a not-for-profit, grower-owned Research and Development Corporation (RDC) for Australia’s $16.3 billion horticulture industry. Hort Innovation invests around $154 million in research and development (R&D) and marketing programs annually to provide benefit to industry and the wider community.

Hort Innovation is seeking a suitably qualified, experienced and capable delivery partner for the project: Improving management of leafrollers and chilli thrips in rubus and blueberry (MT24009).

The key objectives of this investment are outlined below:

Leafrollers

• Enhance our comprehension of the host range, seasonality, and biology of key leafrollers - Review national and international.

• Research potential lures/pheromone blends to attract leafrollers, assessing their efficacy for monitoring, mass trapping, and mating disruption.

• Explore potential biological control agents, including natural enemies.

Chilli thrip

• Enhance our understanding of global chilli thrip management strategies - Comprehensive review including biology of the pest, damage threshold, its alternative hosts.

• Develop improved management options, including availability of biological controls and access to integrated pest management compatible chemistries.

Hort Innovation has prepared a Request for Proposal (RFP) document that provides background information, outlines the scope of services, the procurement process and the information required from interested parties.

The RFP may be downloaded from www.tenders.net (you will need to be a member of tenders.net to access this information).

The closing date for responses is November 11, 2024, 3:00PM (AEDT).

This information is not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. Please confirm all details with the Tendering Firm before responding.