Smart Science for Innovation in Horticultural Enterprises

8.30 – 10.00 am

Welcome remarks to open Day 2 and introduce Keynote Speakers.

Keynote Speaker. Professor John Billingsley, Professor (Mechatronics Engineering), University of Southern Queensland – Innovative mechatronic technologies in horticultural systems.

Keynote Speaker. Dr Max Suckling, Science Leader, Bio-security, NZ HortResearch – Innovation in horticulture: Can we replace toxicants, achieve biosecurity and generate market position with semio-chemicals? This presentation comprises the Bieleski Address awarded by the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science.

10.00 – 10.30 am

MORNING TEA

10.30 – 12.30 pm

Internationally Competitive Horticulture Industries – What smart science is being done?

• John Chapman and Dr Russell Stephenson – Theoretical yields of undeveloped fruit crops – how quickly can we get there?

• Margot Skinner, Jingli Zhang, Roger Hurst1, Arjan Scheepens and Lesley Stevenson – Fruit and Superfruit: Intelligent synergies for functional foods of the future.
• P. Subedi et al. – Prediction of mango eating quality at harvest using short-wave, near-infra-red spectrometry.
• Dr Tim O'Hare et al. – Radish sprouts versus broccoli sprouts: a comparison of anti-cancer potential based on glucosinate breakdown products.

• Chris Williams, Kerry Porter & Tapas Biswas – Improved nutrient and irrigation management strategies for Australian horticulture.

12.30 – 1.30 pm

LUNCH

Poster viewing and discussion

1.30 – 5.00 pm

 

AFTERNOON TEA. Taken during workshops at the convenor's discretion

5.00 – 6.00 pm

AuSHS AGM

7.00 pm

AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK SPECTACULAR (optional)