ACC 2024 presentations

View speaker presentations from Citrus Australia’s inaugural Biosecurity Symposium and Australian Citrus Congress, held on the Sunshine Coast from 5-7 March 2024.

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Biosecurity Symposium (5 March)

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Session 1

Nate Jameson, Brite Leaf Nursery – Operating under a citrus canker and Huanglongbing paradigm in Florida

Etienne Rabe, Wonderful Citrus – Management of HLB in the USA with specific reference to California

Franklin Behlau, FundeCitrus – Current Huanglongbing status and management in Brazil

Xuefeng Wang, Citrus Research Institute of China – Current Huanglongbing status and management in China

Siti Subandiyah, Gadjah Mada University – Current Huanglongbing status and management in Indonesia

Session 2

Jessica Lye, Citrus Australia – Preparing the Australian citrus industry for exotic pest incursions

Sally Anderson, Citrus New Zealand – Preparing the New Zealand citrus industry for exotic pest incursions

Jianhua Mo, NSW DPI – Preparedness and management of HLB in Australia, China and Indonesia

Nerida Donovan, NSW DPI – Managing graft-transmissible citrus diseases in Australia

Session 3

Naomi Wynn, Plant Health Australia – Overview of Australian emergency plant pest response arrangements and industry liaisons 

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Congress Day 1 (6 March)

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Keynote Session 1

Patrick Vizzone, Vertical Oceans – Global economic trends impacting premium produce

Wayne Prowse, Fresh Intelligence Consulting – Production & Trade: Southern Hemisphere

Chris Cockle, Wonderful Citrus – The evolution of the global citrus industry

Brett Fifield, Hort Innovation – Citrus Levy investments

Keynote Session 2

Tristian Kitchener, Kitchener Partners – Global retail insights and sustainability trends

Belinda Aanensen, fiftyfive5 – Consumption trends and consumer insights – where does Australian citrus land?

Emma Beckett, FOODiQ Global – A new narrative for communicating citrus health benefits

Breakout Session 1 – Postharvest & Packaging

Hugo LeMessurier, Coolsan Australia – Improving the profitability and sustainability of citrus operations

Daryl Joyce, QDAF – Postharvest quality Issues of mandarins in Pakistan and Australia

John Chavarria, Nova Fruits – Growing fruit quality, strength and condition from farm to market

Rubén Pascual, C.Q MASSÓ – Preharvest treatments to extend shelf life in citrus fruit

Michael Dossor, Result Group – Sustainable packaging solutions

Breakout Session 2 – Production

Graeme Sait, Nutri-Tech Solutions – Soil health and tree nutrition

Michelle Leslie, Elemental Enzymes – Agchem toolbox and the advancement of soft chemistry

Etienne Rabe, Wonderful Citrus – Citrus spacing: What densities make sense and why

Dave Monks, NSW DPI – Tree intensification – tools for making decisions

Jamieson Lowe, Bureau of Meteorology – Climate outlook & tools

Tahir Khurshid , NSW DPI – Regulated deficit irrigation to enhance fruit quality

Tamil Thangavel, QDAF – Key fungal diseases causing problems for Australian growers

Emily Pattison, QDAF – An IPM approach to Oriental Spider Mite control 

Camilo Garces, MFC – Minimising albedo breakdown and management of red scale

Ben Daking, Orchard Rite – Understanding frost susceptibility in citrus varieties

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Congress Day 2 (7 March)

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Breakout Session 3 – Technology

Cam Clifford, Agri Automation & AME Group – Improving profitability through automation of orchard operations

Clinton Jeffries, TOMRA – Impact of Artificial Intelligence advances on citrus sorting

Wayne Parr & Owen Keates – Advances in ag-tech for the citrus industry

Benjamin Sharpe, Aerobotics – AI’s role in driving competitiveness and elevating citrus production

Breakout Session 4 – Varieties

Dave Monks, NSW DPI – Overview of the Evaluation of New Citrus Varieties Program

Malcolm Smith, QDAF – Development and direction of new varieties in Australia and internationally

Tony Filippi, ANFIC – Navigating the management of a new club variety

Chris Cockle, Wonderful Citrus – Taking a new variety to market

John Chavarria, Nova Fruits – Business considerations for planting or top working a new variety

Keynote Session 3

Patrick Vizzone, Vertical Oceans – China in focus: Reinvigorating the trade

Wayne Prowse, Fresh Intelligence Consulting – Export opportunities for Australia

David Daniels, Citrus Australia – Citrus Australia’s key export market insights

Marion Kloos, Port of Melbourne – Global shipping update

Keynote Session 4

Juliano Ayres, Fundecitrus – Brazilian citrus industry market outlook

Nate Jameson, Briteleaf – Nurseryman’s reflection on impacts of HLB/ACP

Wayne Prowse, Fresh Intelligence Consulting – Global and domestic changes across the juice industry

Mara Milner, Citrus Australia – Australian production and planting trends

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