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Technology and plant varieties for commercialisation
Agri-Science Queensland, a service of the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI), has a number of research and development innovations in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture available for commercialisation and licence.
These innovations include exciting new technologies in agriculture and timber usage, as well as new plant varieties to boost productivity and improve end products.
Technology for aquaculture
New technology has been developed in Queensland that enables the production of in captivity with high survival rates.
High quality fruit, vegetable and ornamental plant varieties
- Redlands Sandra rice flower
DEEDI floriculturists developed this new variety of the indigenous Australian plant for its unique floral characteristics, based on strong demand in export markets.
Pest control strategies and products
- Insect trap for pest management
A cost-effective and efficient device for trapping small insects, particularly ants, for identification and delivering baits. - Organic pest control using cypress extracts
A safe, organic and environmentally friendly way of controlling insects using extracts from cypress timber. - Fruit-piercing moth bait
A bait developed by DEEDI to attract and kill fruit-piercing moths, a pest that attacks and can cause major damage to at least 50 different fruit varieties. The technology offers better and more environmentally friendly pest control.
Technology for horticultural crops and forestry
- Mechanical pod splitter for opening cocoa pods
The opportunity is available to manufacture a small-scale, mechanical pod-splitter and associated conveyor for splitting cocoa pods. The machine has worldwide potential for small-scale cocoa producers and could be ideal for aid agencies working with small-scale cocoa growers.
Technology for sports fields
- Turf Tester: For safe playing surfaces
An automated turf-traction tester to accurately measure the resistance force of turf surfaces to minimise sports and recreational injuries.
Quality broadacre field crop and forage varieties
- World-class sorghum germplasm
DEEDI, with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), has developed sorghum inbred lines with enhanced sorghum breeding features such as drought and disease resistance. - Subtropical drought-resistant inbred maize
DEEDI, in collaboration with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), has developed inbred maize to produce superior yields under drought conditions.