Growing Advice
Growing Advice
The Crops, Forestry and Horticulture Division provides applied research, development and extension services to facilitate plant-based industry development in the Northern Territory. A team of forty staff based in Darwin, Katherine, Ti Tree and Alice Springs bring a range of skills to achieve that.
The objective of this web site is to provide a comprehensive information service of R&D previously conducted as well as hands-on information for producers and the general public.
The Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility is licensed by the Commonwealth Government's Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) and is the largest medium level plant quarantine facility in tropical Australia. It facilitates the importation of tropical plant material, servicing the horticultural industry, home gardeners and the NT Government Research Horticulturalists.
Northern Territory Plant Industries Newsletter (NT PI)
The first edition of the NT Plant Industry Newsletter (NTPI) is available now. It contains some interesting information about the department and some of the work we are doing. Click here for a copy.
2009 Mango Crop Forecast
The mango crop forecast will continue to run for 2009. The flowering survey will be available from late May. For further information click here.
Events
A Mango Deliverance workshop on flowering and fruit set will be held in Darwin and Katherine in mid to late June. more information will be available closer to the date.
Mango R&D Planning workshop report
Mango R&D Planning Post Workshop Report
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Contact us via email: horticulture@nt.gov.au - phone: +61 8 8999 2357 - fax: +61 8 8999 2049
- A Summary of Crops Investigated by RDPIFR from 1979 to 2006 (IB10)
- Research, Development and Extension undertaken in Plant Based Industries in the NT from 1997 to 2007 (IB11)
- CFH Crop Specific Catalogue