About Auscitrus
The primary role of Auscitrus is to provide propagation
material of the highest health status, of the best varieties available
worldwide, to protect the health status of the Australian Citrus
Industry.
Auscitrus will ensure adequate supplies of healthy, true
to type, and independently evaluated propagation material are produced
in a scientifically sound, efficient, and economically sustainable
manner.
This will ensure nurseries have access to the best available
propagation material, and in turn will provide the citrus industry
with a greater opportunity of establishing healthy orchards.
Auscitrus operations include:
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Budwood and rootstock seed production and distribution |
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Pathogen indexing and elimination |
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Maintenance of virus free and pre-immunised foundation
trees in insect proof screenhouses |
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Importation of new citrus cultivars |
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Horticultural screening of new varieties |
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