Ensuring high health planting material for citrus: High health and strong citrus trees

摘要

Auscitrus is the trading name of the Australian Citrus Propagation Association Inc., an industry owned and operated not-for-profit organisation. Auscitrus was set up to supply high health status citrus seed and budwood to the Australian citrus and nursery industries and to facilitate the importation and evaluation of new citrus varieties. Auscitrus currently has the majority of seed and budwood plantings at the NSW Department of Primary industries (NSW DPI) Dareton Agricultural Research and AdvisoryStation (ARAS). A Deed of License currently covers the working arrangements whereby NSW DPI staff at Dareton, Gosford, and Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute (EMAI) perform much of the field operations on behalf of Auscitrus, on a cost recovery basis.