The Optimising Apple Production Systems (AP22004) project is aiming to improve the profitability of apple production by:

- Developing and testing profitable spatial and temporal management strategies that maximise quality for apple consumers, focusing on size, colour and sunburn/hail damage.
- Investigating profitable crop load management strategies and technologies for apple production within the Australian environment.
- Investigating orchard renovation and restructuring, and more reliable pruning/thinning strategies for management of crop load to deliver labour efficiencies for growers.
- Demonstrating the potential of evidenced-based indicators of environmental sustainability and economic benefit, particularly labour use efficiency.

Find out more: https://apal.org.au/projects/ap22004/