Improving macadamia pollination rates is a tough nut to crack

September 23 2016 - 9:30am
MACADAMIAS FLOWERING: Each raceme of 40 to 50 flowers produces between four and 15 ‘nutlets’, which eventually ripen into nuts. Less than one per cent of flowers become nuts.
MACADAMIAS FLOWERING: Each raceme of 40 to 50 flowers produces between four and 15 ‘nutlets’, which eventually ripen into nuts. Less than one per cent of flowers become nuts.

Scientists and farmers are racing the clock to crack the secrets of Australia’s finest nut following the early arrival of this year’s macadamia blossoming.

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