The lettuce industry in Australia is our 6th largest vegetable industry by value. It is made up of field production of Iceberg and Cos head lettuce, with a significant proportion of Iceberg lettuce grown for processing. Lettuce also makes up one of the top three baby-leaf vegetables with spinach and rocket, and there is a [...]

Carrots are a major vegetable crop in Australia, ranking 5th in value of production. There have been significant genetic improvements in carrots in recent years, predominately the move to F1 hybrids which are much less sensitive to premature bolting at low temperature. At optimal temperatures of 15-18C, yields can be 55 and even 70 t/ha. [...]