HortResearch (Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited;
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
: ''Rangahau Ahumāra'') was a
Crown Research Institute of
New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. The focus of research in this company was mainly in the development of new fruit varieties and other food products. It was probably most recognised for its plant breeding of various
kiwifruit
Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry, is the edible berry (botany), berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ''Actinidia''. The most common cultivar group of kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, ...
varieties, including new cultivars of ''Actinidia'' (genus) ''chinensis'' and ''arguta'' (species).
History
HortResearch was originally part of the
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), but was established as an independent organisation when the
Crown Research Institutes were created on 1 April 1992. As part of that process, it was semi-commercialised, and operated as a government-owned company rather than as a government department.
On 1 December 2008, HortResearch was merged with
Crop and Food Research to form a new Crown Research Institute, the
New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research trading as Plant & Food Research.
See also
*
Smart breeding
Marker assisted selection or marker aided selection (MAS) is an indirect selection process where a trait of interest is selected based on a marker ( morphological, biochemical or DNA/RNA variation) linked to a trait of interest (e.g. productivit ...
References
External links
* (inactive)
Crown Research Institutes of New Zealand
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