Displaying items by tag: Plant and Food Research

A raspberry partnership between Plant & Food Research (PFR) and a plant nursery business in Washington state has had positive spinoffs, according to the Crown Research Insititute.

As chairman of the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowers Association for the next two years, Gordon Russell expects to preside over some of the sub-region’s most significant developments.

Assessing the level of virus infection across New Zealand vineyards is the subject of Arnaud Blouin’s doctoral research – and he’s looking for industry participation during the run-up to vintage 2015.

PLANT & Food Research, in partnership with NZ Hops and Chris Little Engineering, have formally opened a new research brewery at the company's Motueka site.

The 'Hop Lab' has been designed to allow the hops breeding team the ability to create experimental trial brews from promising new hop cultivars in order to evaluate sensory characteristics.