Horticulture Research International

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Horticulture Research International or Warwick HRI is the principal United Kingdom organisation tasked with carrying out horticultural research and development and transferring the results to industry.

Warwick HRI was formed on 1st April 2004 following the integration of Horticulture Research International’s (HRI) sites at Wellesbourne and Kirton with the University of Warwick. The HRI was constituted in May 1990 from the AFRC Institute of Horticultural Research Stations at Wellesbourne , East Malling and Littlehampton, the Hop Unit at Wye College and the ADAS Experimental Stations of MAFF at Efford, Kirton and Stockbridge.