{{Short description|New Zealand research institute}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Primary sources|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox government agency | name = HortResearch | native_name = | native_name_a = | native_name_r = | type = | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1992|04|01}} | preceding1 = [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)|DSIR]] | preceding2 = <!-- up to |preceding6= --> | dissolved = {{End date and age|df=yes|2008|12|01}} | superseding1 = [[Plant & Food Research]] | superseding2 = <!-- up to |superseding6= --> | jurisdiction = | headquarters = | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} --> | motto = | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = <!-- up to |minister7_name= --> | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = <!-- up to |deputyminister7_name= --> | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | chief2_name = | chief2_position = <!-- up to |chief9_name= --> | public_protector = | deputy = | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = <!-- up to |child25_agency= --> | keydocument1 = <!-- up to |keydocument6= --> | website = {{Official URL}} (inactive) | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | footnotes = | embed = }} '''HortResearch''' (Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited; [[Māori language|Māori]]: ''Rangahau Ahumāra'') was a [[Crown Research Institute]] of [[New Zealand]]. 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]] varieties, including new cultivars of ''Actinidia'' (genus) ''chinensis''<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=3625&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock| title=Actinidia chinensis| publisher=NCBI| work=Taxonomy Browser}}</ref> and ''arguta'' <ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=3627&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock| title=Actinidia deliciosa| publisher=NCBI| work=Taxonomy Browser}}</ref> (species). It also developed the [[Envy (apple)|Envy apple]].<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Making Sense of New Apple Varieties, Trademarks and Clubs: Current Status |last1=Brown |first1=S.K. |last2=Maloney |first2= K.E. |magazine=New York Fruit Quarterly |volume=17 |number=3|url=http://www.nyshs.org/pdf/fq/09fall/NYFQ-FALL-09-pp-9-12.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025838/http://www.nyshs.org/pdf/fq/09fall/NYFQ-FALL-09-pp-9-12.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2026-02-12 |via=www.nyshs.org}}</ref>
== History == HortResearch was originally part of the [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand)|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 [[New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research|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.<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister-welcomes-new-crown-research-institute| title=Minister welcomes new Crown Research Institute| first=Wayne| last=Mapp| date=1 December 2008}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Smart breeding]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website}} (inactive)
{{NZ crown entities/crown entity companies}} {{Science and Research in New Zealand}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:State-owned research organisations in New Zealand]]
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