Warwick HRI (formerly Horticulture Research International) was a United Kingdom organisation tasked with carrying out horticultural research and development and transferring the results to industry in England.
[1] The Wellesbourne site covered an area of 191 hectares and contained protected crop facilities, glasshouses, a bioconversion unit, controlled environment units and laboratory facilities including the Genomic Resource Centre.
The Kirton site spanned 50 hectares, with seed handling equipment and a 4-hectare organic area.
[citation needed] In November 2009, Warwick University announced that it had decided to close Warwick HRI as the centre was losing the university £2 million a year.
[3] Some research work on vegetable genetic improvement continued at the Crop Centre.