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Celebrating 75 years of the Crop Centre’s pioneering agriculture research

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The University of Warwick is celebrating 75 years of plant science research at its internationally recognised Crop Centre – the UK’s leading research facility for vegetable growers.

The Crop Centre, based at The University of Warwick’s Innovation Campus, Stratford-upon-Avon, was founded 75 years ago as the National Vegetable Research Station (NVRS) to address post-war pressure for food production.

Research has continued on the site ever since, now incorporated into the University’s School of Life Sciences (SLS).

Read the full Press Release here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/news-and-events/news/wmgnews?newsItem=8a17841a909c4de00190df1baf8910b6