FARMING, ARABLE – HOPS

Research

Growers, brewers, and Government together operate a Hop Research Station. The station was originally set up to breed satisfactory hops, resistant to Phytophthora cactorum. This has been done, and other projects in the field of hop breeding and drying are under way.

• FARMING, ARABLE – HOPS

• Varieties, Area, Yield

• Cultivation, Harvests, Kilning

• Marketing

• Research

• Pests and Diseases

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.