Postal Address
Private Bag 4704
Christchurch Mail Centre
Christchurch 8140
Physical Address
Canterbury Agriculture &
Science Centre
Gerald St
Lincoln 7608
New Zealand.
Tel: +64 3 977 7340

Our Lincoln site, 20km SW of Christchurch, is part of the Canterbury Agricultural and Science Centre and Plant & Food Research’s second largest. The site features an extensive research farm that used for a diversity of trials including developing sustainable production systems, new bioprotection technologies and to breed elite cultivars.
Key Facts
- ~180 staff
- Extensive laboratory and glasshouse facilities
- Extensive farm and seed storage buildings
- Purpose designed insect rearing rooms and quarantine facilities
- Food laboratories
- 160 ha of cropping land
Local Research Collaborations include:
- Bioprotection Research Centre (CoRE)
Areas of research include:
- Breeding Science
- Breeding Technologies
- Plant Genomics
- Biosecurity
- Bioprotection Technologies
- Plant Pathology & Mycology
- Applied Entomology
- Biological Chemistry & Bioactives
- Bioresources Engineering & Chemistry
- Food & Nutrition
- Food Solutions
- Crop & Fruit Production Systems
- Soil, Water & Environment
- Systems Modelling