History of NIFS and its antecedents

1902

Horticultural Division was established at the National Agricultural Research Station, Okitsu, Shizuoka.

1921

Imperial Horticultural Experiment Station was established as an independent institute at the same location.

1951

Laboratory of Flower Breeding was founded at Kyushu Agricultural Experiment Station, Kurume, Fukuoka.

1958

Laboratory of Flower Cultivation was founded at National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa.

1973

Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Research Station (VOCRS) was established at Tsu, Mie. Floricultural research was carried out in five laboratories at Tsu, Taketoyo (Aichi), and Kurume.

1981

Headquarters of VOCRS was moved from Tsu to Ano, Mie.

1986

National Research Institute of Vegetables, Ornamental Plants and Tea (NIVOT) was established, incorporating new Department of Floriculture. Laboratory of Landscaping Plants was founded at Kurume branch at Makurazaki, Kagoshima.

1991

Laboratory of Breeding Technology was founded at Ano in place of Laboratory of Landscaping Plants at Kurume.

1996

Laboratory of Plant Pathology was founded in Department of Floriculture, NIVOT.

2001

National Institute of Floricultural Science (NIFS) was established as one of the institutes of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) at Tsukuba, Ibaraki, by reorganization of part of NIVOT.

2003

NARO was renamed the National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization<.

2006

NARO was renamed the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization