Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
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The Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, pronounced inʁa) is a French
public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture
. It was founded in 1946, and is a public scientific and technological establishment (EPST) under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and Agriculture.
Member of the UniverSud Paris
.
INRA maintains a collection of vines at Domaine de Vassal, Montpellier
, a site where phylloxera
cannot survive. Gouais blanc
can be found there.
INRA also owns the Château Couhins
wine-producing estate.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
public research institute dedicated to scientific studies surrounding the problems of agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
. It was founded in 1946, and is a public scientific and technological establishment (EPST) under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and Agriculture.
Member of the UniverSud Paris
UniverSud Paris
UniverSud Paris is one of the PRES ) in France. It gathers 21 Public universities, Grandes Écoles and National Research Center, covering nearly the whole spectrum of sciences .-History:...
.
INRA maintains a collection of vines at Domaine de Vassal, Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
, a site where phylloxera
Phylloxera
Grape phylloxera ; originally described in France as Phylloxera vastatrix; equated to the previously described Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, Phylloxera vitifoliae; commonly just called phylloxera is a pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America...
cannot survive. Gouais blanc
Gouais Blanc
Gouais Blanc or Weißer Heunisch is a white grape variety that is seldom grown today but is important as the ancestor of many traditional French and German grape varieties. The name Gouais derives from the old French adjective ‘gou’, a term of derision befitting its traditional status as the grape...
can be found there.
INRA also owns the Château Couhins
Château Couhins
Château Couhins is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Premiers Crus for dry white wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1959...
wine-producing estate.