Greenhouses

Department of Biology

Infrastructure

    Infrastructure Details

    Description

    Part of Biology Building A.

    • 160 m2, including chambers of 8-60 m2 and associated service rooms
    • Temperature and moisture control
    • Automatic curtains
    • Supplemental lights, time controlled
    • (No automatic watering)
    • License for GMO (The user may need to apply for additional licences)
    • Possibility to co-cultivate with microorganisms
    • Enclosure:
    o Separate doors
    o Insect-proof filters for in- and out- air
    o Boiler for the drain
    o Seed-catching glue carpets

    Planned to be part of a platform for plant phenotyping to VRs present call of inventory of needs for national infrastructures. Organised by SLU-Alnarp.

    Equipment and resources

    • 160 m2, including chambers of 8-60 m2 and associated service rooms
    • Temperature and moisture control
    • Automatic curtains
    • Supplemental lights, time controlled
    • (No automatic watering)
    • License for GMO (The user may need to apply for additional licences)
    • Possibility to co-cultivate with microorganisms
    • Enclosure:
    o Separate doors
    o Insect-proof filters for in- and out- air
    o Boiler for the drain
    o Seed-catching glue carpets

    Services provided

    Plant watering, Pest control.

    Management of the infrastructure

    Responsible: Allan Rasmusson in discussion with the Greenhouse Group.
    Technician: Chatarina Mattsson

    UKÄ subject classification

    • Biological Sciences

    Type of infrastructure

    • Equipment
    • Services

    Contact information

    NameMats Hansson, Allan Rasmusson, Nils Cronberg

    Terms of loan/booking

    Available for loan - internal and external

    Primarily for internal use within the department, but external users are welcome if space is available. Internal users are paying a fee corresponding to the space and consumables used. External users pay a higher fee that is expected to cover also personnel and demises.
    Access via webpage and contacting the coordinator (see above).