USA: New high-tech greenhouse facility opens to researchers

Published 2023년 5월 10일

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The University of California, Riverside, has opened a new plant research facility, the Plant Research 1 building, at the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. The 30,000-square-foot, two-story building, the first new plant research facility on campus in about 40 years, features state-of-the-art technology and replaces an older greenhouse. It includes 16 greenhouse modules with advanced controls for temperature, humidity, and light, and is designed for sustainability and to provide a higher level of control for plant research. Researchers are using the facility to study rice plants' response to extreme flooding and drought, and to breed new varieties of cowpea plants for Africa. The first floor of the building includes a large workroom for potting plants, wash basins for cleaning, and a room for storing growth chambers. The facility also includes easier access to the UCR Botanic Gardens.

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At the top floor of UC Riverside’s new Plant Research 1 building, geneticist Julia Bailey-Serres is testing how to grow rice to withstand drought and flooding conditions in countries like India. In the laboratory next to her, researcher Bao-Lam Huynh is growing new varieties of cowpea plants that will be sent to Africa. Their work takes advantage of the new technology available to researchers at the 30,000-square-foot, two-story facility at the west end of campus. The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, May 5, to celebrate its opening. The concrete, glass, and steel building is the first new plant research facility constructed on campus in about 40 years and features new state-of-the-art technology. The new building replaced an older greenhouse made of wooden slats on the one-acre site. CNAS Dean Kathryn Uhrich said the facility achieves the college’s goals of furthering sustainability, inclusivity, and excellence. “After many years ...

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