Resources for Crop Improvement
Our facilities include:
- Containment glasshouses
- Over 6 hectares available annually for field vegetable and associated trials work
- Tissue culture facilities (sterile flow hoods and growth rooms)
- Genetic Resources Unit
- Hydroponic facilities (nutrient film technique)
- Vernalisation chamber
- Root and seed cleaning facilities
- Soil grinding and plant milling facilities
- Drying oven
- Rhizotrons (for examining roots in situ)
- Thermogradient tunnels providing large areas with 4oC differential from one end to the other, ideal for investigating crop response to increased temperature associated with climate change
If you are interested in accessing our facilities please contact
Research expertise:
Graham Teakle - brassica genetics and genomics.
Jose Gutierrez-Marcos - epigenetic control of plant development.
Steve Jackson - control of flowering
Find out about our Crop Improvement Research
If you are interested in working with us please contact
Tissue culture facilities
Containment glasshouses
Extensive field area for trial plots
Find out about our Crop Improvement Research