Resources for Crop Improvement
Specialised facilities to support studies on 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
- Vegetable Genebank
- 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)
- Range of ETFE covered polytunnels allowing full spectrum daylight in a protected environment
Contact
If you are interested in accessing our facilities, please contact Sally Mann
Research expertise:
Graham Teakle - brassica genetics and genomics
Jose Gutierrez-Marcos- epigenetic control of plant development.
Find out more about our Crop Improvement Research
If you are interested in working with us, please contact