Greenhouse Services

The Greenhouse staff assists investigators with a variety of services:

Carts and Platforms
The Biotron has many sizes of cart and platforms to put in research rooms. Check out the Cart and Platform page to see how many plants you can put on each bench.

Instruments
The Biotron has a several instruments available to researchers.

Nutrient
We produce our own plant nutrient solution, which we use in an automatic watering system. The watering system can be programmed to water on any daily schedule required.

Carbon Dioxide Control
The greenhouse at the Biotron has rooms equipped with carbon dioxide control. In these rooms, we control the concentration of CO2 in the room while maintaining temperature and humidity control.

Pesticides
We also have several different types of pesticides and can apply them to plants upon request. Our pesticide room has a fume hood and storage space to accommodate researchers with their own pesticides.

All pesticide applications must be in compliance with OSHA regulations. The greenhouse manager is a State of Wisconsin Certified Pesticide Applicator and must approve or apply all chemicals used.

If there is anything else that we can do to help you in your research, feel free to ask our greenhouse manager.


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