The Danforth Center's Plant Growth Facility is a state-of-the-art complex built for research product development. The PGF provides its users with a variety of controlled environment plant growth spaces and expert horticultural services.
Greenhouses
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The Danforth Center's Research Greenhouse Complex has three ranges with 42 individual greenhouses, totaling 54,130 sq. ft. Greenhouses range in size from 400 to 2,100 sq. ft. and possess various functional capabilities. Select houses are equipped with air-conditioning, auto-irrigation, modular bench/table design and/or height-adjustable lighting arrays. PGF clients have access to multiple potting and seed processing rooms, soils handling, and other work areas. |
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Growth Chambers
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The Danforth PGF utilizes 48 reach-in growth chambers and 36 walk-in grow rooms, providing nearly 5,800 sq. ft. of growth space within two facilities: the Kit Bond and Bellwether Foundation Plant Growth Facilities.
All units offer variable lighting, temperature, and humidity control. Advanced control features include carbon dioxide supplementation or scrubbing (125-3000 ppm), high light intensity (up to 1100 umol/m2/s PAR), low and high temperature control (-10°C to 50°C), and light spectrum control using Heliospectra LED technology. |
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Our Services
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PGF staff members provide expert plant care, facility upkeep, and climate monitoring 365 days a year. PGF staff strive to provide clients with high-quality plant material to enable improved research outcomes and reproducible environmental conditions to support research at at accomplishing the Danforth Center's mission and goals.
Please visit our Services page to learn more about the many services offered by Plant Growth Facilities staff. |
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