Greenhouses & Plant Chambers
This facility provides logistic and technical assistance to plant growth, propagation and protection under controlled environment conditions.
- Support in trials set up and plant maintenance in both the glasshouse and in growth chambers as well as in open-field conditions (e.g. seed sowing, seed collection, harvest of plant material, plant growth measurements, RGB photographic records)
- Support agronomic and greenhouse operation tasks (substrate preparation, pots filling, plantation, plants transplantation and transport, irrigation and fertilization, phytosanitary control, weeding, and pruning)
- Cleaning of greenhouse, climate chambers and tools and materials used
- Manage and treat organic and inorganic wastes (e.g. used substrate, plant debris for autoclaving)
- Plant propagation and/or production needed for demonstration classes or other outreach events.
The Greenhouses & Plant Chambers are available to ITQB NOVA researchers. Although these are for exclusive use in research activities, they may be visited as part of institutional activities/projects open to the community (Open Day, Plant Fascination Day, partnerships with schools, Citizen Science Projects, etc.). Requests must be done by filling the form.
- Reading the manual: “Plant growing facilities at ITQB NOVA- General rules for plant work in growth chambers and greenhouses” is mandatory for anyone who intends to use this service, regardless of their relationship to ITQB NOVA or duration of use.
- Any technical support should be requested through a helpdesk ticket two weeks in advance to guarantee its execution.
- Booking growth chambers should be done by filling the form and are subject to prior approval.
Ana Fortunato – anasofia@itqb.unl.pt
Renato Afonso – renatojta@itqb.unl.pt
