05 Highly-Controlled Global Environment Simulations
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Contact:
Jakub Jez
Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities GmbH (VBCF)
Plant Sciences Facility (PlantS)
Dr. Bohr Gasse 3
1030 Vienna
Austria
Email: jakub.jez@vbcf.ac.at
Phone: +43664808477090
Web: https://www.viennabiocenter.org/vbcf/plant-sciences/
Key facts:
Description:
| Name | 22 state-of-the-art walk-in phytotrons |
|---|---|
| Location | Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna. |
| Category | Highly controlled environment and dynamic simulations |
| Environment | Temperature: -15°C – 50°C; Humidity: 40 – 80% rel.hum.; Light: adjustable LED light spectrum, up to 1000 µmol m-2 s-1; CO2: ambient – 2000 ppm |
| Sensors | RGB top-view (PHENOTron) |
| Traits | Morphometric |
| Capacity | 1260 250mL pots (each phytotron) |
| Limitations | |
| References | |
| URL | https://www.viennabiocenter.org/vbcf/plant-sciences/phytotrons/ |
The Plant Sciences Facility (PlantS) operates 22 high quality and highly specialised plant growth chambers (phytotrons).
Several phytotrons are capable of providing exceptional environmental conditions, allowing precise environmental simulation across different climate zones and various abiotic stress conditions.
Simulated Environments:
- Cold stress (≥ -15°C) & heat stress (≤ +50°C)
- Water stress (drought & partial waterlogging)
- Variable light intensity & spectrum (LED-light: blue_405nm, blue_450nm, warm_white & red_660_730nm) incl. spectral simulation of sunrise and sunset
- CO2 level regulation
- Air-Lock System equipped chamber for professional pathogen research
- Abiotic stress conditions: cold-, heat-, drought-, water- and light-stress
- Different global environmental simulations