Replacement and Modernization of Greenhouse Facilities

9317890 Olmstead提议的项目将提供升级的现代温室设施，从而允许目前无法进行的研究活动。具体来说，将建造一个762平方米（8200平方英尺）的温室，并配备如下设备：两个房间将配备环境设备，以适应高山研究；环境控制将电脑化，以便更准确地监测和整合系统以及收集温室环境的数据；增加高强度放电（HID）照明，以补充和控制光周期；将增加额外的温室系统，例如在额外的房间加湿，自动浇水系统和在某些部分的遮光布；总部将配备办公室和储藏室；温室将配备一个水族箱，以便对水生生物进行研究；将建造一个受保护的室外种植区（板条屋）；对电力、暖通空调和管道系统进行额外的小改动，将使设施更有效地运作。所提出的系统在学术研究机构中已经司空见惯。上述设备和改造将使该设施升级，以适应对生活在高山环境中的植物和其他生物的研究。此外，EPO生物学研究的各种研究领域将通过更精确的环境控制以及在给定环境中的更大能力得到更好的服务。就目前的设施而言，可用的空间和环境数量有限，使用的是过时的控制系统，在某些情况下设备不足。改进后的设备将更加通用，使研究人员能够准确地设置温室内的环境。目前受益于这些改进的研究将包括光保护和光合作用、植物群落生态学和种群生物学、植物-昆虫相互作用、植物食草动物相互作用的进化和生态学、微量气体排放、分子系统发育和种群遗传学。随着当前多用户生物设备计划的升级，该系和大学的目标将在以下方面得到加强：提高模拟自然环境、监测环境历史、微调研究要求和研究方向的能力与同类机构的植物科学相比，提供更综合、更多功能的设施，以反映研究人员和学生的需求。改进的温室和辅助建筑将吸引现有的和新的教师研究人员以及更多的学生，因为植物科学的教师和学生需要能够观察和提出基于活植物的问题的设施。研究植物对控制植物生长的各种参数的适应性，植物化学生态学。分配模式，发展和分子进化，仅举几例，是通过在科罗拉多州的室内环境中培养生物的能力而促进的。潜在的新学生和教师将更倾向于选择一个既有研究空间又有可以轻松学习和进行有意义的研究的设施的机构。9317890 Olmstead提议的项目将提供升级的现代温室设施，从而允许研究活动q = ？E !!!!!F E (Times New Roman Symbol & Arial " h % % # 5 Deseree King, BIR Deseree King， BIR

9317890 Olmstead The proposed project will provide upgraded modern greenhouse facilities thereby permitting research activities presently unavailable. Specifically, a 762 m2 (8200 ft2) greenhouse will be erected and equipped as follows: two rooms will be environmentally equipped to accommodate alpine research; environmental controls will be computerized to allow monitoring and integration of systems with greater accuracy as well as data collection of greenhouse environments; high intensity discharge (HID) lighting will be added for supplementing and controlling photoperiod; additional greenhouse systems will be added, such as humidification in additional rooms, automatic watering systems and black-out cloth in some sections; the headhouse will be equipped with an office and storage room; the greenhouse will be equipped with an aquatic tank to permit research on aquatic organisms; a protected outdoor growing area (lath house) will be constructed; additional minor modifications to electrical, HVAC and plumbing systems will permit more efficient operation of the facility. The proposed systems have become commonplace in academic research institutions. The above equipment and modifications would upgrade the facility to accommodate research on plants and other organisms living in alpine environments. In addition, a variety of research areas investigated in EPO Biology would be better served through more accurate control of environments as well as greater capabilities within a given environment. With the present facility, a limited amount of space and number of environments are available using outdated control systems a nd, in some cases, inadequate equipment. The improved facility would be more versatile, permitting researchers to accurately set the environment within the greenhouses. Current research benefiting from these improvements would include work on photoprotection and photosynthesis, plant community ecology and population biology, plant-insect interactions, evolution and ecology of plant herbivore interactions, trace gas emissions, molecular phylogenetics and population genetics. With upgrading under the current multi-user biological equipment program, the goals of the Department and University would be enhanced in the following ways: 1. increased ability to simulate natural environments, monitor history of environments and fine-tune research requirements as well as research directions 2. provide for a more integrated and versatile facility that reflects the needs of researchers and students, compared to plant sciences in peer institutions 3. increased efficiency, permitting operation of the facility with greater accuracy and with less wasted time and effort The improved greenhouse and support buildings would be attractive to current and new faculty researchers and greater numbers of students because faculty and students in plant sciences require facilities that permit the observation and formulation of questions based on living plants. Research that seeks to understand plant adaptations to various parameters controlling plant growth, plant chemical ecology. allocation patterns, development, and molecular evolution, to name a few, is facilitated by the ability to cultivate organisms in an indoor environment in Colorado. Potential new students and faculty will be more inclined to select an institution that has both the space for research and a facility in which meaningful research can be learned and performed easily. 9317890 Olmstead The proposed project will provide upgraded modern greenhouse facilities t hereby permitting research activitie E o q = ? E ! ! ! ! ! F E E ( Times New Roman Symbol & Arial " h 5 % % # 5 Deseree King, BIR Deseree King, BIR