Plant growth chambers

植物生长室

• 批准号: 376035-2009
• 负责人: Flanagan, Lawrence
• 金额: $ 3.2万
• 依托单位: University of Lethbridge
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=412294
• 关键词: Plant; growth; chambers

This proposal requests funds to purchase two controlled environment plant growth chambers to be used in studies of physiological acclimation and adaptation of conifer and cottonwood trees (tree seedlings/ saplings). The growth chambers will allow experiments to be conducted that require a high degree of control over several environmental factors including, temperature, humidity, light intensity and day length (photoperiod). Such environmental control is not possible in greenhouses. Currently there are few plant growth chambers available at University of Lethbridge (UL), and those that exist are fully used. The lack of controlled environment space reflects, in part, the rapid growth of plant biology research at UL over the last decade, and limitations in physical space on campus to house any new chambers. The recently opened UL Alberta Water and Environment Science building (AWESB) includes a large area below the applicants' new research labs that is currently empty, but allocated for new growth chambers to serve our expanding research needs. This grant would enable the purchase of the first two chambers for this newly proposed plant growth facility. The applicant (L.B. Flanagan) and co-applicant (S.B. Rood) both have well established, nationally and internationally recognized, research programs supported by NSERC Discovery grants and several other funding sources. Our programs train new researchers at all levels including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and technicians. The requested plant growth chambers will greatly enhance research and training across the complete range of personnel present in our research groups.

这项提案要求提供资金，用于购买两个受控制的环境植物生长室，用于研究针叶树和棉杉树(树苗/树苗)的生理适应和适应。生长室将允许进行实验，这些实验需要对几个环境因素进行高度控制，包括温度、湿度、光照强度和日长(光周期)。这样的环境控制在温室里是不可能的。目前莱斯布里奇大学(UL)几乎没有可用的植物生长室，现有的那些都被充分利用了。缺乏可控的环境空间在一定程度上反映了UL在过去十年中植物生物学研究的快速增长，以及校园内容纳任何新房间的物理空间的限制。最近开放的UL艾伯塔省水与环境科学大楼(AWESB)包括申请者新研究实验室下方的一大片区域，该区域目前是空的，但分配给新的增长室，以满足我们不断扩大的研究需求。这笔赠款将使人们能够为这一新提议的植物生长设施购买头两个房间。申请者(L.B.Flanagan)和共同申请者(S.B.Rood)都有国内和国际公认的研究项目，这些项目得到了NSERC Discovery补助金和其他几个资金来源的支持。我们的项目培养各级新的研究人员，包括本科生和研究生、博士后研究员和技术人员。所要求的植物生长室将极大地加强我们研究小组中所有人员的研究和培训。