Equipment

The Arthur Willis Environment Centre comprises 16 individual compartments, each with the capacity to simulate a range of current environments from tropical to temperate. It is also home to a controlled environment facility and experimental gardens.

Phenotyping scanner in the Arthur Willis Environment Centre
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We have versatile growth space for a range of experimental projects:

Climatically controlled greenhouses

student tends tall grass in greenhouse space

For large scale indoor plant growth experiments.

  • Temperature control
  • Daylength control
  • Additional humidity 
  • Supplementary lighting
  • Each of the 16 compartments has 14M2 of growing space

Controlled environment growth chambers

Scientist inspects plants under sunlight simulating LED's

Precision small scale controlled environment growth experiments

  • Light intensity control
  • Daylength control
  • Temperature control
  • Additional humidity
  • CO2 control
  • R:FR light control

Controlled environment room at AWEC

Phenotyping scanner in the Arthur Willis Environment Centre

Phenomics scanning, large controlled environment plant growth experiments

  • Light intensity control
  • Daylength control
  • Temperature control
  • Additional humidity
  • CO2 control
  • R:FR light control

Centres of excellence

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