Crop growth and development are
controlled by both genetical and
environmental factors. In order to
improve the culture practices, crop
productivity and quality, it is
important to systematically study the
interaction between crops and
environments. In response to this
request, the
first complicate modern phytotron was
established in 1949 at Pasadena, California, U.S.A. designed by Dr.
Frits Warmolt Went. The phytotron facilities provide precise
experimental conditions for scientists to investigate the effects of
climate on plant growth and development.
History
The phytotron of National Taiwan University was set up in 1969, and
it was the first operating phytotron in Taiwan. For providing more plant
growth area, the new building of the NTU Phytotron was established in
1993, and it was designed to
be a computerized-automatic control
facility. NTU Phytotron provides
high quality of plant
growth facilities to NTU professors, research scientists and students for advanced plant
science researches and teaching.
Service
The NTU Phytotron has eight natural light-glass rooms, four
artificial light rooms, one LED-light room, and a low-temperature room.
Every year, about 80 to 100 research projects was run in NTU Phytotron,
and several kinds horticulture and agronomy crops were grown here. All
environmental information of culture rooms were collected and recorded
by computers and network published, and all NTU Phytotron users can
online view the data including temperature, humidity and light
intensity. In addition, there are high-resolution webcams set up in
culture rooms, so research scientists can monitor plant growing on their
own computers.
Development direction
In order to provide the best service to NTU Phytotron users, we
continuously improve culture systems and energy efficiency by green
energy technology.
Temperature and light intensity in the various compartments of the
NTU Phytotron
Phytotron of National
Taiwan University
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