“We have this incredible ability to grow all year round.” “This greenhouse gives us a much higher control in terms of temperature, humidity, and light,” said Bailey-Serres, a distinguished professor of genetics and director of the Center for Plant Cell Biology. Each module has air conditioning for specialized environments as well as an evaporative cooling system that allows for consistently lower temperatures than any other campus greenhouse. Each module has vents that can be opened and closed and are screened to maintain a clean environment. The modules are made of high-tech double-layered polarized clear glass panes with automated shade cloth that increase the efficiency of cooling and heating. The settings can be controlled and monitored via wireless technology. The top floor includes 16 greenhouse modules that can be programmed to control humidity, temperature, lighting, and other conditions.
“After many years of planning, wishing, and waiting it’s finally here and I am thrilled,” she said. The new building replaced an older greenhouse made of wooden slats on the one-acre site.ĬNAS Dean Kathryn Uhrich said the facility achieves the college’s goals of furthering sustainability, inclusivity, and excellence. The concrete, glass, and steel building is the first new plant research facility constructed on campus in about 40 years and features new state-of-the-art technology. The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, May 5 to celebrate its opening. Their work takes advantage of the new technology available to researchers at the 30,000-square-foot, two-story facility at the west end of campus. In the laboratory next to her, researcher Bao-Lam Huynh is growing new varieties of cowpea plants that will be sent to Africa.
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At the top floor of UC Riverside’s new Plant Research 1 building, geneticist Julia Bailey-Serres is testing how to grow rice to withstand drought and flooding conditions in countries like India.
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