The facility supports undergraduate, graduate and faculty research in the areas of population ecology, systematics and evolutionary biology, anatomy and developmental biology, genetics and biotechnology, physiology and toxicology, molecular biology, integrated pest management and biological control. Researchers should refer to the Greenhouse Guidelines for information on conducting projects in the facility.

Listed below are the researchers who are conducting research in the Biological Sciences Greenhouse Facility and a brief description of their projects.

Faculty Research:
Morris G. Cline, Plant Biology
Environmental and hormonal control of growth and development. Roles of gravity, light, auxin and ethylene in bud outgrowth and leaf orientation.

Woodbridge A. Foster, Entomology
Courtship and feeding behavior in mosquitoes and relation of dietary components to mosquito reproduction, mosquito systematics.

David J. Horn, Entomology
Insect predator-prey interactions, population modeling, biology of insect populations, biological control, conservation biology.

Rebecca Lamb, Plant Biology
Study of genetic control of flower timing and flower formation.

Maria Miriti, EEOB
Monitor soil nutrient levels and leaf traits of prairie plants.

Richard Sayre, Plant Biology
Modification of quality of Cassava starch.

Randall L. Scholl: See ABRC link on left.

Allison A. Snow, EEOB
Plant reproductive ecology. Variation in male reproductive success. The evolutionary significance of pollen tube competition. The evolution of floral traits and their effects on pollen behavior.

Graduate Student Research:
Norman Arancon, Entomology       Advisor: Clive Edwards
Supression of arthropod pests in vermicomposts.