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 projects in the Biological Sciences Greenhouse Facility and a brief description of their investigations.

Faculty Research:

Norman Arancon, Entomology       
Supression of arthropod pests in vermicomposts.

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.

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.

Research Programs Hosted:

ABRC: The mission of the ABRC is to acquire, preserve and distribute seed and DNA resources that are useful to the Arabidopsis research community. The ABRC's holdings and stock distribution rates have increased rapidly so that presently hundreds of thousands of stocks are available. More than 100,000 stocks are shipped annually to researchers in more than 60 countries.

See link on left

BioCassava Plus: BioCassava Plus is an integrated team of scientists whose objective is to reduce malnutrition by delivering improved cassava cultivars that provide complete and balanced nutrition in readily marketable and higher yielding food crop.

Visit http://biocassavaplus.org/