Development of plant sciences at Rosemount
The development of alternative horticulture facilities are currently in progress at Rosemount. These new technology platforms will support the Programme for Experimental Atmospheres and Climate (PEAC), consisting of walk-in plant growth rooms capable of simulating any global climatic and atmospheric condition from the past, present of future.
The PEAC facility is central to understanding how plant and crop species have adapted and will adapt to climatic and atmospheric change. The Facility will enable researchers to investigate the role of climate, atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide as drivers of large scale patterns in plant evolution and extension. It will help them predict the likely impact and adaptation strategies of plants and pathogens to future climate change.
Collaboration with other research areas throughout the University will enable PEAC to programme in climatic changes associated with extreme past events, to understand plant physiological responses to rapid climate change, and to predict future crop and plant responses to climate change.
Planning approval for the establishment of teaching and research activities was granted in recent months, and it is expected that work on site will be complete by early 2010.
