Plant Cultivation Facilities (SEFY)
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Technical and scientific expertise
- Expertise in the conduct and monitoring of crops under semi-controlled conditions
- Advice and logistical support in the design and implementation of research trials for the university community and external companies
- Raising awareness of agronomic research among the general public
Main equipment
- Greenhouses
- 2,000 m2
- 31 compartments with autonomous climate control: heating, ventilation, humidification and lighting
- Three G2Q containment compartments
- One compartment reserved for phytoremediation tests
- Two compartments reserved for practical work
- LED lighting (red, blue and white channels with adjustable intensity)
- Phytotrons
- Eight rooms with temperature, humidity and lighting control
- High-throughput root phenotyping platforms
Get an overview of the platform’s infrastructure and equipment via a virtual tour.
Applications
- Phytopathology: processes related to the triggering and epidemic development of diseases; innovative solutions for the biocontrol of diseases
- Mycology applied to agri-food and agri-environment: biodiversity in natural and anthropised environments trophic chains (mycorrhizal symbioses) biostimulation and bioprotection of plants production of bioeffectors
- Plant ecology, ecophysiology and sustainable agronomy: water harvesting by crops with particular attention to root organs
- Entomology
- Improvement of growing conditions
Services available to
- UCLouvain students and researchers
- Non-UCLouvain parties (compartment rentals, crop care locations, etc.)
Video reports
- May 2022 - Thomas Vanesse, Symbiose founder and CEO, talks in a video about his collaboration with SEFY
- March 2020 - UCLouvain - Les tomates ont poussé en silence