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Centre for Plant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP)

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  • About SKP

    Centre for Plant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP; short NO) is a specialized national center that offers research infrastructure for plant research. Our highly competent technicians assist in trial planning and finding the right technical solutions.

    The center owners are Norwegian university of iife sciences (NMBU) and Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO.

    SKP provides climate-controlled environment facilities, semi-controlled environment polytunnels and arable land for field trials. All clients who need climate-controlled facilities or field trials are welcome to use our services. We provide services and facilities to researchers at NMBU, NIBIO, R&D institutes, universities and companies.

    SKP can offer services in climate-regulated facilities- greenhouses, phytotrons, climate rooms, GMO facilities, growth chambers, cold and freezer rooms, polytunnels and on arable land for field trials. SKP has more than 200 small and large climate-controlled units, a total of 4000m2 plus 8000m2 of support units and laboratories. At Vollebekk field trial unit SKP has 50 hectares of arable land, including 50 hectares of organic land, for various experiments on grain, grass and other field crops. SKP can provide advanced sensory solutions, technology and irrigation.

    SKP was established in 1995 as a joint facility for NMBU and NIBIO. SKP has more than 30 years of experience with high quality plant research services and continuous improvement.

    Our competent staff focus on customer service, high quality experimental plans and advanced technical solutions. We provide knowledge, quality and service, and can tailor make facilities and solutions specifically for your experiments.

    We also provide a 24/7 on-call system as a safeguard for your experiment. By Priva insight and climate control network system, and aranet sensory network, we log parameters frequently according to your needs.

    Research topics: plant breeding and testing, plant adaptation, plant stress, climate change impact, light & temperature response, plant-pest interaction, plant diseases, GMO, molecular biology, phenotyping, technology development, sensory networks and new product development.

    Services provided:

    - Controlled Environment Growth Facilities
    • - 7 Greenhouses- both GMO approved and non-GMO
    • - 2 Phytotron greenhouses for control of light, temperature, and humidity, including dark rooms
    • - Multiple climate controlled rooms for precise control of light, temperature, humidity and CO2
    • - Multiple climate controlled chambers rooms for precise control of light, temperature, humidity and CO2
    • - Aralab fitoclima chambers
    • - Freeze rooms
    • - Cold rooms
    • - Dark rooms with temperature control
    • - Special phenotyping rooms (under development)
    • - Support for year-round experimentation with any type of plant species.
    - Molecular and Analytical Lab Support
    • - Dedicated lab space with basic equipment for molecular biology and sample processing
    • - Freeze lab. for plant testing. Ramp freezing/ freeze programs from 0 to -80oC

    - Plant Cultivation and Storage
    • - Clean rooms
    • - Tissue culture rooms
    • - Sample preparation areas, cold rooms, and controlled freezers  and ultra freezers for sample storage
    • - Dry storage seeds and samples

    Our Team:

    Jan Roger Torp Sørby — Center Manager/ Director

    SKP Staff: Plakat SKP Web.pdf

  • Contact information SKP

    Kirkeveien 16
    PO. box 5003
    N-1433 Ås
    Telephone: 468 86 773
    Email: skp@nmbu.no

    Technical 24/7 on-call telephone: 970 94 576