Introduction to RERAF

RERAF laboratory building. Large picture

RERAF is a unique plant growth facility belonging to a new generation of phytotrons. It comprises a row of physically and electronically separated environmental chambers with separate top and root compartments. Environmental risk assessment experiments can be carried out under fully controlled conditions. Plant and microbial populations, communities, and model ecosystems can be studied under climate conditions ranging from subarctic to tropical. In addition, RERAF constitutes a completely closed exposure and environmental risk assessment facility, where experiments with toxic substances, radioisotopes, gaseous air pollutants, trace elements, plant nutrients, transgenic organisms and climate change problems can be performed without risk to the environment.