Title

101 Ways to Try to Grow Arabidopsis: What Did This Study Show about the Benefit of Draining Trays Following Irrigation? What if Water Has to Be Left in Trays?

Abstract

This document is one entry in a series of questions and answers originally posted to the Purdue University Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture’s Plant Growth Facility Web site [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/facilities/greenhouse/101exp.shtml] regarding best practices for Arabidopsis thaliana growth. Digital images showing treatment differences are included. A summary of recommendations; materials and methods description; and references list are available in separate documents.

Keywords

Arabidopsis, growing methods, greenhouse methods, greenhouse protocols, greenhouse best practices, Purdue methods, calcined clay, Turface, sub-irrigation, primary color fluorescent, plant growth chambers, plant lighting

Date of this Version

October 2008