Growing places

Glasshouse

For most of experiments, we use a glasshouse with LED lighting and adjustable temperature and humidity.

The glasshouse with growing tables

Climatic chambers

We have four climate chambers where we can set the light regime, humidity and temperature for fully controlled experiment conditions.

The room with climatic chambers

Inside look of a climatic chamber

Cultivation room

In the cultivation room, plants are grown under controlled conditions with a temperature of 20 °C and low humidity. Particularly, there are grown standards for flow cytometry.

Growing tables with lighting

Soil and potting room

This room is a base for setting up experiments and their termination, repotting experimental plants and for handling cultivation substrates.

Tables for plant potting

Experimental garden

In the experimental garden, there are terraced beds on the northern slope which reduces evaporation in summer. Here we grow plants for experiments demanding more space, as well as a collection of thistles and wetland species of sedges and rushes.

Overview of the garden from lower terrace

Collection of wetland species

Common facilities of department

At the Department of Botany and Zoology, there are common facilities such as library of the Department of Botany and Zoology and Herbarium of Masaryk University which we share with other groups of the department.

Library of the Department of Botany and Zoology

Herbarium of Masaryk University