Institute for Genomics of Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST)
USA
The Institute for Genomics of Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST) is a research institute at Texas Tech University that focuses on using state of the art functional genomics to study processes involved in the tolerance to different types of abiotic stresses (drought, salinity, heat, cold and low nutrient availability) and in the use of synthetic biology for the improvement of crop abiotic stress tolerance.
The Phytotron consists of three greenhouses with a total of 2,340 ft2 of growting space and five Conviron growth chambers.