What is a plant incubator
Plant incubator, is widely used in universities, research institutes and enterprises and other institutions of laboratory equipment, a high-quality plant incubator allows researchers, biologists, geneticists and other professionals in the study of plants can be precise control of the environmental elements needed for the experiment, such as control of humidity, temperature, light, carbon dioxide concentration and other factors. Plant incubators are also often referred to as artificial climate chambers because research often requires simulating the climatic conditions (including extreme climatic conditions) of the place where the plants are grown.
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How to choose the right plant incubator
Light
When choosing a plant incubator, light is the first condition to consider. Rice, soybean, wheat, corn, for example, requires high light conditions, Arabidopsis thaliana, vegetables, is low light requirements. Plant culture can not be separated from light, light can provide a source of energy for plant growth, plants in different growth stages of light intensity requirements are different, the spectral requirements are also different. In terms of fill light selection, generally no longer choose fluorescent lamps or high-pressure sodium lamps, due to their high energy consumption and high heat generation. In the case of high heat generation, plants need to stay away from the fill light, so they cannot be planted in multiple layers, wasting the already small cavity space.
Temperature
Under conventional culture conditions, the temperature requirement for plant growth is generally 15°C to 35°C, and furthermore the requirement is between 3°C and 45°C, or in the case of stress experiments, then between -20°C and 60°C.
Humidity
For normal plant growth, the humidity condition requirement is desired to be in the range of 50 to 85%, if doing low humidity test condition humidity will be below 30%.
CO₂ concentration
Normal plant growth, CO₂ concentration is generally required in 400-700ppm, most of the plants saturated concentration of carbon dioxide is 1500ppm, in the case of normal cultivation, as long as the new air supplemented at regular intervals to meet the needs of plant growth, if it is hoped to carry out the CO₂ fertilizer regulation, it is necessary to increase the CO₂ control function.
In addition to the above hard reference factors, we also need to focus on the following points:
Intelligent remote control
The plant incubator simulates the environment required for long-term plant growth, with different requirements for temperature, light, etc. at different time intervals, and a continuous controlled environment can be provided through program control;
Enterprise strength
In addition to the product hardware conditions, we also need to additionally consider the soft factors in terms of corporate brand strength: such as enterprise scale, registered capital, personnel status, whether equipped with factories and other conditions. Users can learn about the background of the enterprise through various channels such as TIANYUANCHA, and enterprises with brand strength will be relatively guaranteed in terms of product quality and after-sales service.
