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Prepared by the International Committee for Controlled Environment Guidelines
Sponsored by and published for the UK Controlled Environment Users’ Group (UK-CEUG), the North American Committee on Controlled Environment Technology and Use (NCR-101), and the Australasian Controlled Environment Working Group (ACEWG)
Introduction
Conditions in controlled environment plant growth rooms and chambers
should be reported in detail for comparison of results and duplication
of experiments. The minimum guidelines presented here, including
additional explanation and a reporting example, should help meet
these aims, indicating a required, minimum amount of information
that should be reported. They may also highlight parameters that
could be important, but that may not have been considered for measurement.
Three different publications are available:
1. The Minimum Guidelines Brochure is designed to be printed in color
on both sides of a single sheet of paper (either A4 or Letter size)
and folded twice into a convenient leaflet. One of the recommended
distribution methods is to place several copies of the brochure in
a container located below the small Minimum Guidelines Poster that
is mounted at a prominent location in a Controlled Environment facility.
brochure designed for A4 paper size
brochure designed
for Letter paper size
2. The small Minimum Guidelines Poster is designed to be printed in
color on one side of a single sheet of paper (either A3 or Ledger size)
and laminated. A recommended display method is a prominent location
in a Controlled Environment facility so users will encounter the poster
as they make use of the growth rooms and chambers.
Poster designed for A3
paper size
Poster designed for Ledger
paper size
3. The large Minimum Guidelines Poster is designed to be printed in
color on one side of a single sheet of paper (poster size; e.g., 914
by 1168 mm or approximately 36 by 46 inches). This laminated poster
is designed to be displayed at a scientific meeting so researchers
can review the guidelines recommended by the Committee. It is recommended
that the display of the large Minimum Guidelines Poster be accompanied
by a stack of Minimum Guidelines Brochures for interested researchers
to take with them. Each of the three sponsoring organizations has a
single copy for loan, complete with an abstract written by the International
Committee for Controlled Environment Guidelines (UK-CEUG contact: Julian
Franklin, julian.franklin@bbsrc.ac.uk; NCR-101 contact: Mark van Iersel,
mvanier@uga.edu; ACEWG contact: Paul Austin, PAustin@hortresearch.co.nz).
If a meeting organizer requires an abstract, please use the International
Committee’s abstract.
Poster designed for poster
size
International
Committee’s abstract
A fourth publication containing more detailed guidelines may also
be useful:
ANSI/ASAE Engineering Practice: ASAE EP411.4. 2002. Guidelines for
measuring and reporting environmental parameters for plant experiments
in growth chambers. ASABE, 2950 Niles Road, St. Joseph, MI 49085-9659,
USA. Please contact ASABE to obtain a copy.
Last update 16 June 2006