On May 14, MSU leaders welcomed more than 100 stakeholders and partners to campus to commemorate the opening of the partially renovated Plant Science Research Greenhouse Complex.
The event recognized the first phases of needed infrastructure improvements that bolster MSU’s world-class plant science research, including installation of LED lighting, environmental control systems, new glazing panels and a new headhouse that serves as the facility’s center of operations.
Each of Michigan’s plant commodities is represented in the research greenhouses, ranging from corn and soybeans to blueberries, potatoes and several floriculture crops. Nearly 70 faculty members from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and College of Natural Science utilize the facility alongside hundreds of staff and students, bringing the total number of facility users to more than 400.