Labs and Facilities
Explore our five CEA lab websites and learn more about our facilities and collaborative research advancing crop production, plant health, breeding, phenomics, and pest management in controlled environments.
Faculty lead: Andrew Ogden
The CEA Breeding Lab conducts basic and applied research to develop improved horticultural crop cultivars for controlled-environment agriculture, with a focus on melon and summer squash, powdery mildew resistance in cucurbits, and fruit quality in dwarf tomatoes.
Faculty lead: Rhuanito Soranz Ferrarezi
The CEA Crop Physiology and Production Lab focuses on research and education to optimize the growth, yield, quality, and profitability of specialty crops grown in greenhouses and indoor or vertical farming systems.
Faculty lead: Erich Schoeller
The CEA Integrated Pest Management Lab focuses on research and education to develop effective pest management strategies for ornamental and edible crops grown in controlled environments, including high tunnels, greenhouses, and vertical farms.
Faculty lead: Ruchika Kashyap
The Urban and Controlled Environment Pathology Lab focuses on research and Extension to diagnose, understand, and manage diseases affecting food crops in urban and controlled-environment production systems.
CEA Phenomics Lab
Faculty lead: Zhihang Song
Dr. Song is actively establishing the new CEA Phenomics Lab. His programs use imagery sensors, machine learning, and robotics to monitor plant growth and improve yields.