The PO-Plant Facilities platform provides the scientific community and private partners with a high-performance and responsible experimental environment dedicated to plant cultivation and monitoring under controlled conditions and in greenhouses.
With 3,000 m² of greenhouses and 300 m² of growth chambers, distributed across C1, C2, and C3 containment levels, the PO-Plant Facilities platform enables experiments that meet the most demanding standards in terms of climate control, biosafety, and regulatory compliance. The facilities include approved areas for hosting genetically modified organisms and, upon authorization, quarantine organisms. The growth chambers offer precise control of environmental parameters (light, humidity, photoperiod, temperature, nutrition), ensuring reproducibility and full mastery of experimental conditions. The greenhouses allow the implementation of a wide diversity of experimental setups, from varietal screening to physiological phenotyping.
The PO-Plant Facilities platform relies on an experienced team composed of a scientific manager, an operational manager, qualified greenhouse technicians, and maintenance staff. It provides rigorous technical support, optimized crop management, and strong responsiveness in project implementation, whether for plant material production, physiological trials, or treatment evaluation. Integrated into the experimental infrastructure networks of Université Paris-Saclay, it contributes to shared research facilities in plant biology.
Beyond its technical performance, the PO-Plant Facilities platform stands out for its strong commitment to ecological transition. In three years, the platform has reduced its overall energy consumption by more than 30%, through a 25% reduction in electricity consumption and a 45% reduction in gas consumption, resulting from fine-tuned climate control optimization and progressive modernization of equipment. Since 2026, a new structuring project is deployed with the installation of rainwater harvesting tanks intended for uses not requiring specific treatment. This initiative aims to reduce potable water consumption and strengthen the environmental resilience of the facilities. It is also supported by close collaboration with users, in order to promote anticipatory and responsible organization of experiments and sustainable use of infrastructures.
The PO-Plant Facilities platform also develops active biological and integrated pest management strategies to significantly reduce the use of plant protection products. Regular crop health monitoring, the introduction of biological control agents, risk prevention, and optimization of environmental conditions help limit chemical interventions while ensuring the scientific quality of experiments. This approach contributes to reducing the environmental impact of trials, preserving biological balances in greenhouses, and offering users an experimental framework fully aligned with current agroecological transition challenges.
The PO-Plant Facilities platform relies on an experienced team composed of a scientific manager, an operational manager, qualified greenhouse technicians, and maintenance staff. It provides rigorous technical support, optimized crop management, and strong responsiveness in project implementation, whether for plant material production, physiological trials, or treatment evaluation. Integrated into the experimental infrastructure networks of Université Paris-Saclay, it contributes to shared research facilities in plant biology.
Beyond its technical performance, the PO-Plant Facilities platform stands out for its strong commitment to ecological transition. In three years, the platform has reduced its overall energy consumption by more than 30%, through a 25% reduction in electricity consumption and a 45% reduction in gas consumption, resulting from fine-tuned climate control optimization and progressive modernization of equipment. Since 2026, a new structuring project is deployed with the installation of rainwater harvesting tanks intended for uses not requiring specific treatment. This initiative aims to reduce potable water consumption and strengthen the environmental resilience of the facilities. It is also supported by close collaboration with users, in order to promote anticipatory and responsible organization of experiments and sustainable use of infrastructures.
The PO-Plant Facilities platform also develops active biological and integrated pest management strategies to significantly reduce the use of plant protection products. Regular crop health monitoring, the introduction of biological control agents, risk prevention, and optimization of environmental conditions help limit chemical interventions while ensuring the scientific quality of experiments. This approach contributes to reducing the environmental impact of trials, preserving biological balances in greenhouses, and offering users an experimental framework fully aligned with current agroecological transition challenges.
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Platform Heads:
Fabien Chardon & Lilian Dahuron