Research Facilities

• Greenhouses for plant propagation and plot experimentation.
• Growth chambers and incubators for microorganism, insects, and plants.
• DNA and protein analysis (electrophoresis and PCR).
• GAS-chromatography and mass spectrometry.
• Atomic absorption spectrometer (micro and Macro nutrient analysis).
• Soil moisture measurement equipment (both for field and lab use).
• Cell culture rooms.
• Patch clamp facility (narishige micromanipulator, Tektronix oscilloscope, etc...).
• Confocal microscopy and digital imaging facility.
• Autoradiography room(Kodak X-OMAT autoradiography).
• Genetic sequencing of economic animal pathogens.

• In vitro digestibility apparatus. 
• Culturing and enumeration of microorganisms.
• Serology and molecular biology research.
• Histology and immuno-fluorescence.

• Water quality measurement (salinity, pH, cations, anions and turbidity).
• Tissue culture facility.
• Setup for the measurement of soil physical properties.
• Plant Tissue Analysis and Composition Equipment.
• Greenhouses for the propagation and production of native and ecologically adapted landscape plants.
• GIS lab.
• Seed bank.
• Research station and native tree nursery at AREC.
• Native medicinal and ornamental plants research and field setups at AREC.

• Food chemistry and nutrition labs: where proximate analysis of foods, TLC, hemoglobin, and hematocrit tests are conducted.
• Organoleptic Room: for sensory evaluation tests and an experimental kitchen.
• Human metabolic unit where an oxygen consumption unit for human subjects is located and where human metabolic measurements are carried out.
• A food processing pilot plant for canning, evaporation, dehydration, bread making, and chilled and frozen storage.
• Sophisticated equipment such as HPLC, UV range spectrophotometer, dietary fiber determination unit, Farinograph, texture analyzer, Parr calorimeter, refrigerated centrifuge, deep freezer, shaking water baths, and a digital refractometer.

• Research plots for rain fed and irrigated crops.
• Seed bank.
• Controlled-environment greenhouse.
• Tunnel type greenhouses with film-plastic cover.
• Weather station.
• Poultry and dairy research and processing facilities.
• Up-to-date machinery and agricultural implements.