MACFADYEN Extractor

Contact : Department of Plant Protection bozena.nizio@upwr.edu.pl. University ID : 664/03339, equipment ID : 30, year of purchase : 2023, type : High-Gradient-Extractor used in soil ecology. Extraction apparatus to automatically expel soil arthropods, especially mites and collembolans. Soil samples are heated from above via hot air and cooled and slightly moistened by cool humidified air from below. Arthropods move towards the cool area and are collected via a collecting funnel in the collecting vessels on the underside of the extractor.

Keywords

Expel soil arthropods

Plant Protection

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Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Equipment MACFADYEN Extractor

Description Contact : Department of Plant Protection bozena.nizio@upwr.edu.pl. University ID : 664/03339, equipment ID : 30, year of purchase : 2023, type : High-Gradient-Extractor used in soil ecology. Extraction apparatus to automatically expel soil arthropods, especially mites and collembolans. Soil samples are heated from above via hot air and cooled and slightly moistened by cool humidified air from below. Arthropods move towards the cool area and are collected via a collecting funnel in the collecting vessels on the underside of the extractor.