Scientific domain
Keywords
Expel soil arthropods
Plant Protection
Home partner institution
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Website
Technical staff available
No
Remote access details
No
Remote access available
No
Open to external users
No
Equipment
MACFADYEN Extractor
Open access to updated information database
No
Online booking system details
No
Online booking system available
No
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.