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The centre has developed expertise in developing blueprints in growing alternative crops including edible and pharmaceutical crops. The glasshouses which are fitted with blackouts and supplementary lighting provide ideal conditions for this work. Various stress conditions can be applied to help manipulate the plants to increase biomass or the levels of active substances within the plant.