The Conviron and Argus teams are looking forward to participating in the 2026 AERGC Conference at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPSC) in St. Louis, Missouri, from August 3-6, 2026.
Celebrating the AERGC Community of Plant Growth Facility Professionals
AERGC stands for the Association of Education and Research Greenhouse Curators. AERGC brings together the professionals responsible for managing and operating plant growth facilities at universities, research institutions, botanical gardens, government agencies, and other organizations involved in plant research, teaching, and outreach.
DDPSC: A World Class Plant Science Hub
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (DDPSC) is widely recognized as one of the world's premier independent plant science research institutes and is the largest nonprofit plant science research center in North America. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the center focuses on advancing plant science to improve human health, agricultural sustainability, and food security. Conviron and Argus are proud corporate members and longstanding supporters of the research community that DDPSC serves.
For the AERGC audience, DDPSC is significant because it combines:
- World-class plant biology research
- Advanced controlled-environment facilities
- High-throughput phenotyping capabilities
- Crop improvement and biotechnology programs
- Research focused on global food security and sustainable agriculture
Argus & Conviron at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
From individual greenhouses to growth chambers and growth rooms, Argus and Conviron work together to create a complete controlled environment research ecosystem. Conviron's growth chambers and growth rooms provide precise environmental conditions for plant science, while Argus Controls serves as the centralized control platform for the research greenhouses, enabling researchers and facility managers to monitor and manage temperature, humidity, lighting, CO₂, irrigation, fertigation, and other critical environmental parameters across multiple research spaces. We're looking forward to seeing you at the AERGC meeting, showcasing how Argus and Conviron work together and discussing some of our latest product offerings such as Argus Axia, Conviron Lumina, Stratos and Genesis. As research programs become increasingly sophisticated, scientists need seamless control over every research environment, from greenhouses to growth rooms and growth chambers. That's where Argus Axia™ and Conviron’s controlled environments are changing the conversation.
Unifying Research Environments with Argus Axia™
Argus Axia™ is designed to provide centralized, scalable control of entire research facilities, including:
- Research greenhouses
- Walk-in plant growth rooms
- Reach-in growth chambers
- Multi-zone research environments
- Irrigation and fertigation systems
- Lighting, temperature, humidity, CO₂, and airflow management
One Platform for Greenhouses, Growth Rooms, & Growth Chambers
Whether you're managing a single controlled environment or coordinating multiple research zones across a complex facility, Argus Axia delivers the precision, flexibility, and data integration required to support high-quality, reproducible plant science. Argus Axia integrates seamlessly with Conviron's entire line of plant growth chambers and rooms, including it's latest offering below, Conviron Lumina, Stratos and Genesis:
Conviron Lumina™: A next-generation walk-in growth room engineered for growing plants to maturity with exceptional climate uniformity, high light intensity, and a fully illuminated canopy design.
Conviron Stratos™: A highly configurable walk-in growth room platform available in single-tier and multi-tier formats, helping researchers maximize growth space while maintaining precise environmental control.
Conviron Genesis™: An advanced family of reach-in growth chambers offering research-grade environmental control, flexible configurations, and exceptional reproducibility across a wide range of plant science applications.
We're excited to connect with the AERGC community and discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping today's research facilities, including:
• Research greenhouse operations and management
• Plant growth chamber and growth room facilities
• Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) and indoor growing systems
• Plant phenotyping and imaging applications
• Plant physiology and environmental response research
• Crop improvement and plant breeding programs
• Climate, stress tolerance, and resilience studies
• Facility automation, monitoring, and environmental control
• Multi-zone research facility management
• Greenhouse modernization and infrastructure planning
See you in St. Louis!