Supplies - where we get them

Please note: Mention of brand names or companies does not constitute endorsement by the USDA or ARS.

• Spore Collectors & Inoculators
  
  Geoff Harms
  21 Biological Sciences
  University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
  612-625-9754
  harms002@umn.edu
  
  Also available from (updated info 3/16):
  
  

  G-R Manufacturing Co LLC
  C/O Tallgrass Products, Inc.
  36780 Tallgrass Road
  Manhattan Kansas 66502
  (785) 532-7473

  Email: blanz@tallgrassproducts.com
  www.tallgrassproducts.com

• Vacuum pump

  McMaster-Carr
  P.O.Box 7690
  Chicago, IL. 60680-7690

  Tel: 630-600-3600
  www.mcmaster.com

   

  • Large Cyclone Spore Collector*
    
    G-R Manufacturing - same address as above

  *Please see: Phytopathology 56:1102-1103 for basic collector design.

   

  • Hand held vacuum cleaner used with large cyclone spore collector

  Cadillac Vacuum/Blower

  Currently, not available at previous supplier, but other companies appear to sell them.

  • Gelatin capsules (size 00 clear) used in spore collectors and inoculators

  Fagron Inc. 
  2400 Pilot Knob Road
  St. Paul, MN 55120

  Tel: 800-423-6967
  Fax: 800-339-1596
  email: info@fagron.us

  • Spore collector bottles
    
    20ml Disposable Scintillation Vials, Screw Top Catalog No. C-03-337-15
    100 per Case
    Fisher Scientific ( http://www.fishersci.com)

   

  • Soltrol 170 (inoculation oil)
    
    Chempoint

  Tel: 800-485-9569
  email: sales@chempoint.com

  • Bleeder-type cut-off T-valve model 630  (bleeder assembly)

  DeVillbis Healthcare
  1-800-338-1988

  • Plastic seedling trays for use with 3" square plastic pots (CDL uses vermiculite planting media)

  Brookdale Pastics
  www.brookdaleplastics.com
  1-800-383-7092
  Part# T13674 (built using custom mold for CDL)

  • Belden Plastic 3" square plastic pots

  Carlin Horticultural Supplies
  1375 Trout Brook Circle
  St. Paul, Minnesota 55117

  Tel: 651-487-8108 or 855-487-8108
  Fax: 651-487-3963

  • Maleic acid hydrazide (used as seedling growth regulator)
    
    PhytoTechnology Laboratories
    7895 Mastin Dr.
    PO Box 13481
    Shawnee Mission, KS 66282-3481
    1-888-749-8682
    http://www.phytotechlab.com
    
    
  • Barberry Media Mix (used at CDL)

  Item	Parts
  Fafard aged pine bark	4
  Sunshine peat moss	2
  Turface Athletics MVP sand	1

  Items available from Carlin Horticultural Supplies (see contact info above).

  1. Soil mix (Ag Mix) used in CDL greenhouses

  		Item	Parts
  		Field soil	6
  		Sand	6
  		Peat	5
  		Composted manure	2

   

  • Twine for grain harvestors
    
    Willamette Exporting Co.
    P.O. Box 231105
    Portland, OR 97223
    503-246-2671
    http://www.europa.com/~wex/
    Email: wex@europa.com
    
    
  • Revco freezers
    
    275 Aiker Rd.
    Asheville, NC 28804
    1-800-252-7100
    Fax 704-645-3368

   

  • Panasonic freezers

  Dai Scientific
  Kathy Mannie

  Tel: 612-812-2860
  email: Kathy.Mannie@daiscientific.com