One by one, Dr. Chris Opio and Chandehl Morgan carefully remove trees from one-gallon buckets.

The Moringa trees, reaching heights of 1.11 metres, have been growing in pots of well-drained soil for seven months in the I. K. Barber Enhanced Forestry Lab at UNBC’s Prince George campus.

Opio, an Ecosystem Science and Management Professor, and Morgan, a graduate student, gently brush the soil from the roots, cut them from the trunk of the trees and wash them in a stainless-steel sink.

The researchers peel the root bark and put them in a 70C oven to dry. Once dry, the roots are ground into a fine powder.

 

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