diff --git a/Core/DAL/DataService.cs b/Core/DAL/DataService.cs
index 42f3e3c..45a1252 100644
--- a/Core/DAL/DataService.cs
+++ b/Core/DAL/DataService.cs
@@ -60,5 +60,15 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Core.DAL
 		}
 
 		#endregion
+
+		public IQueryable<PhotosynthesisType> GetPhotosynthesisTypes()
+		{
+			return _db.PhotosynthesisTypes.OrderBy(pt => pt.SortOrder);
+		}
+
+		public PhotosynthesisType GetPhotosynthesisType(string id)
+		{
+			return _db.PhotosynthesisTypes.Find(id);
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Core/DAL/LeafWebInitializer.cs b/Core/DAL/LeafWebInitializer.cs
index c0a66b8..250f0b7 100644
--- a/Core/DAL/LeafWebInitializer.cs
+++ b/Core/DAL/LeafWebInitializer.cs
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Core.DAL
 			
 			var photosynthesisTypes = new []
 			{
-				new PhotosynthesisType {Id = "C3_photosynthesis_leafweb", Name = "C3 Photosynthesis"},
-				new PhotosynthesisType {Id = "C4_photosynthesis_leafweb", Name = "C4 Photosynthesis"},
-				new PhotosynthesisType {Id = "CAM_photosynthesis_leafweb", Name = "CAM Photosynthesis"}
+				new PhotosynthesisType {Id = "C3_photosynthesis_leafweb", Name = "C3 Photosynthesis", SortOrder = 1},
+				new PhotosynthesisType {Id = "C4_photosynthesis_leafweb", Name = "C4 Photosynthesis", SortOrder = 2},
+				new PhotosynthesisType {Id = "CAM_photosynthesis_leafweb", Name = "CAM Photosynthesis", SortOrder = 3}
 			};
 
 			context.PhotosynthesisTypes.AddRange(photosynthesisTypes);
diff --git a/Core/Models/LeafInput.cs b/Core/Models/LeafInput.cs
index 5fc672a..b59caa9 100644
--- a/Core/Models/LeafInput.cs
+++ b/Core/Models/LeafInput.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Core.Models
 		[Required(ErrorMessage = "")]
 		public string SiteId { get; set; }
 
-		public virtual PhotosynthesisType Photosynthesis { get; set; }
+		[Required(ErrorMessage = "PhotosynthesisType required")]
+		public virtual PhotosynthesisType PhotosynthesisType { get; set; }
 
 		[DataType(DataType.Date)]
 		[Required]
diff --git a/Core/Models/PhotosynthesisType.cs b/Core/Models/PhotosynthesisType.cs
index 2d16b09..6c14891 100644
--- a/Core/Models/PhotosynthesisType.cs
+++ b/Core/Models/PhotosynthesisType.cs
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Core.Models
 		public string Id { get; set; }
 
 		public string Name { get; set; }
+
+		public int SortOrder { get; set; }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Web/Controllers/ControllerBase.cs b/Web/Controllers/ControllerBase.cs
index 70d19c4..3d6de5f 100644
--- a/Web/Controllers/ControllerBase.cs
+++ b/Web/Controllers/ControllerBase.cs
@@ -44,5 +44,10 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.Controllers
 					break;
 			}
 		}
+
+		protected SelectList GetPhotosynthesisTypeSelectList()
+		{
+			return new SelectList(DataService.GetPhotosynthesisTypes().ToList(), "Id", "Name");
+		}
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Web/Controllers/LeafInputController.cs b/Web/Controllers/LeafInputController.cs
index efe18f3..a913369 100644
--- a/Web/Controllers/LeafInputController.cs
+++ b/Web/Controllers/LeafInputController.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using LeafWeb.Core.Models;
 using LeafWeb.Web.Attributes;
+using LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels;
 using LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels.LeafInput;
 
 namespace LeafWeb.Web.Controllers
@@ -15,25 +16,9 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.Controllers
 		{
 			// initialize the session storage to retain SessionID between requests
 			Session["placeholder"] = 0;
-			return View();
-		}
-
-		private FileInfo[] GetBackloadDirectoryFiles(string directoryName)
-		{
-			var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Files/"), directoryName + "\\");
-			var directory = new DirectoryInfo(path);
-			return 
-				!directory.Exists 
-				? new FileInfo[] {} 
-				: directory.GetFiles();
-		}
-
-		private void DeleteBackloadDirectory(string directoryName)
-		{
-			var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Files/"), directoryName + "\\");
-			var directory = new DirectoryInfo(path);
-			if (directory.Exists)
-				directory.Delete(true);
+			var viewModel = new CreateViewModel();
+			HydrateCreateViewModel(viewModel);
+			return View(viewModel);
 		}
 
 		[HttpParamAction]
@@ -50,9 +35,21 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.Controllers
 			{
 				// Go to confirmation
 				var confirmViewModel = new ConfirmViewModel(viewModel, files.Select(f => f.Name).ToArray());
+				HydrateCreateViewModel(confirmViewModel);
+
 				return View("Confirm", confirmViewModel);
 			}
-			return View("Index");
+
+			HydrateCreateViewModel(viewModel);
+			return View("Index", viewModel);
+		}
+
+		private void HydrateCreateViewModel(dynamic viewModel)
+		{
+			if (viewModel.PhotosynthesisType == null)
+				viewModel.PhotosynthesisType = new SelectListViewModel();
+			if (viewModel.PhotosynthesisType.ListItems == null)
+				viewModel.PhotosynthesisType.ListItems = GetPhotosynthesisTypeSelectList();
 		}
 
 		[HttpParamAction]
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.Controllers
 			if (ModelState.IsValid)
 			{
 				// convert viewModel into Model
-				var leafInput = viewModel.GetFileInput();
+				var leafInput = viewModel.GetFileInput(DataService);
 				// load files into LeafInputFile
 				leafInput.LeafInputFiles =
 					(from f in files
@@ -89,7 +86,27 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.Controllers
 					StatusType.Success);
 				return RedirectToAction("Index");
 			}
+
+			HydrateCreateViewModel(viewModel);
 			return View("Index", viewModel);
 		}
+
+		private FileInfo[] GetBackloadDirectoryFiles(string directoryName)
+		{
+			var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Files/"), directoryName + "\\");
+			var directory = new DirectoryInfo(path);
+			return
+				!directory.Exists
+				? new FileInfo[] { }
+				: directory.GetFiles();
+		}
+
+		private void DeleteBackloadDirectory(string directoryName)
+		{
+			var path = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("~/Files/"), directoryName + "\\");
+			var directory = new DirectoryInfo(path);
+			if (directory.Exists)
+				directory.Delete(true);
+		}
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/ConfirmViewModel.cs b/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/ConfirmViewModel.cs
index a028ec9..6b16aa6 100644
--- a/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/ConfirmViewModel.cs
+++ b/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/ConfirmViewModel.cs
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels.LeafInput
 	{
 		private static readonly IMapper Mapper;
 
+		[Display(Name = "Your name")]
 		public string Name { get; set; }
+		[Display(Name = "Your email")]
 		public string Email { get; set; }
+		[Display(Name = "Data identifier")]
 		public string Identifier { get; set; }
+		[Display(Name = "Site Id")]
 		public string SiteId { get; set; }
+		[Display(Name = "Photosynthetic Pathway")]
+		public SelectListViewModel PhotosynthesisType { get; set; }
 		public string[] Files { get; set; }
 
 		static ConfirmViewModel()
diff --git a/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/CreateViewModel.cs b/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/CreateViewModel.cs
index 9e0a6c5..5c29ad0 100644
--- a/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/CreateViewModel.cs
+++ b/Web/ViewModels/LeafInput/CreateViewModel.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using AutoMapper;
+using LeafWeb.Core.DAL;
 
 namespace LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels.LeafInput
 {
@@ -31,21 +32,28 @@ namespace LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels.LeafInput
 		[Required(ErrorMessage = "The site's name is required")]
 		public string SiteId { get; set; }
 
+		[Display(Name = "Photosynthetic Pathways")]
+		[Required(ErrorMessage = "A photosynthesis pathway must be chosen")]
+		public SelectListViewModel PhotosynthesisType { get; set; }
 
 		static CreateViewModel()
 		{
 			var config =
 			new MapperConfiguration(cfg =>
 			{
-				cfg.CreateMap<CreateViewModel, Core.Models.LeafInput>();
+				cfg.CreateMap<CreateViewModel, Core.Models.LeafInput>()
+					.ForMember(dest => dest.PhotosynthesisType, opt => opt.Ignore());
 			});
 			Mapper = config.CreateMapper();
 		}
 
-		public Core.Models.LeafInput GetFileInput()
+		public Core.Models.LeafInput GetFileInput(DataService db)
 		{
 			var leafInput = new Core.Models.LeafInput();
 			Mapper.Map(this, leafInput);
+
+			leafInput.PhotosynthesisType = db.GetPhotosynthesisType(PhotosynthesisType.Selected);
+
 			return leafInput;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/Web/ViewModels/SelectListViewModel.cs b/Web/ViewModels/SelectListViewModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce0ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Web/ViewModels/SelectListViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+
+namespace LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels
+{
+	public class SelectListViewModel
+	{
+		public SelectList ListItems { get; set; }
+		public string Selected { get; set; }
+
+		public SelectListItem SelectedItem
+		{
+			get { return ListItems.FirstOrDefault(li => li.Value == Selected); }
+		}
+
+		public override string ToString()
+		{
+			return Selected;
+		}
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Web/Views/LeafInput/Confirm.cshtml b/Web/Views/LeafInput/Confirm.cshtml
index 186cd59..bebafa0 100644
--- a/Web/Views/LeafInput/Confirm.cshtml
+++ b/Web/Views/LeafInput/Confirm.cshtml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
             </dl>
             @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.SiteId)
 
+            <dl class="dl-horizontal siteId">
+                <dt class="small">
+                    @Html.DisplayNameFor(m => m.PhotosynthesisType)
+                </dt>
+                <dd>
+                    @Html.DisplayTextFor(m => m.PhotosynthesisType.SelectedItem.Text)
+                </dd>
+            </dl>
+            <input type="hidden" name="PhotosynthesisType.Selected" value="@Model.PhotosynthesisType.Selected" />
+
             <dl class="dl-horizontal files">
                 <dt>
                     Files
diff --git a/Web/Views/LeafInput/Index.cshtml b/Web/Views/LeafInput/Index.cshtml
index 4341a1a..3531ba6 100644
--- a/Web/Views/LeafInput/Index.cshtml
+++ b/Web/Views/LeafInput/Index.cshtml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
             @Html.EditorFor(m => m.EmailConfirm)
             @Html.EditorFor(m => m.Identifier)
             @Html.EditorFor(m => m.SiteId)
+            @Html.EditorFor(m => m.PhotosynthesisType)
             <input type="submit" id="submit-form" class="hidden" />
         }
         <!-- The file upload form used as target for the file upload widget -->
diff --git a/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/SelectListViewModel.cshtml b/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/SelectListViewModel.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c4d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/SelectListViewModel.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+@model LeafWeb.Web.ViewModels.SelectListViewModel
+@{
+    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml";
+}
+@{
+    var prefix = ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix;
+    ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = string.Empty;
+
+    foreach (var li in Model.ListItems)
+    {
+        <div class="radio">
+            <label class="radio">
+                @Html.RadioButton(prefix + ".Selected", li.Value, li.Selected) @li.Text
+            </label>
+        </div>
+    }
+    ViewData.TemplateInfo.HtmlFieldPrefix = prefix;
+}
diff --git a/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml b/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml
index ba5ecb2..2919127 100644
--- a/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml
+++ b/Web/Views/Shared/EditorTemplates/_FieldLayout.cshtml
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 @model object
 @{
     Layout = null;
-    var lowerPropertyName = @LeafWeb.Core.Utility.StringExtensions.LowercaseFirst(ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName);
+    var propertyName = ViewData.ModelMetadata.PropertyName;
+    var lowerPropertyName = @LeafWeb.Core.Utility.StringExtensions.LowercaseFirst(propertyName);
     var values = ViewData.ModelMetadata.AdditionalValues;
     var units = values.ContainsKey("Units") ? (string)values["Units"] : null;
     var currency = values.ContainsKey("Currency") ? (string)values["Currency"] : null;
     var formatHint = values.ContainsKey("FormatHint") ? (string)values["FormatHint"] : null;
     var editLabel = values.ContainsKey("EditLabel") ? (bool)values["EditLabel"] : true;
+    var hasError = ViewData.ModelState[propertyName] != null && ViewData.ModelState[propertyName].Errors.Any();
+    var hasErrorClass = hasError ? "has-error" : string.Empty;
 }
-<div class="form-group @lowerPropertyName">
+<div class="form-group @lowerPropertyName @hasErrorClass">
     @Html.LabelForModel(new { @class = "control-label" })
     @RenderBody()
     @Html.ValidationMessage("", new { @class = "help-block"})
diff --git a/Web/Web.csproj b/Web/Web.csproj
index 1401284..ee327ac 100644
--- a/Web/Web.csproj
+++ b/Web/Web.csproj
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Utility\Validation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\LeafInput\ConfirmViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ViewModels\LeafInput\CreateViewModel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ViewModels\SelectListViewModel.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Views\web.config" />
@@ -940,6 +941,7 @@
     <Content Include="Views\LeafInput\Confirm.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Shared\_StatusMessage.cshtml" />
     <Content Include="Views\Shared\_ValidationField.cshtml" />
+    <Content Include="Views\Shared\EditorTemplates\SelectListViewModel.cshtml" />
     <None Include="Web.Debug.config">
       <DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
     </None>