Germination: A Claim Analysis

My claim states that cinnamon does not affect lettuce germination except for one direct replicate but this could have been invalid. Three pieces of evidence that support my claim are controlled groups had the most germination, only one direct group had germination, and no indirect groups had any germination. Five replicates were ran during the experiment. In each controlled group there were three to five roots that sprouted in an average of 2.34cm. In the direct groups, one out of the five groups sprouted roots. Shown in figure 1, an average of 1.55cm root was grown out of the four roots. This could have been an invalid or a random occurrence. I believe this one direct could have been invalid due to human error. There could have been too much water being added into the dish, not enough water being added, not being sealed properly, etc. Each group received an average of zero root growth in the indirect group. This shows that our evidence does support our claim.
Our evidence supported our claim for a few different reasons. One of these reasons is because our treatment group with no cinnamon had the most germination. This group had the most lettuce germination. According to Allelopathy, “Common cited effects of allelopathy include …show more content…
An example of this, which also supports and gives examples to my claim, is allelopathy being used for crops. According to Weed and Crop Allelopathy, “Recent research suggests that allelopathic properties can render one species more invasive to native species and thus potentially detrimental to both agricultural and naturalized settings,” (Weston, Leslie A., and Stephen Duke O., 2010). By running different types of allelopathic crops, future researchers can further improve on ways to manage weeds (Weston, Leslie A., and Stephen Duke O., 2010). This goes with our experiment because we had to figure out what different types of strategies that would work to inhibit germination on