Germination

For the three trials we think we should use our basic measurement uses teaspoon and our measurements would include 5 grams of salt, 10 grams of salt and 15 grams of salt. We believe that the least amount of salt will increase the lentil beans germination period because salt contains sodium which could lower plant’s oxygen and glucose outtake. So the 5 grams will have the most growth while the 15 grams will have the least…

growth, yet does adding a base to the soil combat the acid rain effects? In my experiment the two competitors will battle it out to see plant height, germination (the development of a plant), and pods produced. If I have three plants in soil with a bases 9, 11, and 14, then I predict the plant in the pot with the base 9 will show the best germination, plant height, and pods produced. Acid rain occurs when air pollution affects our bodies of water, and the evaporated water is than…

In an experiment conducted by students attending Michigan State University, they found that plants with a larger caffeine to water ratio grew less than the ones with more water than caffeine added. They used Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica Rapa) and gave them different concentrations of caffeine in order to see the effects. They hypothesized that adding significant amounts of caffeine to the plants would be detrimental to the growth of the plants. In the end, not only did their hypothesis prove…

Rate of seed germination is decreased when there are high concentrations salt in the soil which results in prevention of essential and vital water from accessing the seed. High Osmotic potential of the soil is also a result of high salt concentration, this means that the…

seedling development from seeds. On one pathway, the seeds obtained from green capsules germinated readily asymbiotically in the nutrient medium supplemented with 0.5 – 2 mg/l NAA and IAA plus 15% coconut water and charcoal, 2 gm/l. During the usual germination process, the undifferentiated embryo of the seed produces a large number of protocorm-like bodies (PLBs) without forming the intermediate callus tissue. This is called non‐clonal propagation because of all the PLBs were derived from the…

PURPOSE To determine how germination and temperature of environment effect respiration rate of seeds. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Cellular Respiration: Is the controlled release of energy from organic compounds in cells to form ATP. Sugar + Oxygen → Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy (ATP). In eukaryotic organisms, respiration occurs to maximize ATP production; this is contrary to anaerobic respiration, which occurs during the absence of a ready supply of oxygen (mostly in prokaryotic organisms).…

This lab report is over the effects of acid rain on plant germination and growth. Testing was done to see the acid rain had an effect on the radish seed germination and growth of the radish plant. Radish plants, also known as raphanus sativus, a cultigen plants. This means that the radishes have become what they are now, due to selective breeding over the course of thousands of years. “Grown worldwide for its fleshy, edible taproot, radish is thought to have originated in the eastern…

Jojoba is a hardy plant in its mature state and able to withstand a variety of challenging conditions, however in the germination stage and the first few years of growth the plant is extremely susceptible to cold temperatures and dry soil and can be killed off easily. Additionally, the seed is likely to stay dormant for long periods of time until conditions are right for germination. (Matthews) Species in the desert are already pushed to their physiological limit, and a shift in any direction…

2 Percentage of corn seeds that completed germination in a seven-day period The pH 5.0 or 4.0 simulated acid rain had the lowest percentage of total corn seeds germinated within the seven-day period. The rest of the pH values portray slow metabolism of corn seeds which show shorter roots. The preferable…

chloride concentrations, did not grow well in the pods with a higher concentration. The overall germination percentage for the plants planted in three highest sodium chloride concentrations, one and half, three, and six percent soil concentrations was zero percent. Due to the 12 plants in the highest concentrations not germinating there were no measurements for any of the recorded categories other than germination percentage. In remaining sodium chloride concentrations, plants could still…