The Effect Of Abundance Of Nutrients On Plant Morphology And Growth

Dicots are present throughout our ecosystem and everyday life. Without these species of plants, humans would not be able to survive and our ecosystem would be unbalanced. The dicot used in this experiment was a bean seed. Characteristics include two cotyledons, reticulated leave veins, flower petals in multiples of four or five, taproot system and, vascular system that is divided into 2; cortex and stele ("Monocot vs Dicot." - Difference and Comparison 2015). Nutrients are a key element for survival and development of a dicot plant. In this experiment the bean seed will be exposed to high levels of salt concentration (1.0ml) and low salt concentrations (0.5ml) which, will be compared to the one with no salt. The expected result from this experiment

The use of too much fertilizers, and in particular, of fertilizers with high concentrations of nitrogen, has been linked to reduced biodiversity (Xiankai et al. 2010). It becomes necessary to consider the detrimental effects of high concentrations of fertilizer in the reduced spaces. Fertilizers are salts, and therefore high concentrations of fertilizers can deplete the plant from water.

Nutrients are chemical found in foods that are critical to human growth and function.(Thompson, Manore & Vaughan, 2011) Nutrients are grouped into two categories Macronutrients and Micronutrients. Macronutrients as indicated by the word Macro relates to being large; therefore macronutrients are nutrients that are needed in large amounts; they are Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids (including fats and oils). Micronutrients on the other hand, micro refers to something small, or needed in small amounts in order to support normal health and body functions; they are Vitamins, Minerals and Water.

For my lab report we were given 4 plants to grow. The plants chosen were corn, sorghum, cotton and radish.Corn and sorghum are monocots and cotton and radish are dicots.

Throughout this experiment, we are researching the effect on the growth and survival of Wisconsin Fast Plants using fertilizer pellets to help with the growth of the plants. Wisconsin Fast Plants is a plant member of the crucifer family which is related to other plants (vegetables) such as cabbage, broccoli, turnips, etc. This plants are small and can grow very easily because they go through their cell cycle around 40 days. Wisconsin Fast Plants Fertilizers are different materials used that can provide plants with the nutrients it need to grow. (1) These plants are a good model system to study because they grew very quickly and didn’t need a lot of resources to grow making them the perfect plant to use for studies. (4) By using the fertilizers,

Nutrients that are obtained from the soil from plant roots are nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur, Magnesium, Calcium, Iron, Boron, Manganese, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper. These twelve elements that are obtained from the soil are called mineral nutrients which are then split into more groups; primary, intermediate and micronutrients (Essential Nutrients, n.d.). Primary nutrients are called by its name because they needed and are found in the most amounts. Primary nutrients include nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. The intermediate nutrients are sulfur, magnesium and calcium which are found less in soil than primary nutrients. Primary and secondary nutrients are called macronutrients. Iron, boron, manganese, zinc, molybdenum and copper are called micronutrients because they are needed in very small amounts. So small in fact that they are needed in parts per million, where 10000 parts per million is 1% of the plants intake (Essential Nutrients, n.d.). This doesn’t mean that the plant won’t grow as well without it though, these nutrients can still be essential to maximum growth spurt (Essential Nutrients,

Most importantly, they require phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium for making phospholipids (which make up the cell membranes), amino acids, and metabolic functions.10 This is why most fertilizers contain some combination of these three elements. Sulfur also plays an important role in plants, as it helps form amino acids, proteins, and chlorophyll11. Because these elements are all important to plant growth and are common ingredients in fertilizers, they were used to create a liquid fertilizer in this lab. (Note that only Day 2 of the lab used

Stichler and Livingston (1999) previously stated that a major advantage of winter wheat compared with other small grain species that could be grown for winter forage production is its excellent tolerance to abiotic stresses including cold and drought. In addition, wheat forage has relatively high nutritive values including high protein, energy values, minerals, and low fiber concentrations, compared with barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), oat (Avena sativa L.), and rye (Secale cereale L.) forages. Generally, forage yield of winter wheat from late November to early March is more consistent and productive than that of the other species (Denman and Arnold, 1970; Watson et al., 1993). Bockus et al. (2001) and Watson et al. (1993) mentioned that susceptibility of winter wheat to Hessian fly [Mayetiola destructor (Say)], leaf rust (incited by Puccinia triticina), and several virus diseases could be obstacles for successful winter forage production, especially in early planted regions.

The radish is an edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family. Radishes are great plants for demonstrating the effects of different levels of plant nutrition, germinating and growing quickly and reliably. Radish plants take up nutrients from the soil to make food. Soil is rich in essential nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium; but these nutrients are sometimes not present in the acceptable amount. Nitrogen is vital because it is a major component of chlorophyll, which is the compound by which plants use in photosynthesis. It is also a major component of amino acids and without them plants withers and die. Phosphorus is a component of the complex nucleic acid structure of plants, which regulates protein synthesis and the

The main goal of this experiment was to identify the unknown sunflower plants and to determine which nutrient was missing from each one. Two samples of each nutrient were created and placed into mason jars with the plants. The plants were allowed for grow for 3 weeks, with each having varying changes over time. In order to complete our goal, we had to carefully analyze the samples and compare and contrast their different symptom traits. This was done because it allows a first-hand look at the effects of nutrient deficiency on plants which allows a better understanding of plant mineral nutrition. The symptoms presented show that the specific loss of a nutrient can lead to varying side effects ranging from slight deformities to severe deterioration.

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, being a key component in the process of photosynthesis and is a part of the chlorophyll molecule. Nitrogen acts to increase the amount of the green chlorophyll in plant leaves which allows them to absorb the optimum amount of sunlight by increasing the surface area of leaves to hold the chlorophyll and optimum amounts of nitrogen in a plant allow it to produce enough foliage in order for it to successfully photosynthesise efficiently, therefore producing the right energy it needs to function.

A plant is any of the boundless number of living beings within the biological kingdom Plantae, these species are considered of low motility since this species generally generate their own food by sunlight. They incorporate a large group of commonplace life forms including trees, forbs, bushes, grasses, vines, plants, and greeneries. In this task we are experimenting the relationship between light and plant growth by growing plants in three different lights which are red light, blue light and white light. As I stated above that plants generate their own food by sunlight. Sunlight can be broken up by a prism into respective colors of red, blue, orange, yellow, green, indigo, violet and white. All this lights have specific

Nitrogen is used by plants in order to synthesize protein peptide bonds and for cell growth. Not only is this nutrient required in the largest quantity by plants, but it is also the most frequently limiting factor when it comes to productivity in crops. Plants cannot use nitrogen in the air and in the soil system it is lost easily. Because of this plants are forced to obtain nitrogen in the form of nitrate and ammonium from the soil. Too much nitrate can cause a negative effect on the plant including nitrate toxicity. High levels of nitrate are not only bad for plants but can also be dangerous to animals or humans in their presence. Here I discuss the scientific evidence of the effects of nitrate accumulation on plants and the

Wheat is the world’s third most important food crop next to maize and rice, (Green et al., 2012). It accounts for one-fifth of total production among major cereal crops and provides 55 % of the carbohydrates consumed by humans around the world (Bagge et al., 2007). However, wheat productivity is threatened by both biotic and abiotic stresses and its potential yield is rarely achieved.

All plants are subjected to a multitude of stresses throughout their life cycle. Depending on the species of plant and the source of the stress, the plant will respond in different ways. When a certain tolerance level is reached, the plant will eventually die. When the plants in question are crop plants, then a problem arises. The two major environmental factors that currently reduce plant productivity are drought and salinity (Serrano, 1999), and these stresses cause similar reactions in plants due to water stress. These environmental concerns affect plants more than is commonly thought. For example, disease and insect loss typically decrease crop yields by less than ten percent, but severe