Brassica Rapa is a widely-studied plant in the field of Biology. Brassica Rapa is also known as the vegetable crops that many people often cook in their kitchen or harvest in their gardens: cabbages and turnips. This herbaceous species derived from the genus of Brassica and the family Brassicaceae (1). Worldwide, this species is recognized as one of the most fast-growing plants that many biologists are found to experiment on when testing the effects of various variables. When teens are in the process of developing, they begin to produce steroid hormones in which a sudden growth spurt occurs in the body, such as testosterone and estradiol. While the same process occurs in plants, many plants produce brassinosteroids when they are in process of developing in terms of body size (2).
Brassinosteroids were first discovered in 1979 when it was observed in the Brassica Rapa, which was how it got its name (2). The primary function of a brassinosteroid is to stimulate the growth in plants and to maintain the overall body size in plants. However, brassinosteroids are not present in all plants; some plants cannot produce brassinosteroids and remain as a dwarfed plant, such as an Arabidopsis thaliana (2). On the other hand, Brassica Rapa contain brassinosteroids, which is one of the contributing
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With that, it was hypothesized that the Miracle Gro fertilizer will have a significant effect on all five dependent variables by means of an abundance of size in each variable. To determine the effects of the Miracle Gro fertilizer on the five dependent variables, an independent samples test will be used. Based on the t-values and p-values reported for each variable, the results either be reported as statistically significant or
There were two types of plants used. Both were of the same species, Brassica rapa but two of the plants contained rosette shaped complexes that were deficient in producing gibberellic acid compared to the wild-type plants. Therefore, they grew smaller and shorter as a phenotype. The Brassicaceae family includes cabbage, cauliflower, spinach, and many others. (
The Wisconsin fast plant also known as the Brassica rapa belongs to the crucifer family of plants, closely related to cabbages, turnips, broccoli and other vegetables. Brassica rapa plants are used because they are viewed as model organism, a species that has been widely studied and can be breed in a laboratory. It is an ideal model organism because it has a short growing process. About 2 weeks after the plant is planted it will began flowering, possessing the ability to produce seeds at high planting density, is categorized as a petite plant size, and lastly has the ability to grow under continuous fluorescent lighting in a standard potting mix. This plants make it easy to track the genetic information passed from generation to generation
The analysis of the data was done by employing the following statistical techniques which were chosen only after the investigator found them to be most appropriate and compatible to the data. Each statistical method is based upon its own specific assumptions regarding the nature of the sample, its universe and research conditions. These factors were considered in advance. Following statistical measures were
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The average height of the wild type Brassica rapa plants treated with gibberellic acid was 5.91 cm and was taller after 15 days of growth than the wild type Brassica rapa plants treated with water, which were 5.60
From both graphs, the plant with two pellets and six pellets of fertilizer grow faster than zero fertilizer and four fertilizers. Compare to the plant with two pellets and six pellets, the six pellets one grow faster than the plant with two pellets. The plant with four pellets grow slower than the plant with no fertilizer. However, the data doesn’t make sense, so it is unreliable. Also, it does not support the hypothesis. The reason why the data is wrong, is maybe because the Brassica rapa was extract in the first week for measuring the length. Neverthless, it was a wrong action.Therefore,
The experiment commenced with planting over one hundred and thirty Brassica rapa plants. A large abundance was planted to ensure the large diversity of plants, which would also ensure a number of plants would be available to artificially select. Each Brassica rapa was planted with about one hundred and thirty plants to ensure the genetic diversity but this process first commenced by accumulating small plastic pots; it was important that these pots have holes in them so that they could be filled with wick. The small piece of wick would serve as a safety net for the Brassica rapas in case they do not receive water. The wick would temporarily keep the soil moist, so the plants would not immediately face peril. We also kept the soil moist
The synthetic auxin found in SUPERthrive, indole-3-bytric acid, may be a key player in the benefits of SUPERthrive, if there are any. For example, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), the main auxin in higher plants, has been found to have positive effects on plant growth and development. Auxin is able to stimulate differential growth, specifically in response to gravity or light stimuli. Another important aspect of auxin is its ability to detect developmental defects caused by auxin deficiency. With SUPERthrive having indole-3-bytric acid as one of its main ingredients, there should be some benefits from its use (Zhao, 2010). The increased growth seen in the SUPERthrive zinnias may have been due to the additive of auxins in the product.
The control group in this experiment is the group that is grown normally to test the effects of the rest of the experiment’s independent variables. Growing Brassica rapa plants in the control group will allow the other science experiments to be compared to the normal growth of a common Brassica rapa plant. The normal growth of these plants will be important in measuring the other plants to see how their sizes compare and to show how an untreated plant would grow. Because of the nature of the control group, there is no null hypothesis since all the plants should grow at the same rate. If the correct amount of sunlight and water are given to the Brassica rapa plant, then they should grow as a normal Brassica rapa plant would. The purpose of this
The reason we conducted the experiment was to learn how much fertilizer to use on lawn grass, and how it affects grass. We found in the research that fertilizer helps the plant grow (with the right amount) in long amounts of time. Our hypothesis was if we change the amount of fertilizer in the grass plants soil than the amount with 1 tsp. will be the tallest and healthiest, because it will not be too much or too little but just right. To create this experiment we filled cups with soil and poked holes for the grass seeds. Then we watered the seeds and added the amount of fertilizer needed to each cup. An answer to our question is that fertilizer does affect plant growth with the right amount of time needed. In our experiment the plants without
The Wisconsin Fast Plant, otherwise known as the Brassica Rapa, is a petite plant and researching tool bred by Dr. Paul Williams and used to improve disease resistance of the cruciferous plants. Dr. Williams was able to breed the Fast Plant with other related species of the Cruciferae family, in order to achieve shorter life cycles. Fast Plant life cycles have been reduced from the average six-month cycle to a five-week cycle (History of Wisconsin Fast Plants). These plants have been known to show exponential growth results within the first two weeks. Fast Plants are also known to share familial ties with other groups of plants such as mustard, cabbage, etc. Dr. Williams was able to achieve breeding a short life cycle plant through selective breeding and cross-pollination (Sprouting Up All Over). After about twenty years of mixing and matching the Fast Plant with other plants of the Brassica group, Dr. Williams was able to achieve the modern
The purpose of the experiment determine whether a plant watered with diluted aspirin will grow faster than a plant watered with normal water. We seeking to answer the scientific question, “Does aspirin improve the growth of plants?” Our hypothesis is the more aspirin a plant is given the faster and higher the plant will grow. We compared the results of three groups of lima beans. The first group received normal water while the second the third groups had aspirin added (second group had one aspirin and third group had two aspirins). We used two plants for each group so if one died the experiment could continue. Our experiment demonstrated the addition of aspirin has a positive impact on plant growth with the third group (two aspirin added)
The Brassica rapa has many common names such as field mustard, bird rape, colza, and keblock and is closely related to turnips, rapeseed, and cabbage. Wisconsin University researchers bred one species of the Brassica rapa to have an extremely short life cycle (seed-to-seed thirty-five to forty days) for a model organism in education and experiments. In addition to their short life cycle, they are ideal for these situations because they can grow without natural sunlight, without much space, they do not use an excess of water, and the changes can be seen from week to week.
In spite of the debate encompassing them, hereditarily adjusted plants have flourished in our reality. Similarly, as with any new innovation, individuals from society have the obligation to end up educated about hereditarily altered plants, keeping in mind the end goal to settle on choices about their dependable use and
In full sun, there is a significant difference in alfalfa height and weight between 25 alfalfa and 25 tomatoes/25 alfalfa. In partial shade, there is not a significant difference in height and weight. In full sun, the mean height and weight of alfalfa in the pot of 25 alfalfa was 94.3 mm and 268.3 mg respectively. The mean height and weight of alfalfa in the pot with 25 tomatoes/25 alfalfa was 67.8 mm and 84.6 mg respectively. In partial shade, the mean height and weight of alfalfa in the pot of 25 alfalfa was 67.7 mm and 107.0 mg respectively. The mean height and weight of alfalfa in the pot with 25 tomatoes/25 alfalfa was 60.0 mm and 88.2 mg respectively. The data shows that tomatoes may be stronger competitors in sunlight compared to partial shade. There is a negative interaction between alfalfa and tomatoes in full sun, but not in partial