Understanding Seed Germination and Fertilizer Use

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Background:
1Germination can be defined as the process of seeds, develop into new plants. In spite of being changeable according to its species, there environmental conditions that needs to be supplied such as temperature, ph and sunlight.1The first process is when water is plentiful, the seed fills with water in a process called imbibiton. In this process seed starts to grow a root. As the plant grows leaves to obtain sunlight. After this point, plant will continue to develop and make its own food by photosynthesis. In order to grow a plant stronger and faster, over the time, people developed different ways. One of these ways is applying fertillizer directly to the plant. Fertillizer is mostly beneficial and widely used so that plants may …show more content…

Variables:
Independent Variables:
Types of the beans:
- Phaselous vulgaris F034
- Phaselous vulgaris F033
Types of fertillizer:
-Ammonium Sulphate
- Worm Fertillizer
Dependent Variables:
-Seed embryo growth

Variables How it is controlled? Reason
Temperature Room temperature is controlled by measuring with a thermometer in each day. (23’C) Additional heat may decrease or increase the growth of roots.
Light Seeds are placed in transparent petri dishes at the same time and exposed to the same light level. This allowed to reduce inaccuracy between groups.
Time Germination and growth of roots are measured at lunch period between 12.30 pm.-13.00 pm for each trial In order to make a more accurate measurement.
Volume of Water By using graduated cylinders. Equal amount of water will provide more accurate results. Table 3: Controlled variables and the method to control them

Material List:
1. 500 ml of tap water
2. 1 liter of ammonium sulphate and water solution
3. 1 liter of worm fertilizer and water solution
4. 33x seeds of Boncuk Ayşe1 (Phaseolus vulgaris)
5. 33x seeds of Ayse Kadin2 (Phaseolus vulgaris)
6. 12x couple of petri

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