Introduction
Plant food is a type of fertilizer in which plants are suppose to grow taller and healthier when the food is used over a period of time. It is made up of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Nitrogen makes plants grow faster and produce more leaves, phosphorus makes the roots work better, and potassium gives larger flowers and prevents infection. The plant food contains these nutrients that are absorbed by the roots of a plant. Radishes, however, the subject of interest in this experiment is speculated by some to whether plant food actually works on it. However, for the experiment to be successful, the background information on the radish, “Early Scarlet Globe”, must be intact. Radish seeds grow very quickly. For them to germinate, the
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The reason the plant will grow taller and at a faster rate is because of the properties that plant food has. Plant food provides crucial nutrients to the plant that will make it stronger. It also gives the plant energy to …show more content…
Then, mark one cup with B, this is the control group. Next, poke two holes at the bottom of each cup for drainage. After this, fill both the A cup with two hundred and fifty milliliters of miracle grow soil. Then, fill the B cup, the control group, with two hundred and fifty milliliters of miracle grow soil. After both the A and the B cups are filled, the radish seeds must be placed in each cup. To do this, make two indents in the dirt of each cup about half an inch deep in which the seeds are to be placed. Next, plant two seedlings in both cups to insure one sprouts. Then cover both holes. After this, be sure to place both in direct
Investigating the Effect of Light Intensity on the Size of a Plantain Leaf Title: To investigate the effect of light intensity on the size of a plantain leaf. Hypothesis: I predict that the size of the plantain leaves would increase as the light intensity decreases. Therefore, plantain leaves found in the shade will have larger surface areas than leaves found in an open area. Theory: Sunlight is an essential factor need to complete the process of photosynthesis.
Old World crops such as wheat, barley, rice, and turnips had not traveled west across the Atlantic. Some of the New World crops that hav...
For years farmers have been adding natural fertilizers to their crops. It is a big risk though. Over fertilizing is very dangerous. It puts high concentrations of salt into the soil. It can also affect the water resources nearby. Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potassium are the basics of fertilizer. If a certain nutrient is short in supply the fertilizer might not work as well. Calcium, iron, manganese are also nutrients that might be needed. So don’t just trust the fertilizer bag that says it has all the nutrients, test it out. (Miller and Levine 717)
The purpose of my project is to analyze the relationships between the color of light radishes
The opening and closing of stomata is one example of this movement. There are a large amount of growth conditions that can affect a plant. One of the most important of these conditions concerns the type of availability of light present for photosynthesis. By controlling the type of light that a plant receives, its growth can be affected.
There isn’t enough food food for all so it grows fast and feeds more. Not how it helps businesses get more money faster which then can go out and help those workers who work so hard to grow our food to feed our family.
The sunflower got its name from its flower, which resembles the sun. The large flower is actually a mature flower head, composed a bunch of tiny flowers clumped together (Duncan 1975). The sunflower is an annual, erect, broadleaf plant. It has a tough, strong stem and rough simple leaves. The leaves on the immature buds are phototropic and follow the sun’s rays, one of the properties that increase light interception. The sunflower is not prone to many diseases, which make it appealing to producers (Duncan 1975). The plant grows rapidly and very large in the right location. They thrive in northern areas. One of the beneficial properties is the plants ability for phtytoremediation. It’s able to r...
We know that food is very significant to live our lifetime; it provides fats, proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, and minerals for the body (“Carrot”). One of food sources that provides the nutrients above is carrot. Carrot has Persia origin, which is a region in Iran and Afghanistan now. Even, carrot was in central Asian and Middle Eastern a thousand of year ago and it became widely in Europe in two centuries of 15th and 16th (“Number of Farmers’ Markets Continues to Grow”). Moreover, its name comes from the Greek is “karoton” and carrot is abstracted the first five letters of “karoton” (“Carrot”). Likewise, carrot has its name like “carota” of Latin language. Besides, its orange color appeared in the Netherlands in the 17th century (“Carrot”).
Plants contain a great variety of carbohydrates such as polysaccharides (pentosan, hexosans such as cellulose, starch, xylans, etc.), oligosaccharides (stachyose, raffinose, etc.), disaccharides (maltose, sucrose, cellobiose, trehalose, etc.), monosaccharides (glucose, galactose, fructose, etc.), sugar alcohols (glycerol, sorbitol, etc.), sugar acids (uronic acid, ascorbic acid, etc.), esters (tannins), organic acids (citric, tartartic, oxalic, lactic, etc.), proteins (albumins, globulins, gluten, prolamines, amino acids), lipids (fatty acids, phospholipids, glycolipids, etc.), nucleic acids (purine and pyrimidine), vitamins (fat soluble: A, D, E, K; water soluble: thiamine, niacin, riboflavin,
The leaves of local wild and cultivated plants are of vegetables which are rich in starch and part of African diet (Smith, 2007). Some of these African leafy vegetables can also be classified as functional foods because they contain high nutrient which are beneficial to human health (Van wyk, 2003). Green plants absorb the minerals they need for diverse anabolic processes from the soil, the complex organic compounds found in plant leaves are antioxidant molecules which serves as protection against oxidative solar radiation (Zimmermann, 2005). Leafy vegetables are therefore important sources of minerals, trace elements and photochemical with health protective and immune–strengthening properties. Molecular evidences shows that the trace elements in leafy vegetables and antioxidant molecules present lowers the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease through a mechanism that molecule free radical attack on nucleic acids, proteins and polyunsaturated fatty acids (Borek,2003). This is an indication that leafy vegetables have a higher antioxidant properties compared to e...
...then disinfected in a 10% bleach solution for 15 minutes. It is important to put all necessary materials needed for culturing in the laminar flow hood to prevent spreading contaminants once you begin working. After thoroughly washing your hands and arms, remove the leaf from the bleach solution with sterile forceps, then re-sterilize forceps and scalpel before cutting the petiole into 1cm pieces and the leaf into approximately 2cm squares. Place the explants on a petri dish with media, gently pressing to ensure contact between explant and media. First the explants are placed on an initiation medium, then later placed on a development medium. The medium used depends on the the stage of growth and requirements for salts, sugar, nutrients, vitamins, hormones, and pH. This process eventually produces many plantlets that can be transplanted into a non-sterile environment.
Many people wonder what a plant needs to grow. Plants are almost like human beings, they have needs and wants. Plants require what humans need to grow such as to drink, to breathe and to eat. To gain a better understanding of a plants needs, soil, what is needed for growth, and their life cycles must be examined.
his semester intrigued my curiosity about plants , and how are they seen in this modern society. Nowadays plants are not seeing as a priority like back in the days. Before the industrialization the agricultures was one of the primary money maker. Nowadays what has being making money and being important to society has being the different innovations in technology. Plants have being gradually forgotten in the past couple of centuries (industrialization 1800s) . As a biology major, this semester I had the experience to study the plant tissues, organ system, and how they affect the environment. While I was learning about plants I was able to realized that prior this class my knowledge about the effect of plants in the world was minimum. This
Of the many different vegetable crops now under cultivation in both the U.S. and abroad, one that has gained increasing importance is that of broccoli. Although it does not constitute a significant portion of most people's diets, it has nevertheless experienced a kind of "revival" in recent years and has become increasingly popular (Schery, 1972; Heywood, 1978). It may even be said that broccoli has emerged from relative obscurity and attained the status of a worthwhile garden vegetable,"(Talbert, 1953).
A plant food is any material /substance of natural or artificial origin that's applied to soils or to plant to produce one or a lot of plant nutrient essential to the expansion of and development of plants. plant food is any substance accustomed add nutrients to the soil to market soil fertility and increase plant growth. Fertilisers helps to reinforce the plant growth. merely plant food area unit nothing however the plant nutrients. Fertilisers is classified into 2 categories: organic or inorganic