Towards the end of the plant’s maturity, the average number of blooms and pods per plant were also counted and recorded. The average number of fully opened leaves per plant were also recorded on the second and third weeks after the plants emerged. CO2 levels of the plants in an enclosed chamber and chlorophyll content of the plant’s leaves (measured in levels of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b) were recorded as well on the last week of measurement. Finally, pictures of the plants were taken after the measurements were made for us to visually record the condition of our plants.
Result Analysis
Results were expressed in clustered column bar graphs demonstrating the changes in plants over time. Error bars were added to the graphs to demonstrate their accuracy. Tables were also created to review the t-test data, standard deviation, and standard error of all the numerically recorded variables. We used this visual data to help us analyze our data.
Results
Analysis of Plant Height
The wild type B. rapa with an average plant height over the course of the experiment of 12.14 cm is significantly taller, (with an average t-test value of p=0.035936053) than the variegated B. rapa (with an average plant height of 7.22) on all three dates of recording (see Table 1). There is also a
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First, the average plant height of the wild type of B. rapa was greater in all the dates recorded than the variegated B. rapa (see Figure 1). The height difference between the two plants was the most significant on the second week of the plant’s development. This was likely due to this period being a vegetative growth stage where the more rapid photosynthesizing plant (the wild type of B. rapa) displayed its advantage in the production of sugars essential to growth opposed to the variegated B. rapa plant. Overall, this test supports the theory that the wild type of B. rapa can photosynthesize better than the variegated B. rapa