QUANTITIVE ANALYSIS OF HOW SODIUM AND LIGHT INTENSITY AFFECTS RAPHANUS SATIVUS DEVLEOPMENT AND GROWTH

Lauren Bright, Malyssa Sanders, Nakia Smith

Abstract


The growth and germination of radishes was evaluated to determine the effect of light intensity and salinity levels. The experiment proved sodium inhibits the abililty for the plant to properly undergo photosynthesis and high light intensity encourages leaf hairs while low intensity lights produce taller plants with a distinctive green pigment.

Keywords


salinity; light intensity; radish

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