Experiment Overview

We are Group 1 from Nelson County Virginia. In this experiment, the effect of a 6 millimolar solution of potassium nitrate (KNO3) was tested on plants with and without their AAP6 gene. The plants with their AAP6 gene turned off were mutants and the plants with their AAP6 gene turned on were wild types. The plants that received potassium nitrate were mutant experiment and wild type experiment. The plants that did not receive potassium nitrate were mutant control and wild type control. The variable was applied once a week on the day that the plants were watered. The plants were measured twice a week during their eight week life cycle. The plants were measured over the course of three phases including rosette width, bolt height, and silique count. In the final analysis, both mutants had wider rosettes, taller bolts, and more siliques than the wild types. This shows that the removal of the AAP6 gene was beneficial to plant growth, and the application of potassium nitrate had relatively no effect on the growth of plants.