Experiment Overview

We are Group 2 from Nelson County, Virginia. In this experiment, Virginia Tech gave our BRVGS class the task of testing the differences in growth between Arabidopsis thaliana variations. Plants both with and without their AAP6 gene were tested. The plants that kept all of their original genes were considered wild type while those with the disabled AAP6 gene were called mutants. Potassium nitrate, a variable that is often used as a fertilizer outside of labs, was also added to all of the experimental groups. The plants that received the potassium nitrate were the experimental group and those who did not were the control group. Over the span of the arabidopsis plants' life, all of the plants were watered and measured weekly. Graphs were also made for each phase of the arabidopsis' life to display the data. Group 2's results from this experiment show that when the disabled AAP6 gene and the potassium nitrate are both applied to the arabidopsis plant, it aids in larger and healthier growth.