Experiment Overview

We are Group 3 from Nelson County Virginia. In our experiment, four plant variants were grown. Within these plant variations, there was one with the deactivated AAP6 gene and an added variable of potassium nitrate called mutant experimental (ME), one with the deactivated AAP6 gene but no variable called mutant control (MC), one with the working AAP6 gene and the added variable called wild type experimental (WTE), and the last group with the working AAP6 gene and no added variable called wild type control (WTC). The plants with the altered gene are called mutants and the plants without the altered gene are called wild type. Only the plants in the designated experimental group had an added solution of potassium nitrate, which had a concentration of 6 millimoles. This solution was applied once a week on Wednesdays before watering. The plants were measured by the width of the rosettes during the first phase, the bolt heights during the second phase, and finally, the number of siliques during the third phase. Overall, the plants without the AAP6 gene performed much better than those with the gene, and the plants with the potassium nitrate variable applied displayed larger growth than those without the added variable.