Effect of Carrot (Daucus carota) Solution on Kalachuchi (Plumeria rubra)

Truncheons

Researchers:
Jessie James A. De Guzman
Beyance Mari T. Baquiran
Leanne Cristelle P. Dela Cruz
Neil Josiah B. Silvestre

Regional Science High School for Region 02

Camp Samal, Arcon, Tumauini, Isabela

Research Adviser:
Ma. Teresa L. Aresta

S. Y. 2019-2020

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Effect of Carrot (Daucus carota) Solution on Kalachuchi (Plumeria rubra)
Truncheons

Researchers:

Leanne Cristelle P. Dela Cruz

Beyance Mari T. Baquiran

Jessie James A. De Guzman

Neil Josiah B. Silvestre

Research Plan

A. Rationale
It has been the practice to plant trees by seedlings or cuttings, but it takes a

very long time for a tree to grow. This is costly since regular watering, fertilization,

and fencing are still needed. Carrot extract are found to have growth and rooting

hormones. That is considered when combined produce a root inducing solution which

helps the rapid growth of truncheon. Plant hormones as testosterone, estrogen, or even

adrenaline. Hormones are chemical signals that coordinate the different parts of an

organism. Naphthalene is an organic compound with its simplest polyclic aromatic

hydrocarbon, and is a white crystalline solid. It has growth hormones and auxins. One

of these is carrots. The characteristic of the carrots is that they contain beta-carotene, a

component found in orange vegetables. Kalachuchi is a small, deciduous tree, 3-7

meters high, with a crooked trunk, smooth and shining stems, succulent, with

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abundant sticky, milky latex. All in all, the researchers decided to produce a root

inducing solution using carrot solution as the main material in making the root

inducing solution made of carrot solution.

B. Statement of Hypothesis

Ha: Carrot Solution can fasten the growth and propagation of kalachuchi

truncheons.

Ho: Carrot Solution cannot fasten the growth and propagation of kalachuchi

truncheons.

C. Questions to be Addressed

This will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of Carrot Solution on

Kalachuchi Truncheons, and it aims to answer the following question:

a. How many roots can Carrot Solution grow in the truncheon?

b. How many days can it take to grow the roots of the truncheon?

D. Procedure

Wash the carrots to remove the dirt then, weigh 15g of carrots, after

weighing. Using a knife, and a chopping board, chop the carrots into cubes then

place the carrot cuts in the blender. Measure 15ml of distilled water and then mix this

inside the blender. Then blend the cubes with distilled water. After the extraction,

place the extract on a clean container, do this in all the treatments and replicates. Cut

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a circular Styrofoam to cover the top of the container then make a hole at the center

of the styro. Cut 24 pieces of mature stem of Kalachuchi plant with the length of 6

inches long and insert them at the center of the styro. Be sure that the tip of the stem

will directly in contact with the extract. After 12-14 days. Observe the changes in the

root induction; record all the observed changes done by the extract to the truncheon.

Count the roots who have grown the measure of the height of the truncheon and If

there are leaves who grow.

E. Bibliography

(n.d) (2017, May 19) Facts about Naphthalene Acetic Acid (NAA). Retrieved from

Sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/n0640?lang=en&region=PH

(n.d) (2016). Stem Cuttings. Retrieved from https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/plant-

propagation-by-stem-cuttings-instructions-for-the-home-gardener

(n.d) (2015, June 17) Background of Carrots. Retrieved from

http://www.sciencekids.co.n2/sciencefacts/food/carrots.html

(n.d) (2016) Analysis of In dole-3-butyric acid induced adventitious root formation

on Arabidopsis stem segments. Retrieved from

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15no955788/

(n.d) (2018) Intercellular Inclusions in White Mustard Roots Induced by Colchicines

Treatment. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/163362130

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to send their sincerest thank you and heartfelt

gratitude to the following people who guided them in making and conducting their

study.

To the School Principal, Mrs. Evelyn Bumanglag, for the support and for

allowing the researchers to conduct the study inside the school premises.

To Ma’am Maria Teresa L. Aresta, the researchers’ adviser, for encouraging

them to conduct the study, for guiding them in making the research paper, for yielding

them to become good researchers and especially for her unending support and efforts.

To their loving parents, for their guidance, overflowing support and love to the

researchers.

Lastly, to the Almighty God, for giving them knowledge, wisdom, good health,

and strength for them to be able to do their roles properly, to be able to think clearly

and for keeping them away from danger while the study was conducted.

The Researchers

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 ABSTRACT

Effect Carrot Solution on kalachuchi truncheons was conducted to produce a

root inducing solution, test its effectiveness in terms of its root induction and

propagation and to compare its effectiveness with the normal way of planting trees

using the cutting method.

This study aimed to produce a root inducing solution using Carrot solution as

the main material.

Two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) revealed that the alternative

hypothesis “Carrot Solution can fasten the growth and propagation of kalachuchi

truncheons”.

For the results, to prove that the study carrot fruit extract is capable of being

an alternative root inducing solution on truncheons. The researchers will found out by

testing both different kind of root inducing solution, the alternative and

commercialized root inducing solution in observing the number of leaves, roots,

flower and height of the plant.

The effect of Carrot Solution was tested by the changes done by the extract to

the truncheon and the number of leaves, roots, flowers and height of the plant being

present in the entire experimentation and observation.

By that, the researchers recommend that to fasten the root inducing process,

increase the amount of Carrot solution to be used as a root inducing solution.

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