EXERCISE NO.

4 Plant Growth and Development

CROP SCIENCE 1100

PRINCIPLES OF CROP SCIENCE
NAME:
SECTION:

INSTRUCTIONS: Follow all the instructions. Make sure to photo-document every step
is done, the progress of the experiment, and the final result of the experiment. Then
attached it to this document. You may also send a video presentation instead of photo-
documentation.

Experiment 1: Types of Germination

Materials:

Soil 5 seeds of rice (Oryza sativa)

Marker 5 seeds of mungbean (Vigna radiata)

Ruler 1 old Rectangular plastic containers or microwaveable

plastic containers (tall)

Procedure:

1. Mark the rectangular plastic container 1inch above the base. Note that this will be
the proper positioning of the seeds (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Container marked with 1 inch above the base

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2. Fill the container with soil up to the marked line.
3. Sow the mungbean seeds on one side of the container where you can observe
the seed germination then sow the rice seeds on the other side of the container
and cover the seeds with 2 cm of soil (Figure 2).

SIDE A SID

M b
Figure 2. Side view of the experimental d
set-up Ri

soil

SIDE B

Ri d

M b d
Figure 3. Top view of the experimental set-up

4. Water the soil with a half a cup of water and do it every time the soil is dry.
SIDE A
5. From the 3rd day onwards, Record the length of the root and shoot 1 sample
from each crop, and draw it on the space provided below.
6. After one week, observe the position of the cotyledons relative to the tape
placement and the part of the seedlings which elongated.
7. Determine whether the crops have epigeal or hypogeal germination and check
the corresponding type on the table below.

Table 1. Types of germination

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Crop Seed Epigeal Germination Hypogeal Germination

Mungbean

Rice

Illustration/ Photo documentation

EPIGEAL : ___________________________

Day No. 3 Day No. 4 Day No. 5 Day No. 6 Day No. 7

Shoot length: Shoot length: Shoot length: Shoot length: Shoot length:

Root length: Root length: Root length: Root length: Root length:

HYPOGEAL: ___________________________

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Day No. 3 Day No. 4 Day No. 5 Day No. 6 Day No. 7

Shoot length: Shoot length: Shoot length: Shoot length: Shoot length:

Root length: Root length: Root length: Root length: Root length:

EXPERIMENT 2: Individual Plant Growth

Materials:

15 seeds of mungbean (Vigna radiata)

5 pots or 500ml plastic bottles

Soil

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Procedure:

1. Fill the pots with soil up to about 2 cm below the brim.

2. Plant 3 mung bean seeds in each pot and water as needed.
3. After 1 week, reduce the number of seedlings into 1 per pot.
4. Note the number of fully expanded leaves at the appearance of the first
compound leaf onwards, until the plant dies.
5. Record the data on the table below and construct a graph correspondingly.
6. Discuss the trend of the graph in relation to crop growth and yield.

Table 1. Number of Leaves of Mungbean

Pot Day/Number of Leaves Total

number

15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39 42 45

Mean

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Make a Graph using the data you have gathered.

Figure 3. The growth curve of mungbean

Discuss the graph and relate it to crop growth and development.