MINI PROJECT: SENGKUANG To BALSAM


CAPTAIN: Elavarasi
Ng Jit Mun
Angie Fan Yan Kai
Nielson Edward
Umi Najua
Nurul Huda
Report Submission:
First Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Second Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Third Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Fourth Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Video Assignment Nutrient Analysis.
Fifth Lab Report (CLICK HERE)
Hardcopy Overall Summary Report

Lab Schedule:
26th March 2018 - Soil permeability Test (Click Here)
26th March 2018 - Soil Salinity Test (CLICK HERE)
9th April 2018 - Sieve Analysis Test (CLICK HERE)
9th April 2018- Soil Nutrient Analysis (VIDEO REPORT)
23rd April 2018- Soil Moisture Analysis (Moisture Meter)<read comment section

Research Questions:
  1. How does hours of daylight exposure affect the developmental growth of Yam Bean?
  2. How does light influence nutrient bioavailability absorption of the Yam Bean plant?
  3. How does light influence the ability of the Yam Bean plant as nitrogen-fixer?
  4. How does the growth of Yam Bean related with soil minerals and phytoavailability?
  5. How does light affect soil biology: nodules & rhizosphere activities/interactions?
Materials:
  1. Yam Bean seeds
  2. 5 pots (poke same number of holes at the bottom of the pot for drainage)
  3. 500ml recycle bottle (for watering)
  4. One type of soil texture (can fill in 5 pots, one portion keep for lab analysis (record GPS soil sample location taken can upload apps from smartphone)
  5. Two recycle empty transparent bottle glass jar for soil texture analysis (same size, smooth even surface).
  6. Two empty recycle tin can (same size), poke same number of holes at the bottom of the can.
  7. Three Recycle plastic container for air-dry soil.
  8. Four carton box size that can cover the pot and plant. Exclude light.
  9. Four twigs (about 50cm) for each pot and rubber bands/ropes. Form trellis.
1st Lab Analysis (Report submit online due 20th March 2018):
  1. Fill up the pot with soil. Pat the soil to compress the soil so that the level of soil does not shrink after watering.
  2. Divide the number of seeds equally for each pot and space the seeds when seed sowing.
  3. Top about 2cm thick of soil after seed are placed on the soil. Then water with same amount (500ml) for each pot.
  4. Soil Color Analysis.
  5. Soil Texture Analysis.
  6. Soil Moisture: weight 100gram of soil, record. Then air-dry soil. After 2 weeks, when soil has no more moisture, weight dried soil.
  7. Water the soil daily with the same amount.
  8. Light exposure will change on 26th March 2018. One pot keep for control.
    Observation Record:
    1. Germination rate for each pot.
    2. Mortality/survival rate of the plant growth.
    3. How long does seeds start to sprout an emerge from the soil for each soil texture.
    4. Average growth of the plants (root, shoot and whole plant) for each soil texture.
    5. Number of nodules.
    6. Nutrient availability of each soil sample.
    7. Deficiency symptoms.
    8. Capture photos of plant growth development.
    Daylight Hours and Growth Monitoring:

    5th March - 9th April 2018 : All plants received same daylight hours.

    From 9th April 2018 daily:

    Pot A - No cover (control)
    Pot B - 2 hours
    Pot C- 4 hours
    Pot D- 6 hours
    Pot E- 8 hours

    23rd April 2018 : Dug out carefully 2 plants (make sure roots intact) from each pot and measure the length of root, shoot and whole plant. Measure the wet weight of the whole plant. Then dry the plant, after plant dried completely. Measure plant dry weight.Count number of nodules.

    SUGGESTION:

    Read up on nitrogen fixer like Yam Bean.

    Get to know how to grow Yam Bean, its like and dislike.

    Don't forget to keep your reference list for your report. Citations.

    Fill free to add on research questions or observation data. 

    Comments

    1. Unknown10 April 2018 at 00:38

      23rd March 2018:
      Measure the soil moisture using the moisture meter before watering the plant and covering the plant.
      Give same amount (ml) of water for each pot.
      Measure soil pH too.

      After that cover the plants.
      Later after all covers are open with the last one 8 hours, measure all the pots soil moisture again.
      What is the rate of water loss from the soil for each pot?
      Discuss.

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