MINI PROJECT: JAGUNG PANDAN
Nurul Natasyah
Kong Wan Ling
Nurfatinsofea
Aaron Chin Vui Chang
Sow Xiao Hui
Report Submission:
First Lab Report (Link)
Second Lab Report (Link)
Third Lab Report (Link)
Fourth Lab Report (Link)
Fifth Lab Report (Link)
Hardcopy Overall Summary Report
Weekly Report:
Weekly Report 1 (Link)
Weekly Report 2 (Link)
Weekly Report 3 (Link)
Weekly Report:
Weekly Report 1 (Link)
Weekly Report 2 (Link)
Weekly Report 3 (Link)
Lab Schedule:
26th March 2018 - Soil permeability Test (Click Here)
13th April 2018- Soil Nutrient Analysis (CLICK HERE)
27th April 2018- Plant Doctor diagnosed plant health (VIDEO REPORT)
Research Questions:- Among each soil which is the most suitable soil to grow jagung pandan?
- How does moisture content of each soil affect the upland jagung pandan growth?
- Which soil is most fertile to grow upland jagung pandan productively?
- How does the growth of jagung pandan related with soil minerals and phytoavailability/bioavailability?
- How does soil moisture content & soil texture affect soil biology: such as rhizosphere interactions?
Materials:
- Jagung pandan seeds
- 5 pots (poke same number of holes at the bottom of the pot for drainage)
- 500ml recycle bottle (for watering)
- 5 different soil texture (each soil sample can fit 2 pots, one portion for soil medium and one for lab analysis)
- Record coordinates soil sample location taken (can upload apps from smartphone)
- 5 recycle empty transparent bottle glass jar for soil texture analysis (same size, smooth even surface).
- 5 empty recycle tin can (same size), poke same number of holes at the bottom of the can.
- 10 Recycle plastic container for air-dry soil.
1st Lab Analysis (Report submit online due 24th March 2018):
- Fill up the pot with soil. Pat the soil to compress the soil so that the level of soil does not shrink after watering.
- Divide the number of seeds equally for each pot and space the seeds when seed sowing.
- Top about 2cm thick of soil after seed are placed on the soil. Then water with same amount (500ml) for each pot.
- Soil Color Analysis.
- Soil Texture Analysis.
- Soil Moisture (weight 100 gram of soil, record weight). Air dry soil. After two weeks, weight totally dried soil.
- Water the soil daily with the same amount.
Observation Record:
- Germination rate for each pot.
- Mortality/survival rate of the plant growth.
- How long does seeds start to sprout an emerge from the soil for each soil texture.
- Average growth of the plants (root, shoot and whole plant) for each soil texture every two weeks.
- Nutrient availability of each soil sample.
- Deficiency symptoms.
- Capture photos of plant growth development.
Watering Frequency and Growth Monitoring:
26th March 2018: Dug out carefully 5 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.
27th April 2018 : Measure plant length and weight (average 5 plants from each soil sample).
SUGGESTION:
Read up on corn/maize.
Get to know how to grow corn/maize, 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.
SUGGESTION:
Read up on corn/maize.
Get to know how to grow corn/maize, 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.
Last lab diagnosed the overall plant health and relate it to soil pH and nutrient analysis for each different soil.
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