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Selected Projects 2016-18
Figure 2. Pruned stem of plant 6 (upright) with 3 sets of new leaves. The black circle on the left highlights the location of the pruning cut.
The red circle highlights where the new offshoot stems and leaves grew from the main stem. The sets of leaves are numbered on the right
Chlorophyll wavelength measurements were taken
using a spectrophotometer. I am currently reviewing
published literature for additional information
about the effect of a plant’s health on its chlorophyll
production.
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Apart from the plants being used for experimentation,
an additional basil plant was purchased in
order to conduct practice tensile tests and find the
most effective grip set-up for successful testing.
Since the available pieces of testing apparatus did
not have fixtures suitable for botanical samples,
there were no successful practice tensile tests. In
the majority of the practice tests, the stem sample
slipped through the grips. Examples of this are
shown in Figures 5 and 6. In Figure 5, the stem slips
from the start of testing. In Figure 6, the stem starts
Figure 3. Two pruned stems from plant
11 (upside-down), each with 2 pairs of
new leaves