fairfolio
Saved Projects

The Effects of Ibuprofen on the growth and germination of Lactuca sativa.

CSEF · 2023 Plant Biology Fourth Award

Magtoto Cherise · 11

Overview

This experiment examined how varying Ibuprofen (IBU) concentrations affect the growth rate and germination success of Lactuca sativa (lettuce). It is hypothesized that Lactuca sativa. seeds watered with higher concentrations of Ibuprofen solution will result in decreased germination and height. Procedure: Three Ibuprofen solutions were used: control= 0 mg/L, 400 mg/L , 800 mg/L IBU, with five trials. Five lettuce (Lactuca sativa.) seeds were planted in each cup, watered with their respective solutions over the course of 14 days. Lettuce were checked daily at 3:00pm for 14 days, measuring germination of seeds and height. Results: Results indicated the initial hypothesis was supported. There was a 72.5% decrease in average growth and a 63.6% decrease in germination percentage of plants watered with 800 mg/L IBU solution compared to pure distilled water. There was a 43.4% decrease in average growth of plants and a 36.4% decrease in germination percentage of 400 mg/L IBU solution compared to pure distilled water. Conclusion: It was predicted that Lactuca sativa. seeds watered with higher concentrations of Ibuprofen solution will result in decreased germination and height. Based on the results, the highest concentration of IBU had the lowest germination rate and growth. Since all the factors of this experiment were kept constant, except the concentration of Ibuprofen, it can be concluded that a higher concentration of Ibuprofen correlates with a lower germination success rate and decreased height.

Source coverage

This record comes from a published award list, not a complete project archive. Its abstract comes from CSEF's public project showcase as archived by the Internet Archive before judging (https://web.archive.org/web/20230401224130/https://ca-csef.zfairs.com/showcase/ShowcaseInfo?f=838e60b7-ea75-46e8-865c-fde4864244b3); the version presented may differ.

Awards (1)

Competition history

  • CSEF 2023 Plant Biology · Entry S1804

Resources

Related projects

Closest projects by meaning, across every fair and year in the corpus.

Browse more like this

Source: California Science & Engineering Fair public projects

Save projects to your library

Sign in with Google to keep track of projects you find interesting, organized into folders. An account also raises your daily allowance for “Has this been done?”, and lets you create a key for the MCP server with a much higher limit than anonymous use. Browsing stays public.

Continue with Google