More Than Just a Hill of Beans: Is It Possible to Grow a Better Bean?

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine whether or not crezacin, a synthetic plant adaptogen, would improve the germination rate, growth and/or weight of pole bean plants. Methods/Materials Crezacin was measured with a gram weight scale and three concentrations of solution were made up of crezacin and water. Seventy-two pole bean seeds were divided into four groups, including a Control Group and three Variable Groups representing the different concentrations of crezacin. Variables of light and temperature were restricted to one location. Germination rate was recorded, and growth rate was measured until the beans were harvested. Final height, weight and number of beans germinated were calculated to gain my results. Results My results showed that crezacin did not improve the germination rate, growth rate, or weight of the beans. However, the Variable 1x grew to surpass the Control Group in weight. Conclusions/Discussion Crezacin, a synthetic plant adaptogen derived from Eleutherococcus senticosus, has been used in Russia to improve crop production and has shown favorable results in field trials on cotton here in the United States. I believed that I would show the same results in pole beans of improved germination rates, increased growth rates and increased weight of plants. My experiment did not show these results. In fact, the greater the concentration of crezacin, the worse the results. In the future, I would like to do this experiment growing the beans for a longer period of time and using hydroponics as a growing environment.

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• CSEF 2003 Plant Biology · Entry J1625

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