BIOL 1402 Lab Notes (Spring 2017)

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Table of Contents
P. 2 Lab 1: Plant Horticulture (4-7-17 to 5-25-17)

P. 7 Lab 2: Plants and Medicine

P. 9 Lab 3: Plant Microscopy (4-28-17)

P. 12 Lab 4: Plant GMO (5-5-17)

P. 14 Lab 5: Plant PCR (5-12-17)

P. 15 Lab 6: Plant Gel Imaging (5-19-17)

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Lab 1: Plant Horticulture
* My plant is a baby blue eye. The objective is to care for a plant and record its growth progress.



- Week 1, 4-7-17

I planted 3 – 5 seeds and then watered it. The seeds were very small. I may move the plant from
time to time because of sunlight being more plentiful in other spots.



- Week 2, 4-14-17

The plant did not sprout. Moved pot to a place hopefully with more sunlight. Watered plant.



- Week 3, 4-18-17

2 tiny leaves grew. It is about 4 mm tall. Also, it is growing at an angle.



~ 4 mm




 4-21-17

I see tiny fuzzes on the plant. Also, the plant is 7 mm tall, and it is straighter.



Fuzzes

7 mm

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 4-22-17

There are white dots on the leaves and the leaves are more open from each other. Also, the plant
is 5 mm tall probably because the leaves are opening.



Dots (white)

Fuzzes

5 mm




- Week 4, 4-24-17

The plant was damaged. One of the leaves are gone and the other looked slender or shriveled.
The shriveled leaf still have fuzzes though. Also, the plant is moved to a higher place.




 4-28-17

I removed the damaged plant and planted 5 spearmint seeds in its place. This time, the hole is
shallower. Then, the seeds were watered.

When I removed the damaged plant, the root/stem was healthy. I did not want to risk keeping it
so, I got rid of it.