Bioassay of Radish Seeds Bioassay is a type of scientific experiment used in the development of new drugs and monitoring pollutants. It estimates the potency of a substance‚ by testing its effect on living matter. In other words‚ it determines how much of the substance is needed to poison an individual‚ without testing it on any humans or animals. From here the TC50 of the substance can be adjusted for dealing with humans and animals over plants. In this lab we attempted to find the potency of
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During the Toxicity of Morton Salt on Radish Seeds experiment‚ we measured the levels of iodized Morton Salt to the growth rate of radish seeds. Each six packets had ten radish seeds with different level of iodized salt solution. The packet with no iodized salt solution grew the longest in a period of days‚ compared to the other packets that had iodized salt. Solutions 100% and 10% had no growth progress within the past five days. As for solutions 1%‚ .1%‚ and .01% grew‚ yet not as much nor fast
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Effect of seed germination Purpose: To see the effect of an acid introduced during seed germination‚ on the length of the plant roots. Also shows how salt can affect the seed germination. Acid can be introduced to seeds during germination if there is acid rain. Knowing the results of acid rain on seed germination will help us understand how to grow pants better‚ and how to have more successful germination. Salt can be introduced into a seed during germination because salt is put on roads and the
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effect on the percentage of killed cockroaches. #22 Celery seed Extract as active ingredient in tanning lotions Christian John Immanuel S Boydon‚ Dennis C David‚ Gerard Paul T Dela Cruz ABSTRACT A tanning lotion with celery seed extract as active ingredient was concocted in order to find out if it could be an effective but less expensive substitute to commercial tanning lotions. Celery seeds were bought from AMSA Seed company and extract was obtained using soxhlet extraction technique
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The Wanting Seed The Wanting Seed‚ a novel written by Anthony Burgess‚ shows that nothing of undeniable control merely imposes on the best intentions of the rational mind. Tristram is a history teacher in a future reality where the liberal government rules with a shaking finger‚ the population has exploded and drastically reduced the quality of life. As his community changes due to the cycle of sociological thought‚ in which his government revolves about‚ he is thrust in to a new chaotic‚ cannibalistic
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Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed is a “take on Shakespeare’s play” The Tempest. The plot focuses on Felix and how he represents‚ as well as performs as‚ Prospero. The story of Felix and the story of Prospero are often parallel to one another. However‚ the conclusion of the play and Atwood’s novel do not seem to line up with one another. Atwood offers a summary of The Tempest at the end of the novel and this summary describes how Prospero ends the play‚ “Prospero finished the play with an epilogue‚ in which
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What is the purpose of Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey Smith is about exposing the lies about Genetically Modified Food? Exposing the industries‚ the health dangers of Genetically Modified Organisms. He documents how the world most powerful Bio-Tech companies bluff and mislead critics‚ and put the health of society at risk because they are greedy and don’t care about the consumer’s health and well-being. Without knowing it‚ Americans are eating Genetically Modified Food every day. While the food
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Perceived restraints on the seed treatment market: * In any event‚ the benefits of seed treatment are most likely to be realized under certain circumstances and are subjective like: * Crops planted in mid-April to early-May‚ especially no-till or minimum till with abundant crop residue. * Narrow spectrum seed treatments are effective against specific genera of fungi that cause damping-off‚ such as Pythium‚ above. * Fields with a history of post-planting problems (minor soil crusting
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In the story “The Pomegranate seeds”‚ the author describes the young lady to be a young gorgeous mature woman with horrific physical assets. Proserpina‚ the young lady‚ feels as though she is alienated. In both line nine and ten‚ it seems like she feels alienated from oneself. Although she was very gorgeous‚ her attitude displayed that she was a little too care free and very much too innocent. Due to Proserpina’s care free attitude and disobedience to her mother’s request‚ wondering off into the
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Quail seed. This story was written by H.H.Munro – a british writer who is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry. This is the story about the human curiosity‚ narrow-mindedness and the dullness of the sub-urban life. It starts with the description of not-so-encouraging prospects for the “smaller businesses”‚ particularly for the Mr. Scarricks suburban grocery store. Big concerns stealing all the customers by using all sorts of flashy attractions‚ and there would
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