Each plant’s nastic movement will be tested and timed 10(?) times by the same person to keep the data uniform. Each time will be recorded and organized into a data table. The average nastic movement time for each environment, including the control group, will be compared. This will be represented in a graph showing all 5 of the environment data averages. This will allow us to compare the data points to eachother in a conclusive graph.
SIGNIFICANCE:
The goal of this study is to understand how environmental factors affect thigmonasty of the Mimosa Pudica species. There is little know about the nastic movements in Mimosa Pudica in undesirable environments, so this project will give new insight to this topic of plant movement. Thignomasty in plants may be used as a defense mechanism so it is important to understand when plants can use this movement against certain stimuli to defend themselves.
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