BIOL114: The Effect of Acid Rain on Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development
Location
Turner Gymnasium
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Presentation Type
Printed poster
Entry Number
15
Start Date
4-16-2026 12:00 PM
End Date
4-16-2026 1:15 PM
School
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department
Biology
Keywords
Arabidopsis
Abstract
A. thaliana was a test subject for the effects of high acidity soil separated into four distinct groups: Wild Type control, Wild Type Acid, Mutant control, and Mutant Acid. The mutation type was undisclosed until the end of the experiment, creating the goal of investigation of the effects of soil acidity on A. thaliana and a mutation variant; done to determine any possible disrupted internal regulation processes when exposed to external stress. After the application of this variable to the acid group twice, observations included leaf necrosis, stunted plant growth as well as the control group plants suffering similar effects, most likely from potential acid solution contamination into unwarranted pots. However, there were no visible differences in the results between mutant and wild type. Once data collection was complete, the mutant type was revealed to be a Cax-1 gene mutation. In the event that experimentation was successful, a potential novel finding regarding the effects of this insertion mutation could be discovered.
Primary Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Jamie Brooks
Primary Faculty Mentor(s) Department
Biology
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BIOL114: The Effect of Acid Rain on Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development
Turner Gymnasium
A. thaliana was a test subject for the effects of high acidity soil separated into four distinct groups: Wild Type control, Wild Type Acid, Mutant control, and Mutant Acid. The mutation type was undisclosed until the end of the experiment, creating the goal of investigation of the effects of soil acidity on A. thaliana and a mutation variant; done to determine any possible disrupted internal regulation processes when exposed to external stress. After the application of this variable to the acid group twice, observations included leaf necrosis, stunted plant growth as well as the control group plants suffering similar effects, most likely from potential acid solution contamination into unwarranted pots. However, there were no visible differences in the results between mutant and wild type. Once data collection was complete, the mutant type was revealed to be a Cax-1 gene mutation. In the event that experimentation was successful, a potential novel finding regarding the effects of this insertion mutation could be discovered.