BIOL 114: The Effect of Salt on Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development
Location
Turner Gymnasium
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Presentation Type
Printed poster
Entry Number
1
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
Studies have shown that sea levels are rising all over the world. These sea levels end up adding salt to many different water sources, such as aquifers. The spreading of salt water can cause an effect on plant growth. Specifically in our experiment we added 200 mg/L of salt when watering our plant, Arabidopsis thalinia, to see if there would be a change in growth versus the plants that were watered with fresh water. After 7 weeks of experimenting, we found that the wild type and mutant A. Thalinia responds differently to salinity. The wild type actually did better in salt water, while the mutant did significantly worse in the salt water. This suggests there may be a specific gene in the wild type that made it able to tolerate the salt water, compared to the mutant which was negatively affected.
Primary Faculty Mentor(s)
Prof. Kim Geier
Primary Faculty Mentor(s) Department
Biology
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BIOL 114: The Effect of Salt on Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development
Turner Gymnasium
Studies have shown that sea levels are rising all over the world. These sea levels end up adding salt to many different water sources, such as aquifers. The spreading of salt water can cause an effect on plant growth. Specifically in our experiment we added 200 mg/L of salt when watering our plant, Arabidopsis thalinia, to see if there would be a change in growth versus the plants that were watered with fresh water. After 7 weeks of experimenting, we found that the wild type and mutant A. Thalinia responds differently to salinity. The wild type actually did better in salt water, while the mutant did significantly worse in the salt water. This suggests there may be a specific gene in the wild type that made it able to tolerate the salt water, compared to the mutant which was negatively affected.