BIOL 114: The Effect of red light on Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development
Location
Turner Gymnasium
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Presentation Type
Printed poster
Entry Number
18
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
The present study investigated the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana in seasonal shifts of a day length and light quality in a fall setting. The red lighting creates a stimulation for the plant during fall at a different day length causing it stress during developmental growth. The study also investigated how the mutant, cax-1, would react differently to a red setting rather than a normal setting. To stimulate the transition into agricultural fall, Arabidopsis thaliana, was grown under red light for 12-hours in an area shielded with black bags to keep room light out. Cax-1 mutant and wild type were grown in either a red or white light setting using constant materials in care for 6 weeks. Our results demonstrated how red lighting affected both plants after their quick stem growth causing most to die during their growth stage, not reaching maximum growth stage with red lighting.
Primary Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Jamie Brooks
Primary Faculty Mentor(s) Department
Biology
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BIOL 114: The Effect of red light on Arabidopsis thaliana Growth and Development
Turner Gymnasium
The present study investigated the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana in seasonal shifts of a day length and light quality in a fall setting. The red lighting creates a stimulation for the plant during fall at a different day length causing it stress during developmental growth. The study also investigated how the mutant, cax-1, would react differently to a red setting rather than a normal setting. To stimulate the transition into agricultural fall, Arabidopsis thaliana, was grown under red light for 12-hours in an area shielded with black bags to keep room light out. Cax-1 mutant and wild type were grown in either a red or white light setting using constant materials in care for 6 weeks. Our results demonstrated how red lighting affected both plants after their quick stem growth causing most to die during their growth stage, not reaching maximum growth stage with red lighting.