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Title

Atmospheric Effects on Small Plant Life

Authors

James Hole, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Paul Adams, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow

Classification

Empirical Undergraduate

Abstract

The upper atmosphere has drastically different conditions when compared to the surface of the earth, with heightened radiation and lowered pressures. These atmospheric conditions can mimic conditions on other planets, namely Mars. An experiment was performed to determine how relatively brief exposure(s) to these conditions would affect the growth of Brassica rapa, or mustard seed plants. When compared to other plants of the same species, but exposed to different conditions, the plants that had been fully exposed to the upper atmosphere had similar, but slightly worse growths than the other plant specimens.

Department

KAMS

Submission Type

Poster

DOI

10.58809/GWHQ6668

Date

4-22-2020

Rights

Copyright the Author(s)

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Recommended Citation

Hole, James and Adams, Paul (2020) "Atmospheric Effects on Small Plant Life," SACAD: John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days: Vol. 2020, Article 35.
DOI: 10.58809/GWHQ6668
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sacad/vol2020/iss2020/35