Group Members:
| BS16110645 | NG XUN LE (Captain) |
| BS16280862 | SITI NUR UMMI JUHAIDAH BINTI JIMAT |
| BS16110564 | VIANNIE MAIHTHY BINTI JUIN |
| BS16110734 | LIM ANN HUEY |
| BS16110511 | MAR EE-WON |
WEEK 2 REPORT PADI HUMA PANDASAN (CLICK HERE)
WEEK 4 REPORT PADI HUMA PANDASAN (CLICK HERE)
OVERALL SUMMARY REPORT PADI HUMA PANDASAN (CLICK HERE)
MATERIAL PREPARATIONS:
(1) 5 recycle plastic pots that can fit in about 5 litres of soil.
~ Make holes at the bottom of the pot for drainage.
(2) The team need to collect four type of soil (6 litres each).
~ Collect different type of soil texture such as clay, silt, loam and sandy.
~ 1 type of soil will be provided from Mengkabong Lagoon.
(3) Conduct soil pH test and soil texture triangulation for soil texture type for the report.
(4) Dry at least 500 gram of each of the soil (for nutrient analysis and others).
~ Before air dry outside the lab, take the wet soil weight measurement for each soil.
~ Measure the dry soil weight after completely dried. Then keep dry for further analysis (nutrient and heavy metal).
(5) Provide the same amount of water for each watering session (tap water).
Example 500ml water for each pot.
~Water twice a day, in the morning and afternoon during week days.
(5) Ruler/measurement tape
~ to record the growth of the plant.
PROCEDURE:
(1) Air dry some of soil samples (about 500gram) for heavy metal and macronutrient analysis.
~ Before soil are dried outside of the lab, take the measurement of wet soil weight.
~ The week after if the soil is totally dried up, take the measurement of dry soil weight.
~ Keep soil dry until further analyse.
(2) Fill up the pot with soil and cover the seed with soil (2cm deep).
(3) For 1 pot sow 10 seeds each and space them apart from each other, so you can dig out several whole plants at 2 weeks old carefully out from the soil without disturbing other seedlings.
(4) After two weeks dig out 3 whole plant from each pot including the root carefully (number of plants depends on how many are growing, discuss with me later).
~Measure the length of the whole plant from root to shoot, root length and shoot length.
~Weigh the weight of the whole plant clean without soil after plant in dried state.
Keep record.
Repeat for a month old plant.
(5) Analyse the nutrient content of the soil.
(6) Analyse heavy metal concentration in the soil.
OBSERVATION RECORD:
(1) Germination rate for each pot.
(2) How long does seeds start to sprout an emerge from the soil for each pot.
(3) Mortality/Survival rate of the plant growth.
(4) Growth of the plant of each plant for every week.
(5) Any deficiency symptoms such as yellowing of the leaves.
(6) Nutrient availability in the soil.
(7) Moisture content.
(8) Length of whole plant, root and shoot part separately at 2 weeks and a month old.
~Wet weight and Dry weight of whole plant without any soil attach.
(9) Heavy metal concentration in soil.
(9) Heavy metal concentration in soil.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
(1) Among five type of soils which is fertile for growing Padi Huma Pandasan.
(2) How does different soil textures affect the Padi Huma Pandasan variety growth.
(3) Nutrient availability level for Padi Huma Pandasan from different soil texture.
(4) How does soil texture effect Padi Huma Pandasan root growth.
(5) How does soil pH affect the nutrient availability for Padi Huma Pandasan.
(6) Are the soils contaminated with heavy metal.
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