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How Did Soybeans Grow

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Introduction: There are many different uses for the Glycine Max also known as the Soybean. They can be used as food for both humans and for animals. The oil from the soybean also produces a solvent that can safely and quickly remove oil from creeks, rivers and shorelines. This is done without harming any plants or animals that are near these bodies of water (uses of soybeans). There are many factors that can effect the way soybeans grow. One of the ways is by creating a limited supply of soil nutreince, water and sunlight. This is often created by planting the soybean plants too close to each other according to Dr. Susan Petterson (Peterson) The experiment was conducted to prove that when soybeans are planted close together that it will have …show more content…

For both the of the groups the same amount and type of soil The types of post and the amount of sunlight that each plant received was also the same. Five seeds where planted in the control pots and 10 seeds in the experimental pots. The soybeans seeds where placed at random within the pot and where buried 5 centimeters in the soil. Once the soybean plant started to appear a set number of plants from each pot where eliminated. For the control group all but one soybean plant was cut at the soil level for each of the five pots. For the experimental group all but 5 of the soybean plants were cut at soil level in each of the five pots. The independent variable for this experiment was the amount of soybean plants present in each pot. The dependent variable for this experiment was the rate at which the soybean plants grew. At the end of the experiment we measure each plants final hight, weight, number of pea pods and the total weight of these pea pods. All of these measurements allowed us support of theory. For analyzing the data that was collected we …show more content…

The prediction was that the number of hight of the soybean plant would be dramatically different in the experimental group compared to the control group. This difference would have been due to the 5 soybean plants that where in each pot in the experimental group while there would the be one plant in each of the pots for the control group. The findings from this experiment are important to soybean biology and the agriculture practices because it proved that soybeans could be planted close to each other within a certain ration of resources to plants. This information may become useful in the future because it will allow farmers to plant their crop closer together to allow a higher production of soybeans in a smaller area if needed. A strength in this experiment was the amount of different data points that where collected. A weakness in the experiment was possible portion of fertilizer in the soil. Even though the same brand was throughout the experiment there could still have been a different ratio of soil to fertilizer in the bag. The findings from this experiment may be useful in future studies because it is now known that soybean plants can be planted together but that ratio is still unknown. In the future another experiment can be conducted to figure out the ratio of soybean plants to soil where they can be planted together while still being able to successfully

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