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Speakers, PhD candidate, James Weeks from Cal Poly Pomona who talks about crossing blocks for tomatoes and PhD candidate. James goes over things to consider when planning crossing blocks, the tools…

Set up of 4 ethylene treatments (0 ppm, 0.1 ppm, 1 ppm, and 10 ppm) to observe responses of tomato explants and sunflower seedlings. We demonstrate the effect of ethylene in leaf epinasty and the…

Live session discussing the experiments on plant responses to ethylene and abiotic stress for Lab 7. Details on the report are provided.

Waterlogging effects on tomato plant growth and morphology. We observe tomato plants after their roots are submerged in water for 12, 9, 6, and 3 days. The formation of adventitious roots and the…

Practical explanation by Dr. Mar Rubio about how to set the Li-COR instrument to gather gas exchange data in leaves of the ABA deficient mutant (sit) and WT tomato plants with and without ABA sprays.

Video showing how leaf color measurements were done using a colorimeter (Chroma Meter, Minolta). Leaves from a GA-deficient mutant (gib-1) and WT plants sprayed or not sprayed with GA were used for…

Live session to show the experimental setup for the plant growth analysis and fruit load experiments. The requirements for Lab 5 Report were explained in detail. During group office hours, we talked…

A cool time lapse video of tomato plants growing under light and shade conditions in the greenhouse for 55 days. Followed by a demo explaining how the measurements of plant growth were made for these…

Explanation on how the fruit load experiment was set up for Lab 5. The three treatments: all fruits, one fruit per truss, and no fruits are discussed in detail by Ryan Eadry.