Nicholas Lau

Topic: My topic is how plants have different types of growth regulators to control how
they grow. There are varied factors that have a regulating effect on plants such as
proteins, animals, chemicals and environments. This paper will be about how all those
factors affect and regulate the growth of plants.
doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.07.060

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The doi of this journal is http://dx.doi.org/10.1105/tpc.105.032508. This is a secondary
source that talks about the history of Ca2+ and how it works as a second messenger for
plant cell growth. Within this source is the ideas of how Ca2+ works as a signaling agent
that monitors the cello growth. The source goes into detail about how plant growth was
stopped by the presence of a cell wall, which Ca2+ uses as a reservoir.
Costa, P., Granada C., Ambrosini A., Moreira F., Souza R., Passos J., Arruda L., Passaglia
L., (2014) A Model to Explain Plant Growth Promotion Traits: A Multivariate
Analysis of 2,211 Bacterial Isolates. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116020
The DOI of this journal is DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116020. This is a primary
resource that gives information of the plant growth traits when introduced to different
factors such as soil nutritional status and horomone producers. This source contains
graphs that show which factors that plants favor interation with. Based on plant growth
promoting bacteria, which can see how it affects the growth of plants under a controlled
experiment.
Cameron E., Cahill James., Bayne E., (2014) Root Foraging Influences Plant Growth
Responses to Earthworm Foraging. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108873
The Doi of this journal is DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108873. This is a primary resource
that talks about the how organisms such as earthworms are able to affect the growth of
plants. This source gives information about how organisms such as earthworms shift the
earth, resulting in a decline of biomass. The experiment tries to see how interactions
between plants and shifted soil caused by organisms regulate the growth rate of plants.
Wang L., Wang Q., Zhou Q., Huang X. (2014). Combined effect of soil acidification and
lead ion on antioxidant system in soybean roots. Chemistry and Ecology pg. 123133. DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2014.917176

The Doi of this journal is 10.1080/02757540.2014.917176. This source gives information

about how soil acidification and lead pollution affects the regulation of cell growth. The
source shows how the acidification of soil changes the PH levels which affects the cello
growth of plants. Peroxidase activity, catalase activity and cell membrane permeability
are measured to see how they are factors that determine cell plant growth.