EXERCISE NO.

3 PHOTOSYNTHESIS, RESPIRATION AND TRANSPIRATION

Name: Maiden Kieth P. Rodriguez Section: Y 3L

Date Performed: July 6 & 13, 2011 Date Submitted: July 20, 2011

PHOTOSYNTHESIS Table 1. Relative growth rate (RGR) of corn plants under full sunlight and shaded area. TIME Week 2 - Week 1 Week 3 - Week 2 Week 4 - Week 3 Week 5 - Week 4 Week 6 - Week 5 SHADED 0.0176 0.0252 0.0957 0.1317 0.1189 FULL SUNLIGHT 0.0162 0.0238 0.4933 0.1097 0.1391

0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Week 2 - Week Week 3 - Week Week 4 - Week Week 5 - Week Week 6 - Week 1 2 3 4 5 SHADED FULL SUNLIGHT

Figure 2. A line graph showing the relationship between the relative growth rates (RGR) of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

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What is the effect of light on RGR? Why? The corn plants under the full sunlight has higher relative growth rate than the corn plants in the shaded area. This means that the light coming from the sun helps increase the weight of the corn plants. Thus, the light is directly proportional to the oven dry weight of the leaves of the corn plants.

Table 2. Net assimilation rate (NAR) of corn plants under full sunlight and shaded area. TIME Week 2 - Week 1 Week 3 - Week 2 Week 4 - Week 3 Week 5 - Week 4 Week 6 - Week 5 SHADED 5.4131 x 10-4 5.2843 x 10-4 1.5853 x 10-3 5.5021 x 10-3 7.1813 x 10-3 FULL SUNLIGHT 3.1428 x 10-4 4.6024 x 10-4 2.9560 x 10-3 3.9041 x 10-3 9.8447 x 10-3

0.012 0.01 0.008 0.006 0.004 0.002 0 Week 2 Week 1 Week 3 Week 2 Week 4 Week 3 Week 5 Week 4 Week 6 Week 5 SHADED FULL SUNLIGHT

Figure 1. A line graph showing the relationship between the net assimilation rates (NAR) of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

What is the effect of light on NAR? Why? The corn plants under the full sunlight had grown longer leaves than the corn plants in the shaded area. The light coming from the sun contributes to the dimensions of the leaves of the corn plants.
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Table 3. Crop growth rate (CGR) of corn plants under full sunlight and shaded area. TIME Week 2 - Week 1 Week 3 - Week 2 Week 4 - Week 3 Week 5 - Week 4 Week 6 - Week 5 SHADED 0.0762 0.1270 0.7619 2.0318 7.1873 FULL SUNLIGHT 0.0508 0.1270 1.7778 3.8095 10.4127

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Week 2 - Week Week 3 - Week Week 4 - Week Week 5 - Week Week 6 - Week 1 2 3 4 5 SHADED FULL SUNLIGHT

Figure 3. A line graph showing the relationship between the crop growth rates (CGR) of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

What is the effect of light on CGR? Why? The corn plant grown under the unshaded area grew faster than the corn plants grown in the shaded area. The sunlight helps in making the corn plants grow faster.

Table 4. Leaf area index (LAI) of corn plants under full sunlight and shaded area. TIME Week 2 - Week 1 Week 3 - Week 2 Week 4 - Week 3 Week 5 - Week 4 Week 6 - Week 5 SHADED 139.8222 330.5778 497.4222 820.3556 887.8222
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FULL SUNLIGHT 164.7111 290.6666 632.5333 983.1111 1061.9556

1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Week 2 - Week Week 3 - Week Week 4 - Week Week 5 - Week Week 6 - Week 1 2 3 4 5 SHADED FULL SUNLIGHT

Figure 4. A line graph showing the relationship between the leaf area index (LAI) of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

What is the effect of light on LAI? Why? The area of the leaves of the corn plants in the unshaded area is greater than the area of the leaves of corn plants in the shaded area. The light from the sun affects the expansion of the leaves of the corn plants.

Table 5. Leaf area ratio (LAR) of corn plants under full sunlight and shaded area. TIME Week 2 - Week 1 Week 3 - Week 2 Week 4 - Week 3 Week 5 - Week 4 Week 6 - Week 5 SHADED 31.9646 47.3611 60.2417 51.0465 27.4525 FULL SUNLIGHT 35.8565 54.6036 60.0924 37.5024 17.3572

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70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Week 2 Week 1 Week 3 Week 2 Week 4 Week 3 Week 5 Week 4 Week 6 Week 5 SHADED FULL SUNLIGHT

Figure 5. A line graph showing the relationship between the leaf area ratios (LAR) of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

What is the effect of light on LAR? Why? There is a greate value of leaf area index on the corn plants under the unshaded area during the first three weeks of their growth but during the second three weeks of their growth, the corn plants in the shaded area yielded greater value of leaf area index.

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RESPIRATION Table 6. Respiration rate of corn plants under shaded area and full sunlight. TIME WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 5 SHADED 0.3776 0.4104 0.5089 1.0015 2.3149 6.9612 UNSHADED 0.4104 0.4433 0.5254 1.6746 4.1373 10.8687

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 5 SHADED UNSHADED

Figure 6. A line graph showing the relationship between the respiration rates of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

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TRANSPIRATION Table 7. Transpiration rate of corn plants under four different conditions. CONDITION A (still air + low light) B (still air + strong light) C (with fanning + low light) D (with fanning + strong light) I 0.0254 0.0353 0.0300 0.0492 II 0.0232 0.0416 0.0292 0.0482 III 0.0250 0.0453 0.0294 0.0470 AVERAGE 0.0245 0.0407 0.0295 0.0481

0.06 0.05 0.04 A (still air + low light) 0.03 0.02 0.01 0 I II III AVERAGE B (still air + strong light) C (with fanning + low light) D (with fanning + strong light)

Figure 7. A line graph showing the relationship between the transpiration rates of corn plants under shaded and unshaded (full sunlight) area.

Which variable either singly or in combination has the greatest effect on transpiration rate? Variable A, which is the combination of still air and low light had the greatest effect on the transpiration rate of the corn plants. This variable yielded the highest rate of transpiration based on the experiment done in the laboratory.

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