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Blogpost #8 - Jake Groll

1. The characteristic of the Brassica Oleracea that seem to exhibit the most variation seems to be the leaves of our plant, more specifically the ratio between the leaf length and width.  Our group went out into the garden to record and get data from our plant.  We measured both the width of the Brassica Oleracea and the length of the leaves on the Brassica Oleracea (Both the Kale and Brussels Sprouts).  We then found the the characteristic of leaf length had more variation than the height of Brassica Oleracea.  (We found the following leaf lengths and widths and have them shown below) Leaf Length Plant 1: leaf 1 - 11,5 cm Plant 1: leaf 2 - 9.5 cm Plant 1: leaf 3 - 13.5 cm Plant 1: leaf 4 -  10.5 cm Plant 1: leaf 5 - 11 cm Plant 1: leaf average - 11.2 cm Plant 2: leaf 1 - 9.5 cm Plant 2: leaf 2 - 8 cm Plant 2: leaf 3 - 8.5 cm Plant 2: leaf 4 - 10 cm Plant 2: leaf 5 - 11 cm Plant 2: leaf average - 9.4 cm Plant 3: leaf 1 - 14.4 ...
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Blog Post #8- A Matter of Selection (Colin McCombs)

W hile studying our   Brassica oleracea plants in the   WGHS GOLD Main Garden me and my team discovered and observed a lot about the plants. We found that the shape size and texture of the different plants varied in the garden the most. Some of the plants had smooth thick ruffled leaves, some had hairy ruffled leaves ,and some had hairy flat leaves. All of the leaves also varied in size along with texture and collected this data by observing and taking measurements from the Brassica oleracea in the garden.  This is a picture of the plant #1 leaf. From the picture you can see that this leaf is very smooth and thick and doesn't have any hairs or spines. It is a lighter green color with a blue hue and is very ruffled especially around the plant leaves edges. We measured the length of this leaf and it came in at 13.3 cm which is bigger than some of the plants but not as big as the ones you will see later. This is a picture of the plant #2 leaf. This leaf is very ...

Blog Post #8- A Matter of Selection (Jesse Zalk)

1)  The   Brassica oleracea plant, a seemingly boring specimen, does manage to have variation in itself. My team, seemingly lazy at the moment, did not want to join me to the garden excursion, so I went by myself to measure data. The data I decided to record was the width of the Brassica Oleracea and the length of the leaves on the plant (Both Kale and Brussel Sprouts). I decided that the leaf lengths had more variation then the plant height. Here is the data that I collected. Leaf Length Plant 1: leaf 1 - 11,5 cm Plant 1: leaf 2 - 9.5 cm Plant 1: leaf 3 - 13.5 cm Plant 1: leaf 4 -  10.5 cm Plant 1: leaf 5 - 11 cm Plant 1: leaf average - 11.2 cm Plant 2: leaf 1 - 9.5 cm Plant 2: leaf 2 - 8 cm Plant 2: leaf 3 - 8.5 cm Plant 2: leaf 4 - 10 cm Plant 2: leaf 5 - 11 cm Plant 2: leaf average - 9.4 cm Plant 3: leaf 1 - 14.4 cm Plant 3: leaf 2 - 13.4 cm Plant 3: leaf 3 - 12.8 cm Plant 3: leaf 4 - 13.7 cm Plant 3: leaf 5 - 14.1 cm Plan...

Blog Post #7: Flower Dissection

1. For the first step of the flower dissection lab, we took a closeup picture of our plant before we dissected it. My partner, Colin Sims, went to the garden to pluck 3 flowers, while I got the lab microscope. At this step, the plant is still intact and not damaged whatsoever. Iin later steps, we will proceed to remove the sepals, petals and any other parts of the plant while we analyze how the Brassica oleracea plants reproduce. 2.  In this step, Colin and I removed the sepals and petals of the flower pictured above. Removing these pieces was needed to further analyze the flower and how it reproduces. Pictured below is the same flower as above, however without the sepals and petals. In this picture, we can see the anthers of the flower as the yellow tips connected to each filament. The entire filament connected to the anther is known as the stamen. The stamen is the male reproductive anatomy in the flower that produces pollen. 3. In this step, Colin and I analyzed the flowe...