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From: rdc30med@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Need info on Plants
Summary: Cucumbers for research project on plant growth.
Keywords: cucumbers, plants, research
Message-ID: <1990Sep6.131359.4943@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
Date: 6 Sep 90 13:13:59 GMT
References: <90248.174509DSH109@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <90248.174509DSH109@psuvm.psu.edu> DSH109@psuvm.psu.edu (Dave) writes:
>I am about to begin a research project concerning
>the effects of density on plants (real original
>right?) for a class of mine.   I was wondering
>what plants grow quickly starting from seeds.

I remember my wife using cucumber seedlings for some auxin experiments as
an undergraduate research project in plant physiololgy.  They grew reasonably
rapidly in styrofoam hot drink cups and it was easy to measure the growth on
a daily basis.
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