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Results*

Figure 1. Percent change in average stem height of four Brassica rapa mutants under far red light (9), green light (1), red light (0), and blue light (1) over the course of six days, where day 1 included initial planting and baseline measurements. No statistical difference was found between the four mutants. (R2 = 0.00999; df = 1,4; F = 0.067; P = 0.976; q =2.799; Tukey HSD = all A).

Figure 2. Percent change in average leaf area of four Brassica rapa mutants under far red light (9), green light (1), red light (0), and blue light (1) over the course of six days, where day 1 included initial planting and baseline measurements. No statistical difference was found between the four mutants.( R2 = 0.040; df = 1,4; F = 0.2786; P = 0.8402; q = 2.799; Tukey HSD: all A).

Figure 3. Comparison of percent change in average stem height between the four mutants and their controls. No significant difference was found between the mutants and the controls. (R2 = 0.061; df = 1,7; F = 0.3897; P = 0.5554; q = 2.447).

Figure 4. Comparison of percent change in average leaf area between the four mutants and their controls. No statistical difference was determined between the mutants and control. (R2 = 0.3424; df = 1,7; F = 3.124; P = 0.1276; q = 2.447).

Figure 5. Image taken of the nitrocellulose paper following a Western Blot treatment. Starting at the top left and working clockwise: Group 2, Group 3, Group 1A, Group 6, Group 5, Group 1B, and Group 4 in the middle. The upper half of the image was darkened using Photoshop. No useable data was recovered.

No significant difference was found between the mutant Brassica under study in comparison to one another and the control. Although the Western Blots were developed according to instructions, no useable data was able to be obtained. In addition, using JMP analysis, comparisons were made to the other five groups and no significant difference was found between the current study day three values and the studies also conducted concentrating on blue, far red (group 6), green and red light. No data was available to compare leaf area to far red (group 6) and green light, however red light was found to significantly influence leaf area (R2 = 0.6107; df = 1,7; F = 9.4114; P = 0.022, q = 2.44691).

 *I could not convert the bar charts made for the corresponding figure legends over to this lab notebook.

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