I'm doing a writing assignment on plant stress physiology. The stress that I chose to research was heat stress. One of the things that I have to do is describe at least 3 experiments that I plan to perform (hypothetically speaking, of course). At least one experiment should be at the molecular/cellular level and the other at the physiological level. I also need to describe why the experiments are being performed. I am having trouble with thinking up some experiments and I have no idea what the molecular/cellular/physiological levels are. That is one of the things confusing me. Can somebody help me think of some experiments??

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I posted this on the biology site provided by Ms. Sue and didn't get a straight forward answer from them. And when I do ask a question, it takes a whole day for me to get a response. I need help thinking of some experiments, but I don't know where else I can go for help.

Answer 1

Thanks for reporting back on the Biology Forum.

These sites may help you.

http://lifeofplant.blogspot.com/2011/02/plant-cells-molecular-level.html

http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs300/cell1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_physiology

The first thing I suggest you do is choose a plant. African violets, for instance, do not thrive in wide ranges of temperature. Many cacti, though, do seem to do well in temperature extremes.

Once you've chosen a type of plant, use at least three different identical specimens for your experiment. Treat them the same regarding water and light. Vary the heat for each plant.

Answer 2

Thank you so much! This really helped