CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Backgro Background und of the the S Stud tudy y
Philippines is an agricultural country. The geographical location of this country in the Tropic Tropic plays the major role to this fact. Aside Aside from rice, Filipinos Filipinos produce most of the crops crops that they use use to make make food that they serve serve in their their dining dining tables. tables. In the countryside, houses have different kinds of vegetables, fruits and root crops planted on their backyards. backyards. Unfortunate Unfortunately, ly, people people living living in urban places dont have backyards. backyards. There are a fe! plants that !ill gro! !ith only one light in a !indo!less office or a one" room apartment !hose single !indo! faces into an air shaft. #$ouse Plants, %&'() Artificial lighting is the ans!er for almost any kind of plant that can be gro!n if enough artificial light is provided, even in situations !here no other light is available. Artificial lights allo! regular people to plant !hole gardens in places !here no plant !ould ordinarily gro!. A lesson in cell metabolism"energy and photosynthesis mentions that *chlorophyll absorbs most red, orange, blue, and violet violet light. It reflects green and yello! yello! light, giving its body a green coloring+. This statement statement got the researchers researchers curious curious and !ondered !ondered if plants act differently to the green and yello! colors of light, then they should have different reactions and effects to every color of light. #apco ., -ang -ang ., /0%0).
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This study aimed to find if there e1ist a significiant difference in the gro!th of plants !hen e1posed to different colors of light specifically red, yello!, green, blue, and !hite. In this case, the researchers chose the mongo plant since it gro!s 2uickly and the researchers can 2uickly gather the needed data immediately.
B. Stateme Statement nt of the Pro!e Pro!em m
This study determined and compared the effect of different colors of light on the gro!th of mongo plants. Furthermore, it addressed the follo!ing 2uestions3 2 uestions3 %)
4hat 4h at is is the the gro! gro!th th of of the the mong mongoo seed seedss e1po e1pose sedd to dif differe ferent nt col color orss of ligh lightt and and
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sunlight in terms of3 a. 5n 5nse sett of true true leaf leaf b. 6umber of sprouts 4hat 4h at is is the the gro! gro!th th of of the the mongo mongo spr sprou outs ts e1p e1pos osed ed to to diff differ eren entt colo colors rs of of lig light ht and and
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sunlight in terms of3 a. b. c. Is there a significant
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onset of true leaf and number nu mber of sprouts9 Is ther theree a signi signifi fica cant nt dif diffe fere rence nce among among the the gro! gro!th th of of mongo mongo spro sprout utss in term termss on
6umber 6um ber of of lea leave vess 7prout height 8iomass difference among the gro!th of mongo seeds in terms of
number of leaves, sprout height and biomass9
C. O O"ec "ect#$ t#$e% e% of the the Study Study
This study aims to assess the gro!th of a mongo plant !hen e1posed to different colors of light specifically red, yello!, green, blue, and !hite and verify if there is a significant significant differe difference. nce. 7pecifically 7pecifically,, it aims to compare the gro!th of mongo seeds in
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This study aimed to find if there e1ist a significiant difference in the gro!th of plants !hen e1posed to different colors of light specifically red, yello!, green, blue, and !hite. In this case, the researchers chose the mongo plant since it gro!s 2uickly and the researchers can 2uickly gather the needed data immediately.
B. Stateme Statement nt of the Pro!e Pro!em m
This study determined and compared the effect of different colors of light on the gro!th of mongo plants. Furthermore, it addressed the follo!ing 2uestions3 2 uestions3 %)
4hat 4h at is is the the gro! gro!th th of of the the mong mongoo seed seedss e1po e1pose sedd to dif differe ferent nt col color orss of ligh lightt and and
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sunlight in terms of3 a. 5n 5nse sett of true true leaf leaf b. 6umber of sprouts 4hat 4h at is is the the gro! gro!th th of of the the mongo mongo spr sprou outs ts e1p e1pos osed ed to to diff differ eren entt colo colors rs of of lig light ht and and
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sunlight in terms of3 a. b. c. Is there a significant
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onset of true leaf and number nu mber of sprouts9 Is ther theree a signi signifi fica cant nt dif diffe fere rence nce among among the the gro! gro!th th of of mongo mongo spro sprout utss in term termss on
6umber 6um ber of of lea leave vess 7prout height 8iomass difference among the gro!th of mongo seeds in terms of
number of leaves, sprout height and biomass9
C. O O"ec "ect#$ t#$e% e% of the the Study Study
This study aims to assess the gro!th of a mongo plant !hen e1posed to different colors of light specifically red, yello!, green, blue, and !hite and verify if there is a significant significant differe difference. nce. 7pecifically 7pecifically,, it aims to compare the gro!th of mongo seeds in
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terms of onset of true leaf and number of sprouts !hile number of leaves, sprout height and biomass of the mongo sprout.
D. Hy&othe Hy&othe%#% %#% of the Stu Study dy 1) There is no significant
difference among the gro!th of mongo seeds in
terms of onset of true leaf and number of sprouts. /) There There is no signif significan icantt differe difference nce among among the gro!th gro!th of mongo mongo sprouts sprouts in terms on number of leaves, sprout height and biomass. E. S#gn#f S#gn#f#c #canc ancee of the Stud Study y
This study determines the effect of different colors of light to the gro!th of mongo mongo plants plants.. This This study study improve improvess ;A #contr #controll olled"e ed"envi nvironm ronment ent agricu agricultu lture) re) by minimi
'. Sco&e Sco&e and (#m#tat (#m#tat#on #on%% of the the Study Study
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This study is limited to the determination of the effect of the different colors of light such as red, yello!, blue, green, and !hite on the gro!th of the mongo plant (Vigna radiata) in terms of onset of true leaf, number of sprouts for mongo seeds and number of
leaves, sprout height and biomass for mongo sprouts. 7imulation of artificial lights !as implemented using cold frames covered !ith colored !ater cellophane to suit the light color needed then e1posed to fluorescent lamp. Thirty seeds !ere assigned each to a cold frame !ith a single color. ro!th of mongo plant is monitored and recorded for a period of t!o #/) !eeks. The e1perimentations !ere done at the researchers home for the school year /0%%"/0%/.
). Def#n#t#on of Term% B#oma%%
It is the total mass of the mongo plant after the e1perimentation.
Co!d 'rame
It is a small movable greenhouse used for plants used for the e1periment.
Co!or% of !#ght
The colors to be use are red, yello!, green, blue, and !hite. This !ill serve as the only light that the plant can have during gro!ing process.
Contro!!ed grou&
This is the group that is not given any special treatment. In this study, the e1perimental group is the pot of plants that is e1posed to the sunlight.
