I have a science project to complete about corn plants and wild plants and their growth under red light. I know red light has effect on some wild plants (ferns), but I am not sure which ones. whatever information, you can give me would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
2007-02-22 09:31:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Plants use every spectrum of light during photosythesis EXCEPT green (which is why photosythetic portions of the plant look green!). The most important part of the light spectrum for photosythesis is the blue/violet portion, although they also need a good amount of red spectrum light. If you were to expose a plant to only one part of the spectrum (eg - only red light) it will either be very weak or simply die. Plants do best with a purple looking light (blue light + red light = purple), as that gives them all the spectrums of light that they need.
2007-02-22 11:05:57 · answer #1 · answered by brooks b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gentle is mandatory for the plant for photosynthesis. the sunshine of the sunlight is white or a delicate colour and it incredibly is the ultimate for plant growth. i latterly did an test to work out how distinctive colour of sunshine influence the linked fee of plant growth. I used a crimson gentle bulb at 60watts, an hassle-free gentle white colour gentle bulb, a eco-friendly coloured gentle bulb and a blue coloured gentle bulb, all with 60watts. i got here upon that the plant with the gentle white colour gentle shining upon it, photosynthesised swifter, than the others. I have been given an A for it too. wish this helps
2016-12-18 08:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by clapperton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All plants use red light in the photosynthesis process. There are two frequencies of red light that are used by different plants but they all use one or the other frequency.
2007-02-22 09:35:23 · answer #3 · answered by jim m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋