Question

The rate of photosynthesis in plants is influenced by factors such as water availability, light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration, and population density. 1. Imagine that you are a horticulturist working in a commercial greenhouse. Based on what you learned from this lab, how would you manipulate these factors in order to maximize photosynthesis? Water availability Light intensity Carbon dioxide concentration Plant population density

Answer 1

Explanation:

Green house is an artificial growing medium that enables the control of the environment for optimum growth and output.

water is an important reactant in photosynthesis and its efficiency is important. Water can be supplied artificially in the green house in right proportion to aid its availability and use by plant.

Light tensity- Light is the source of energy in photosynthesis, it can be supplied artificially to aid plant growth. Bulbs can be supplied to green house to aid light availability and also materials used in the construction of green house aids the penetration and absorption of energy from the sunlight.

CO2 are artificially supplied in some glass house to supplement the available one recieved through opening of vent. Some sensors are placed in green house to indicate the level of CO2 this pre inform when additional CO2 is needed and when its at optimum.

Plant population in screen house can be controlled by planting the required density for the crop, the excess plant can rouged out to avoid competition for the available resources. The knowledge of the biology of each crop will guide in the application of required spacing in between and within each crop.

All this factors can be regulated in green house to yield efficient photosynthesis and growth of plant