Instant Access To 100,000+ Essays!

The Effect Of Strobe Light on the Growth of Millet Plants 1 Abstract. Ten millet seeds (Panicum miliaceum) were planted in clear Dixie cups. One was placed in a window and the other in a dark closet with no light other than a strobe light. The strobe light was placed on its lowest setting. The strobe light was the only variable in this experiment. Plants were thinned to three plants per cup after one week. The plants’ growth was measured every other day starting from day seven to day twenty-nine after planting. The plants put under the strobe light grew taller than the plants in the window. The final average growth of the control plants was 99.33mm + 2.08mm. The final average growth of the control plants was 123.80mm + 2.31mm. Introduction. Some botanists have suggested that the pigments which are used in photosynthesis respond to energy peak