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Hi, Group 16,
Nice to see you all introduced yourselves. I am Chinenye and I am not sure if you can view my profile. as everything you need to know about me is there. But, concisely, I am a 3rd year integrative Biology Ph.D. student at the University of South Dakota. I work with plants like Arabidopsis thaliana and Ice plant. and I focus on genetic manipulation of plant genome to increase abiotic stress (drought, heat and salt) tolerance
I am glad to be working with your group. I must commend your efforts and teamwork, keep it up. I just read your research question, that's a really good experimental procedure you came up with. I have a few questions
1. are you soaking your potatoes for 30 mins ( same protocol as the previous experimental design)?
2. how many potatoes are you using for each concentration?
another thing I would recommend is that you record your results at the same time for 7 days, that way it's consistent (24 hrs period).
let me know if you have any questions.
Best regard,
Chinenye
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