Course:VANT149/2024/Capstone/Science/Team16

Effect of Different Concentration of Salt Solutions on the Germination Rate of Mung Beans

Research Question:

How does the germination rate of mung beans change under different concentrations of saline treatment?

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different concentrations of salt solutions on the germination rate of mung beans seeds. The effect of salt on the germination of mung beans was analyzed by the setting different concentrations of salt solution (0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, .2.0%, 2.5%, 3.0%, 3.5%, 4.0%, 4.5%, 5.0%). The experimental results show a decreasing germination rate with increasing salt concentration; the germination rate of mung bean in the range of 3.5% to 4% salt concentration decreased sharply. The result of the experiment indicate that salt has an inhibitory effect on mung beans germination and that effect is strengthened with increasing salt concentration. This study provides a reference and theoretical basis for the cultivation of mung beans in area where the soil is affected by salinization.

Biographies

Yiming Chen comes from China and is a first-year student of Vantage college Science, UBC. She is creative and energetic, and she has participated in community food charity activities several times. Her current research topic is the relationship between salt water concentration and mung bean germination rate, and she hopes to link it with the development of agricultural crops.

Zelin Li is a student at University of British Columbia Vantage. Li is interested in working toward exploring the effect of salt stress on the germination rate of mung beans. His hometown is in China Xian.

Xinwei Zhang is a freshman science major at vantages college at the University of British

Columbia, Canada, and she is from China. She has a great sense of insight and a desire to

explore things, and she has been involved in many club activities and seminars on biology

as well as agriculture. She is working on an experiment on the effect of brine concentration

on the germination rate of mung beans, in order to better understand agricultural areas that

are more prone to germination to aid in agricultural production.

Ziyan Song is an undergraduate student at University of British Columbia. She is interested in reading and drawing and sometimes shares her drawings on social media. In the future, she would like to work in an environmental-related field.