Course:VANT149/2024/Capstone/Science/Team31

Abstract

As nitrogen has proved its significance for plants’ growth and productivity in the 19^th century, the fertilizers industry started to depend heavily on nitrogen. However, the need for nitrogen differs from one species to another and depends on the nitrogen concentration of which the plant is treated with. Therefore, we investigated the effects of nitrogen-based fertilizers on the growth of spearmint by treating twelve samples of spearmint with different types of fertilizers that contain 0%, 16%, and 30% concentration of nitrogen. The results were further analyzed by comparing them to a controlled group of plants that weren’t exposed to any external fertilizer. The results of this paper highlighted a healthy routine about how to use nitrogen-based fertilizers to grow physically strong spearmint plants. Also, the samples that died during the study showcased the concentration that is considered excessive to use with spearmint.

Biographies

·      Fayez Farouj:

Fayez Farouj is a first-year science student at The University of British Columbia, who is highly interested in using technology to maintain environmental sustainability. Working as a program assistant at the center for sustainable food systems at UBC, Fayez hopes to get hands-on experience to connect with the profound academic knowledge that is offered to him at UBC as the Vantage One Excellence Award recipient.

·      Hanqing Wang:

Hanqing Wang is a student learning in the Science program in Vantage one program at the University of British Columbia. He is currently working on research about Mint Growth with Liu Yuze and Fayez Farouj, mainly focusing on the influence brought by different fertilizers which contain different concentrations of Nitrogen. His main fields of research interest include Chemistry, data science and mathematics and he hope he can join the mathematics department in the future.

·      Yuze Liu:

Yuze Liu is a 2023 vantage one science student who is enthusiastic about chemistry at the University of British Columbia. He aims to research the field of chemistry to discover effective and efficient ways of human life in reality in order to save energy, time and cost. He has written 3 papers on this field, for instance, the damage of snow-melt agents to plants especially to lawns, and the method to solve it. Now, he is working with Hanqing and Fayez to deal with the problem of the impact of using fertilizers with different Nitrogen on mint' growth.