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2. How many days are required for a corn seed to become a mature plant with
maximum weight kernels ready to be harvested?
a. about 23
b. about 65
c. about 140
d. about 180
4. BT is:
a. A stomach poison produced by bacteria
b. A genetically engineered corn product
c. A bacterium carried by the European corn borer
d. A bacterium that has a gene for producing Cry proteins
5. Creation of BT corn requires genetic material from all of the following except:
a. European corn borer
b. Bacillus thuringiensis
c. a corn plant
d. all of the above contribute genetic material to the production of BT corn
Table 1: Average Yield for each seed variety at no, low, and high infestation levels
6. For each seed variety, why did you need to collect data from 3 pots for each
infestation level to obtain reliable data?
We needed to collect data from all three pots in different infestations because we wanted
to determine what the “normal” yields are for all four seeds. We needed to track how
much of an impact the infestations caused, so we had to change up the independent
variable.
7. Which seed variety has the highest yield under conditions of no infestation?
8. Which transgenic seed variety was most resistant to the ECB at high infestation
levels?
10. Compare the yield of Super Harvest seeds and BT 123 seeds under conditions of
no infestation. Is there any difference in the avg. yield?
There is a difference, but not by much. Super Harvest is coming in at 163.4g, and BT 123
at 163.0g, only bringing in a difference of the yield at 0.4g.
11. If you compared one pot of Super Harvest and one pot of BT 123 with no
infestation, would you expect the yield of each pot to be within 0.5g? Explain
your answer.
Yes. As my answer stated in question 10, the only difference between these two are of
0.4. If we were to compare Table 1’s BT 123 and Super Harvest pot yields, you can see
that the yields range from 160g-165g. This is why it is crucial that there are multiple
trials done. The numbers do not range from 5.0g apart, and by average, I would definitely
expect the yield to be within .5g of each other.
12. A farmer decides to plant 90% of one field with BT 123 seeds and the remaining
10% of the field with a different seed variety. He hopes this will slow the
evolutionary development of BT resistant insects. Which seed variety should he use
the 10% of his field that is not planted with BT 123 seeds? Explain your answer.
The farmer should plant BT 456 seeds in the remaining 10% of his field. This seed
produced an average yield of 186.0g with no infestation, 177.0g average yield with low
infestation, and a 157.7g with a high infestation. Based on this farmer’s decision to plant
90% of the field with BT 123, he has a higher chance of producing more corn at a higher
rate, compared to the other options (Golden & Super Harvest).