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Kim, Claire, McCord and Morgan

EDCI 270

Case Study 2

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Purdue UniversityGreenhouse Grant

Purdue gets $4.88 milliongrant to study LED lightingof plants

"The high-intensity dischargelamps used today areinefficient. When you haveacres and acres of greenhouseswith these lamps in them, itreally adds up," Cary Mitchell,Purdue Horticulture Professor,said. "With LED lighting, we

should be able to do as well orbetter with much less energy."

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Video of Purdue Greenhous

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How Purdues Technology is U

Our greenhouse staff have combinedold and new techniques into a growthsystem for optimizing corn productionin greenhouses and growth chambers.Nutrient deficiencies are reduced andseed yield increased using automateddrip irrigation delivering fertilizersolution to a root media of calcinedclay, or porous ceramic.

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Purdue History

Orville Redenbacher was

a graduate of PurdueUniversity, majoring inAgriculture Education.

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Popcorn is made up of three maincomponents; endosperm, germ andthe pericarp (all parts of the seedkernel).

The endosperm is made up of softand hard starch granules.

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Thepericarp, or seed coat, is the tissue that surroundsthe seed, protecting its contents.

It is the ovary of the corn kernel

Theendospermcarries the food energy for the plant-to-be in the form of starch.

The embryo, orgerm, is an immature plant, appearing

on the indented side of the kernel.oThis part of the kernel is alive and carries the genetic information for the kernel.

Parts of the Kernel

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