Effects of light intensity on leaf production under water stress in two different strains of Arabidopsis thaliana

Light and water are important components for photosynthesis and their availability in the wild can vary considerably. Plants must have mechanisms to deal with variation in order to continue growth despite less than optimal conditions.The growth of two strains of Arabidopsis thaliana was tested under various combinations of high and low light intensity and water availability conditions. The strains were monitored to determine any significant differences in the quality and rate of growth. Two strains were used in the experiment in order to observe differences in their ability to cope with the specified conditions. Mt-0 is a strain from Libya,while Col-0 is laboratory strain originally selected at University of Missouri-Columbia. Libya is located at a low latitude in a desert biome and therefore, Mt-o should be better at acclimatizing to high light intensity and low water conditions than the laboratory strain, Col-o