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Botany

The article is rated GA class. The article is well written as well as has good references. It is broad and discusses different topics relevant to the main topic in a clear and specific manner. The citation links work and the facts comes from reliable sources such as articles from groups of researchers and textbooks. The article has been listed as a level 3 vital article in science and there aren't any suggested edits to make to the article but it does suggest for improvements if needed.

Plant physiology

This article is rated as B class and it is part of Wikiproject plants. This article seems to lack sufficient references. The talk page does suggest to cite more references as well as adding graphs from famous experiments and adding examples where appropriate. The article is written well and easy to understand as most of what the article is discussing we are learning as well. In the section that talks about the aims of plant physiology it seems to be distracting by the transition words firstly, secondly, etc. This article has included the History section towards the end of the article which I think would be better if introduced in the beginning. Also, I've noticed that the article states facts but doesn't explain it further as to why it is important or significant.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrotropism

This article is marked as sub-class so it needs a lot of more details. The article states the basics of the topic and doesn’t go into much details. The mechanisms section needs citations and needs more facts. I’m not sure if the misconceptions section should be included or if it should be somehow included within the paragraphs when the topic arises.

The sentence that I would add to the mechanisms section is that, auxins are also produced in the stems and buds. The article says “Auxins play a key role in bending the plants root towards the water because they cause one side of the root to grow faster than the other and thus the bending of the root.” I’m not sure if this is true but from today's readings the book discussed light causing auxin to grow on the dark side which then causes the stem to increase growth on the dark side only resulting of the stem to bend towards the light and not auxin causing the plant root to bend towards the water?

Chamowitz, Daniel. What a plant knows: a field guide to the senses. Brunswick, Vic.: Scribe Publications, 2017. Print.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient_sensing

This article has the categories laid out of what needs to be discussed in more details but very little facts. In the category ‘types of nutrients in plant’ the articles states potassium and phosphorus being the most important macronutrients which is a good start. I would add how potassium and phosphorus helps plants.

New sentence: Both phosphorous and potassium aids in the development of the plant. Phosphorus is beneficial for plant because it helps them form new roots, fruit and flowers as well as prevents plants from growing properly. Potassium helps in making the stems of plants strong.

"Phosphorus." Efficient Fertilizer Use Guide Phosphorus | Mosaic Crop Nutrition. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2017.

First Draft

Types of nutrients in plants

It is has been found that plants require twelve different nutrients to grow fully. This is received from the soil by the roots and transported to other parts of plant. The macronutrients that plants need the most of are Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium and smaller amounts of other micronutrients. All of these nutrients are equally important for the growth of the plant and lack of one nutrient can result in poor growth of the plant and can lead to becoming more vulnerable to disease or lead to death. These nutrients along with CO2 and energy from the sun aids in the development of the plant.

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Nutrient sensing

Adding this section to the intro of the first paragraph:

Smaller amounts of other micronutrients are also important for the growth of the crop. All of these nutrients are equally important for the growth of the plant and lack of one nutrient can result in poor growth of the plant and can lead to becoming more vulnerable to disease or lead to death. These nutrients along with CO2 and energy from the sun aids in the development of the plant.

This portion will go under Potassium sensing under the same section as above:

Potassium (K+) is one of the essential macronutrients found in plant soil. K+ is the most abundant cation and it is very limited in plant soil. Plants absorb K+ from the soil through channels that are found at the plasma membrane of root cells. Potassium is not assimilated into organic matter like other nutrients such as nitrate and ammonium but serves as a major osmoticum.