To explore local adaptation in bluebunch wheatgrass, we have designed an experiment to look at early (10-day) root and shoot development of seeds collected across 4 different seed zones in the Great Basin.

Today Partric and I planted the first round of 98 seeds into sand filled tubes. We used sand as a planting medium to make the eventual root-cleaning and imaging easier.

We will monitor each seed for germination and harvest each seedling once it is 10 days old for root and shoot measurements.