LUTHER  BURBANKGOWDA JAYASHREE NARASIMHA

GHS KADABAGERE,BANGALORE NORTH –O1                                      ENGLISH PPT

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ObjectivesStudents will be able to……………..Recall the early life of Luther.Understand about grafting.Identify the different varieties of flowers and

vegetables.Learn about the experiments conducted by Luther.

Who turned the roses into different color

Who turned fruits into seedless

Luther BurbankNAME: Luther Burbank OCCUPATION: Botanist,

JournalistBIRTH DATE: March 07,

1849DEATH DATE: April 11, 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH:

Lancaster, MassachusettsPLACE OF DEATH: Santa

Rosa, California

Idaho potatoesBurbank was attracted towards the wonders of nature

and learned the techniques of growing various crops and plants in his life.

He started market gardening at the age of 21,he planted 29 seeds from an early rose potato plant. This was called’’ Idaho potato’’

Darwin ……..Luther was inspired by

the Darwin’s book ‘Variation of animals and plants under domestication’

BARBANK’S HOME

At the age of 26,Burbank moved to California where the climate and soil was suitable for his experiments. He carried on his exp. For more than 15 years on

‘’Santa Rosa’’ near San Francisco

GraftingHe had grown several

varieties of flowers and fruits by

grafting many twigs on a single plant.

GRAFTING

He grew many fruits and vegetables by changing water, food supply’temparatre etc.

He grew dissimilar plants by crossing the plants.

CACTUS WITHOUT THORNS

Burbank carried out more than10’000 experiments with 600 different kinds of plants.

He developed cactus without thorns

Shasta daisy and Burbank Roses

He developed 73 varieties of flowers including the Shasta daisy and Burbank Roses

BerriesAt the end of his

successful attempt to produce a white berry from black berry.

Many of his efforts ended in failure but he was not disapointed.He worked with the simple element of nature to produce effects that were remarkable as in the other fields.