Sarah Mohamed Marie
Altarbiah Alislamiah School, Riyadh, Central, SAUDI ARABIA
Currently, many farmers in the world use chemical hormones and incentives to simulate their crop growth and provide additional attractiveness. In 1998, 5 to 6% of plant species contained a high amount of chemical incentives and in 2010, 200 new diseases were discovered that related to plants containing these problematic elements. The current research is aimed at eliminating this harmful growth method by using another non-invasive alternative process called the Cole-Cole model, as this electrical circuit is optimal for representing plants` tissue. Output voltage was measured for 15 natural growth specimens, and then used in solving fractional calculus equations to determine the resistance and capacitance values for each specimen. Then, the recoded results of 15 simulated growth specimens was examined to test the effect of using both methods on the crops. In the simulated growth case, the electrical elements values were decreased by 34.8%. These results were compared to another 15 specimens, which were infected by a nematode virus. Both the virus and hormone hold the same effect on the tissue and the values in the infected viral case decreased by 42.8%, which is similar in nature to the simulated case. By applying this experiment, all farmers can supply healthy food to the world, because they will be able to differentiate between the natural growth and the simulated growth fruits and vegetables. Farmers will also be able to diagnose crop diseases prior to symptom onset and control them rapidly and effectively.