Water Hyacinth as Food for Rabbit
waty DRIED WATER HYACINTH (Eichhornia crassipes) LEAVES
AS FOOD FOR Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit) MIXED WITH
SUGAR CANE (Saccharum officinarum) MOLASSES
This Science Investigatory Project
Is Presented to
The Science and Technology Department
Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School As Partial Fulfillment
In The Subject Research II
By:
Tristan Jan A. Seraspi
Rexter A. Marqueses
Prince Emmanuel C. Gauna
2013
IV-ZARA
Chapter I
THE PROBLEM
Introduction
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is free-floating perennial aquatic plant (hydrophyte) native to tropical and sub-tropical continents. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves. They have long, spongy and bulbous stalks. An erect stalk supports a single spike of 8-15 conspicuously attractive flowers, mostly lavender to pink in color with six petals. Mostly unlike here in the Philippines these free-floating plants are wastes, they the cause of the flash-floods that destroys our houses, they block the way that the water will flow mostly in the river side. Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is a tropical, perennial grass that forms lateral shoots at the base to produce multiple stems, typically three to four meters high and about five cm in diameter. The stems grow into cane stalk, which when mature constitutes approximately 75% of the entire plant. A mature stalk is typically composed of 11–16% fiber, 12–16% soluble sugars, 2–3% non-sugars, and 63–73% water. This is also the main source of sugar that we use everyday, and can be converted into molasses which some animals like, such as rabbit. This sugar cane molasses can boost the appetite of this cute mammal called rabbit. Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a small mammal that is herbivore, some makes them as pets (Domestic rabbits), and can be a great source of income too. We will make them a food from dried water hyacinth leaves and compare what is its improvement in many aspects like in health and etc. from the original food that it
AS FOOD FOR Oryctolagus cuniculus (Rabbit) MIXED WITH
SUGAR CANE (Saccharum officinarum) MOLASSES
This Science Investigatory Project
Is Presented to
The Science and Technology Department
Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School As Partial Fulfillment
In The Subject Research II
By:
Tristan Jan A. Seraspi
Rexter A. Marqueses
Prince Emmanuel C. Gauna
2013
IV-ZARA
Chapter I
THE PROBLEM
Introduction
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is free-floating perennial aquatic plant (hydrophyte) native to tropical and sub-tropical continents. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves. They have long, spongy and bulbous stalks. An erect stalk supports a single spike of 8-15 conspicuously attractive flowers, mostly lavender to pink in color with six petals. Mostly unlike here in the Philippines these free-floating plants are wastes, they the cause of the flash-floods that destroys our houses, they block the way that the water will flow mostly in the river side. Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) is a tropical, perennial grass that forms lateral shoots at the base to produce multiple stems, typically three to four meters high and about five cm in diameter. The stems grow into cane stalk, which when mature constitutes approximately 75% of the entire plant. A mature stalk is typically composed of 11–16% fiber, 12–16% soluble sugars, 2–3% non-sugars, and 63–73% water. This is also the main source of sugar that we use everyday, and can be converted into molasses which some animals like, such as rabbit. This sugar cane molasses can boost the appetite of this cute mammal called rabbit. Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a small mammal that is herbivore, some makes them as pets (Domestic rabbits), and can be a great source of income too. We will make them a food from dried water hyacinth leaves and compare what is its improvement in many aspects like in health and etc. from the original food that it