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ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Pollution and dust accumulation are a growing global concern. Researchers are using several engineering and biological methods to mitigate and combat dust pollution. However, the methods nee…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Whether plants—which lack a nervous system—can exhibit "intelligent" behaviors such as learning and stimulus discrimination remains a fundamental question in biology. I addressed this questi…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Plant callus cells are undifferentiated, disorganized, proliferating cells that can form on plant tissues in response to wounding in vivo or phytohormone-induced stimuli in vitro, and are us…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Climate change is triggering soil salinization, which limits crop production, mainly in island communities such as American Samoa. Seed priming is a proven method to boost germination under…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Coastal wetland restoration is increasingly challenged by climate-driven salinity shifts that impose physiological constraints on vulnerable plant populations. This study evaluated how natur…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Phytochrome B (phyB) is a plant photoreceptor that forms nuclear photobodies involved in temperature sensing. While photobody size has been studied, the mechanism controlling photobody numbe…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Orchids are plants with challenging propagation; therefore, in vitro cultivation is a viable alternative for seedling production, despite its high cost. Additionally, growth is slow, and the…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Current plant monitoring systems often rely on reactive visual inspections or invasive analysis, detecting issues only after physiological damage has occurred. To address this, we present a…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Powdery mildew is one of the most widespread and damaging agricultural diseases in the world. As the nation's leading agricultural region, Fresno, California’s 9 billion annual crop revenue…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Salinity in soil is one of the greatest environmental stressors for plants. It has been estimated that worldwide 20% of total cultivated and 30% of irrigated agricultural lands are afflicted…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Paclitaxel, a critical plant-derived chemical harvested from yew trees, is implemented in numerous applications including various chemotherapy treatments. The conventional method of paclitax…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
The danish oceans, fjords and lakes are oxygen deficient due to excessive rain washing fertilizer and pesticides into them. This results in a critical reduction of the biodiversity in these…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Pests are a serious problem as they cause drastic negative impacts on global food production. The current solution, using pesticides, causes even bigger issues: having detrimental impacts on…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Glycine max (soybeans) hold significant global agricultural and economic values. Although caffeine is used as a soil fertilizer, it could inflict adverse effects on the seed itself, hinderin…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Advancements in plant science have striven to breed more resilient crops to address the pressing contemporary issues of food insecurity, which require a concrete understanding of the nutriti…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Soil Salinization accelerated by sea-level rise and salt-water intrusion poses a critical threat to global food security, significantly impacting staple crops like rice (Genua-Olmedo et al.,…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) measures the health of plants. This project used two cameras, one measuring red light and the other near infrared light, to calculate the ND…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
Due to population growth, demand for crop yields is rising, leading to greater use of environmentally harmful chemical fertilizers. Stressors (e.g., water, salinity stress) complicate this i…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
This study investigated the water absorption capacity of grapevines in the Bündner Herrschaft, a viticultural region in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It examined how soil types influen…
ISEF · 2026
Plant Sciences
The fall armyworm is a destructive pest affecting more than 80 plant species, most notably maize, resulting in an estimated $9.4 billion in annual agricultural losses. As the global populati…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Microplastics, originating from various sources, threaten ecosystems such as the Gulf of Mexico, where they accumulate in food chains and impact vast wildlife & humans. On the other hand, mi…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This project investigated how allelopathic compounds from the invasive Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle) affect native species in the endangered coastal sage scrub habitat (CSS) at Blac…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Olive trees are a vital part of the economy in Mediterranean countries. However, these trees suffer annually from the olive bark beetle (Phloeotribus scarabaeoides), which has been increasin…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Aquaponics is a process of producing food through a symbiotic relationship between fish, which provide nutrients, and plants, which purify water. This project assesses the effectiveness of n…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a highly dominant alien weed species that is increasingly abundant across the Americas and Europe, possessing several potentially allelopathic plant…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Global food security is increasingly threatened by climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity, with regions like Jordan facing acute challenges due to limited arable land and fresh…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Downy brome (Bromus tectorum) is an invasive annual, cool-season grass that invades disturbed land impacted by overgrazing, fire, drought, and road construction. The application of weed supp…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Meloidogyne spp., or the root-knot nematode, is the most destructive nematode disease worldwide and persists in threatening the sustainability of the vegetable industry in numerous regions.…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The parasitic plant, Striga hermonthica, threatens food security in Africa and affects the income of smallholder farmers, with impacts between $7-10 billion USD annually. A newly emerging st…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Sallyqueen is a rice variety derived from a Nipponbare × BASMATI370 cross. Its grain length and width are approximately 1.15 and 0.73 times that of Nipponbare, respectively. Some grains were…