38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Beta carotene is a precursor to vitamin-A, a deficiency of which has been linked to blindness. Beta carotene has been found in the endosperm of corn, but not the pericarp. My study will seek…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Recently, the number of patients suffering from food poisoning is increasing. The best way to decrease food poisoning is to eliminate its causes. To do this, we have tried to develop edible…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
White clover (Trifolium repens) has compound leaves, usually with three leaflets. The plant occasionally produces leaves with four leaflets, the so-called four-leaf clover, which is a symbol…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The objective of this project is to find the most suitable quantity of gibberellic acid to create the most growth in snow pea plants. Methods Gibberellic acid (powder form), digit…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
When I had first thought of this project, my hypothesis is that the pole beans are going to all grow tallest, the pole beans without the plastic/paper will grow best out of the three, the pe…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives Microplastics are small pieces of plastic found in the environment and are harmful to animals. I wondered if microplastics could affect plants. The objective of this project was t…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
Genetic diversity is crucial to the survival of species. To preserve plants threatened by natural and human causes, ex situ conservation has been implemented with seed banking and cryopreser…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives Late detection of drought stress in plants could lead to irreversible damage and low yield. Older methods of monitoring plant water status are destructive and only detects plant d…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
Brazil is the biggest orange producer in the world and the state of Paraná is the third biggest producer in Brazil. Because this fruit has low shelf life, agrochemicals are widely used to co…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives The aim of this research project was to analyze the effect of certain environmental changes on plant growth and their adaptation patterns for survival. This would help us understa…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives The objective of this study is to determine the effects of modification of DMR6 in tomato fitness and abiotic stress response. Methods Plant trays, dsRNA, qPCR kit, soil, tomato s…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives To understand if a sensor-based watering system uses water more efficiently and also improves plant growth at the same time by optimizing the water required by the plants. Methods…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Many plants depend on complex communities of microorganisms to support growth. Symbiosis, the interaction between two species, has been occurring for over 400 million years. As close partner…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose is to better understand the relationships that arise between corn plants and their mycorrhizal symbionts in order to pursue agricultural applications of mycorrhizal fungi. The hy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Rice is a major food source worldwide with 3.5 billion people depending on it. Rice yield loss is up to 47% annually because of the use of herbicides. To address this problem, CRISPR/Cas9 sy…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
Melientha suavis Pierre (MSP) an indigenous wild plant grown from seeds with slow growth rate and high mortality, but high consumption demand leading to relative high price. In general, plas…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Synthetic and natural turfgrass have been commonly used on athletic fields for a long time. One of the biggest concerns with synthetic turfgrass is the potential effect on players’ health. I…
AJAS · 2019
Plant Sciences (inferred)
The rise of human population indicates the need to make humans a multiplanetary species. Exploration of Mars by physically present scientists will lead to a critical requirement for food. Th…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
There are many compelling reasons to explore Mars: to understand climatic changes, to understand ancient environment conducive to life’s origin, and to find a new home for the rising populat…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Horticulturists regularly use asexual propagation techniques to more efficiently multiply specimens, but these methods have not changed dramatically in the last several decades. Native plant…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
This investigation presents a novel approach of characterizing the alpine treeline as a phase transition from one phase (forest) to another (tundra). Phase transition research in other syste…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives Currently, parts of the world, such as Cape Town, South Africa, are running out of an essential part of human life, water; water is used to grow crops, cook food, and is used on a…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The term Smart Agriculture defines the sphere of solutions aimed at monitoring, managing and optimizing processes related to agriculture: being able to monitor environmental parameters relat…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
This study addresses the global demand for crop supply by enhancing germination and harvest yield of Zea mays (maize) and Glycine max (soybean) seeds with plant extracts, endophytes, and end…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Forest management over the past two decades has focused on encouraging evenly spaced mature trees with the idea that they would resist fire. This works for prescribed fires, but once the fir…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology
Objectives The objective is to demonstrate the impact of root growth in radish plants when seed germination was supplemented with different concentration of Vitamin D. Methods Planting Box 1…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives To find a way to utilize the commonly wasted shells and spines of Red Sea Urchin that have potential to become a zero waste resource. Methods Mixed 340 grams of crushed Red Sea Ur…
CSEF · 2019
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine how much seed is needed to grow a viable plant and to try to induce the growth of true leaves which are indicators of viability. There a…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Heavy metals (HM) cause oxidative stress in plant cells. Insight in the mechanisms of the early stress response to heavy metal intoxication is crucial for the development of (transgenic) pla…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Zea mays is a staple crop worldwide known for extensive genetic diversity, making it a worthy plant model to study. Alternative splicing (AS) is a post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism i…