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ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Still water in floral buckets often produces bacteria and pollutants, leading to shorter life, inventory shrink, and waste of salvageable flowers. A plan was composed to aerate water in thes…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Third Award
Metrosideros polymorpha (ohia lehua) is considered one of the world’s best examples of a foundational tree species that is essential in maintaining the native forest’s ecosystem. However, tw…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Heavy metals found in stormwater runoff are a pervasive environmental issue. Heavy metal contamination in places like Flint Michigan have brought a new awareness to the problem. These pollut…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Ocean acidification is a major environmental problem caused by excess oceanic exposure to carbon dioxide. This phenomenon has been studied and shown to slow down calcification in many calcif…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
By the year 2050, the world population is expected to increase substantially. To meet the needs of the world’s growing population, farms need to become more sustainable. The purpose of this…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
The world population is rapidly rising – estimated to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 – requiring a dramatic increase in crop production and associated water consumption. Fogponics, a hardly used…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Purpose: Analyze microbial biomass of soil samples from natural and restoration sites of Mulanje cedar trees to determine if a higher population of bacteria than fungi is present, contributi…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The flytrap is a carnivorous plant. We want to find out if the flytrap can be triggered by a self-generated external action potential. Therefore, we measured the electrical action potentials…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Using chemicals such as 2,4-D, scientists have been able to cause the formation of pseudonodules within non-nodulating plants. Since certain auxins were effective in producing pseudonodules,…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to apply simulated herbicide drift of 2,4-BD and cobra on to soybeans to increase T/Ha yield.The herbicides in this research were applied to soybe…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
We are studying Phytophthora ramorum, a water mold which is killing tanoaks and causing a foliar infection on Bay laurels in Santa Cruz County. Sudden Oak Death threatens the survival of oak…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
By the year 2050, the global population is expected to reach 9 billion. This poses serious issues for the global food supply which will need to double to meet the demands of the ever more po…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this project was to allow a better, more concrete understanding of the way in which benzodiazepine drugs, commonly referred to as sleep aids, effect the way that cells behave.…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my project was to find an effective method of increasing yields in limited production agricultural areas. Finding a cost-effective way to increase production in previously unp…
ISEF · 2019
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Despite their role in regulating crucial plant phenomena like plant architecture and senescence, information about plant hormones, especially strigolactones, is relatively scarce. Strigolact…