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ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Third Award
Over years of increasing environmental awareness and ongoing pollution challenges of single-use plastics, contemporary bioplastics, despite their promise, still present significant ecologica…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences First Award
Every year, farmers around the world lose more than $95 billion from uncontrolled weed infestation. Herbicide-resistant weeds, also known as “superweeds”, are fast becoming a significant par…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Second Award
Waste in the food production chain directly impacts the economy and food shortage, creating the need for alternatives to reduce these losses. This project aims to develop a natural, healthy,…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Second Award
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as "forever chemicals", are one of the most common and dangerous water pollutants, having carcinogenic effects and causing 382,000 global de…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Motivated by the Union Strategy for Biodiversity 2030, advocating for significant reductions in chemical pesticide and fertilizer use. By focusing on Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and combining them…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Global warming poses a significant threat to plants by weakening their defense, exacerbating disease outbreaks and threatening global food security. However, limited attention is given to th…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly known as citrus greening, is the most devastating disease in the world and has devastated Florida citrus industry. HLB is caused by the phloem-colonizing…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
For many farmers, finding efficient ways to fight infection strengthens their business and saves their crops. Florida's climate makes agriculture especially susceptible to disease or the ele…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
In the United States, 96% of food deserts are in urban areas. Deep Water Culture (DWC) hydroponics increases access to fresh produce in urban communities however economic barriers from initi…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Purpose: In an effort to reduce the spread of Rapid Ohia Death, this project was to find how different fungicides (chemical, natural, and controlled) affect the chlorophyll concentration in…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Human survival and sustenance on Mars depend on sustainable agricultural practices and developing a life support system using in-situ resources. Martian regolith is sterile and devoid of org…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not agricultural pesticides have a negative impact on the root and coleoptile growth of Z. mays seeds. Five seeds were grown per reseala…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Expired milk products pose significant challenges for the dairy industry, with millions of tons of waste generated annually worldwide that must be disposed. Current disposal methods, such as…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Catechin is a chemical by-product of the invasive species spotted knapweed. When secreted by the plant's roots, catechin causes surrounding plants to die. We figured that we could turn this…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Glycine max holds significant global agricultural and economic values. Although caffeine is used as a soil fertilizer, it could inflict adverse effects on the seed, hindering the plant’s ove…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is a biological process enhancing soil stability and nutrient cycling. With a surging global population, increased crop yields exploit nutrient and water a…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Juniperus (L.) is the second most prevalent genus of conifers worldwide. This study focuses on Juniperus procera (L.) because of its natural abundance of photochemical components that have p…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Invasive Rhodophyta (red macroalgae) species Dasysiphonia japonica & Gracilaria are threatening environmental and human health by outcompeting native seaweeds and releasing toxins from harmf…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences
The escalating costs of traditional farming has spurred interest in investigating alternative cultivation methods, such as hydroponics. My project aims to compare the efficiency of horizonta…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Third Award
TALE homeodomains (TALE-HD) are a large class of genes encoding proteins that act as transcription factors in eukaryotes to regulate major developmental and life cycle changes. Their ancestr…
ISEF · 2024
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Despite major advancements in biological sciences and technologies, we have yet to tap into the full potential of plants. They have the ability to produce a variety of proteins, some of whic…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Second Award
Arsenic accumulation in rice is becoming increasingly problematic, threatening the health of over 150 million people globally. This project aims to use rhizoremediation with rice plants tran…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
A dead zone is an area in a body of water in which oxygen has been depleted to an extreme. These zones are caused by algae blooms which is an immense growth of algae. Algae blocks sunlight w…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Climate change, ocean acidification, and decreased pH are causing detriment to kelp in our marine ecosystems. This decrease in pH is known to change the solubility of essential micronutrient…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Second Award
The flowering of plants is necessary for their further reproduction. Flowering is regulated by hundreds of genes encoding proteins. The goal of my academic work is to find out how AGO bindin…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Lignification and lignin biosynthesis is an innate immune response in plants to pathogens attempting to enter the cell wall. When pathogens successfully penetrate the cell wall, it damages t…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
Since 2008, Non-Conventional Food Plants (PANCs) have been gaining more space and even popularity, through several studies. From research on digital applications as a means of scientific dis…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences
The purpose of this field study is to observe which planting configuration produces the highest yield for farmers. The planting configurations of twin row, single row, and broadcast will be…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Third Award
Food demand is increasing around the globe due to the growing population, which presents the risk of starvation and future food insecurity. One pre-emptive measure is to improve the growth a…
ISEF · 2023
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Biochar can serve as a long-term carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems. While there is significant research on the agricultural applications of biochar, the impact of C3 vs C4 feedstock on t…