Browse 53 real Plant Sciences projects entered in 2005, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To compare the effectiveness of organic worm casting fertilizer to two non-organic fertilizers in the growth of Annual Rye Grass. If it can be shown that worm castings are a…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal of this project is to find out what percent of California's Hawaiian papaya is genetically engineered and whether the genetically engineered papaya tastes different…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if different types of soils have an effect on the amount of chlorophyll in pinto bean plant. Methods/Materials First, I planted nine plants,three…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals How to minimize the number of cattails in a cattail-clogged marsh / oxbow lake so that an endangered species may be introduced. Methods/Materials The materials used are as f…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To investigate seed tolerance for freezing by measuring the germination rate after being frozen for various intervals. I predict seeds frozen will have germination rates low…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project is to determine whether or not cloning through fragmentation of a plant is possible. Using the data that we have obtained from the project, we are a…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if the amount of aeration has any effect on plant production. Methods/Materials I am using a stone that will aerate the water wit…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to find out if compost or store bought fertilizer helps vegetables grow taller. Methods/Materials I had 12 pots and 4 different groups of 3.…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine whether the growth rate of the plants will be affected negatively by an increase in transpiration rate due to high winds. I…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn at what temperature three different types of vegetable seeds die. This is important when seeds are treated for disease control and for seed storage…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my science project is to determine the effects of different concentrations of fertilizer on hydroponically grown lettuce. Methods/Materials Red Leaf lettuce s…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if long term exposure to water of different temperatures would affect different types of seed's germination. This year has proven that the world's weath…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine whether varying percentages of nitrate in fertilizer will affect the height of Vigna unguiculata. Methods/Materials The percentag…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To determine the effect magnetic fields have on the growth of plants. Methods/Materials Start with 30 Styrofoam cups and place five holes in the bottom of each cup for water…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to find out if the mass of a bean would have any effect on the height of its plant. For this experiment three different beans masses wou…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to determine if beta carotene is effective in preventing tumors (galls) in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a bacterium known to caus…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find out if transpiration rate of rose geranium is changed by the increased diameter in leaves. I think it is interesting how plants transpire, the way this actu…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to find out how different light colors affect plant growth. Methods/Materials - 4 boxes - Colored Transparencies: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Clear. - 5 fl…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I would like to know which color in the light spectrum is most needed for plant growth. Methods/Materials Materials: 1)Tinker Toy set 2) 4 colors of plastic wrap and clear w…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The effects of metabolites produced by the fungus, Cladosporium sp. on crops in the Salinas Valley such as beans and lettuce were determined. This fungus has shown a remarka…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteria share an important relationship with legumes. Rhizobium bacteria fix nitrogen for a legume plant and in return, the bacteria get shelter and…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal was to see if the amount of phosphorus in fertilizer affected plant growth. I was interested in this area because I love plants and gardening. I knew from the beginn…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if music affected plant growth and if so, how? Methods/Materials First I ordered 50 fast plant seeds for the experiment. Then I built four boxes…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals California Senator Dean Florez stated, "In your previous research Buckeye trees seem to have been effective in eliminating mosquitoes." He then asked me, "How easy would it…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine how Hydroponic and Aeroponic growing systems compare to traditional soil based technology in terms of water consumption, root vigor, and growth…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to test if there was higher mortality of Pinyon Pines on steeper slopes and on hotter slopes (south aspect) during the last drought. Steeper slopes have grea…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Does the amount of light affect the germination of spinach seeds? Methods/Materials Spinach seeds were planted in individual "cells" in a styrofoam getminating tray. To crea…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which of four pre-planting treatments to lettuce seed would cause the seed to germinate the fastest. The four pre-treatments I used were: pre-w…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The live oak tree is a large part of the native California landscape. Live oak seedlings are found to be limited when the oak woodlands community is examined. A member of th…
CSEF · 2005
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals For those people who have lots of plants, buying fertilizers can be expensive. The purpose of my experiment was to make homemade fertilizers and compare them with commercial…