Browse 49 real Plant Sciences projects entered in 2007, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals Hydrogen peroxide can benefit plant growth in two major ways: 1) improved aeration; and 2) killing microorganisms that may be harmful to plant growth through its bactericida…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The project experiment was to determine, whether or not, growing lima beans with eucalyptus leaves, would have any alleopathic effects on the growth of the lima beans. I bel…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a bacterium which causes the disease crown gall, or a plant tumor. Allium cepa, or commonly called onion, is known to have many beneficial effec…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The prevalence of two related non-native species was examined and compared throughout Humboldt County. Both species are commonly known as pampas grass, but their scientific…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to test a simple innovative method that measures the respiration rate in seeds. Methods/Materials Four kinds of germinating seeds were used t…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is used coffee grinds can be recycled, add value to improve plant growth and help the environment#but a proper ratio of coffee to soil probably is necessary fo…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to produce a successful graft between different species of cacti. Studying grafting can add to research in the field of plant biology, and help expand knowledge i…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals For my project, I decided to see whether or not the size of a pumpkin affected how many seeds it produces. I hypothesized that the large pumpkins would have fewer seeds. The…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test which evergreen street tree had the highest carbon and ozone uptake (calculated over a year) for the following three species: California palm, Mugo…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My goal is to determine if wood ash at various amounts have any effect on germination rate and if it will produce a stronger and healthier plant. Methods/Materials I obtaine…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology First Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if fruit size in tangelos could be increased by manipulating the tree by pruning or using a growth regulating hormone. The cost of the treatmen…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals I was determining whether or not the plant species Bluebell Hyacinthoid, Non-scripta (found in my yard) after producing pink flowers last year, would once again bloom pink,…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine which plants are affected by which allelochemicals and to what extent. Methods/Materials I used a variety of plants with known al…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to explore the best natural ways to deter Dendroctonus brevicomis and Dendroctonus ponderosae from attacking Pinus ponderosa in the San Ber…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to determine the effects of light&temperature on black and lima beans, the depth of the beans planted, type of beans planted,&inoculant on the root structure…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine how acceleration affects the direction of root growth. My independent variable is the direction of the force applied to the pl…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My experiment had two purposes: first, to see if excessive amounts of CO2 would affect plant and seed growth and second, to see if the CO2 would affect the temperature of th…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals This research project was conducted to study what effects that gravity has on the growth angles of radish seeds. I recently read an article published by the National Aeronau…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Everything needs to adapt in order to survive. Man is now venturing into space, will he be able to take plants with him? I did my project on whether a plant would be able to…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine how different sources of water affect lima bean plant growth. The hypothesis states that lima bean seeds watered with marsh water will produce…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to find if plants will survive in a Martian Soil with the aid of fertilizer and plant supplements or not. My hypothesis is that if a Martia…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The project's objective was to determine if the light and gravitational changes found in each of the four moon phases, Apogee/Perigee Moon Cycles, Ascending and Descending M…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective is to demonstrate the benefit of the presence of earthworms to plants. I believe that plants exposed to earthworms will grow better than plants without earthwor…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if adding mycorrhizal fungi to the soil at the time of planting alfalfa seed would cause a young seedling alfalfa plant to grow more root mass…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Second Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment explored the effects of increased intensities of UV radiation on two primary groups of chromophores in a plant. Methods/Materials After the plants were grown…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out whether or not the rate of phtosynthesis changed as light intensity was increased or decreased. Methods/Materials I used a jar, for the airtight…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals The objective was to test various seedling populations of two different crops to find the best plant growth for the farmer using the least amount of nursery space. Onion and…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if fire affects the germination of certain species of plants. Methods/Materials We tested fire and four components of fire; heat, smoke, ethyl…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals Sodium in the soil is a growing problem for the agricultural industry. About one third of the land in the US has some degree of salt buildup. My objective was to determine t…
CSEF · 2007
Plant Biology
Objectives/Goals To see if different amounts of salt in water effects the germination of lettuce seeds Methods/Materials Materials: 1. Bleach, 2. Water, 3. Lettuce Seeds, 4. Paper filter, 5.…