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ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Pollution, lack of arable lands and low global water availability are some of the many problems the farming process faces nowadays. To solve these problems, two solutions are suggested: hydr…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The world population grows approximately 83 million people per year, and if this progression continues, by 2050 it will reach more than 9 billion people. To meet their needs, it would be nec…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Third Award
In organic agricultural communities, the soil is contaminated with chemical runoff from Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (NPK) fertilizer ions that diffuse from neighboring farms. These i…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences First Award
The purpose of the project was to determine an alternative to synthetic pesticides. It was hypothesized that Armadillidium would not survive in the presence of T. harzianum. Phase I included…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
RNA editing acts as a critical component of plant biology because of its ability to generate RNA and protein diversity in eukaryotes, resulting in specific amino acid substitutions, insertio…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Palo Verde trees (Parkinsonia microphylla) are one of the most unique trees native to Arizona in which photosynthesis occurs both through its small, transpiration-reduction adapted leaves an…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
For my experiment, I wanted to see if the Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) that farmers treat their crops with are effective and worth the investment. To test this, I treated wheat with two di…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The purpose of my experiment is to test how well Isochrysis galbana and Arthrospira platensis algae cultures capture and sequester carbon dioxide while under conditions of extreme heat and e…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Agricultural soils in the state of Chihuahua, Northwest Mexico are desert and low in organic material. Also, usually the conventional production of crops is associated with the green revolut…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The medicinal plant Stryphnodendron adstringens is a native species of the Brazil. The objective of this research was to investigate the biological activities of the hydroalcoholic extract o…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
A medical condition due to excess accumulation of fats in human body leading to a BMI =30 kg/m2 is termed as Obesity. According to WHO, obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 worldwide. While…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Many efforts have been made in genetically modifying plants to make them more tolerant to various stress conditions. For example, the overexpression of AVP1 and PP2A-C5 increases either salt…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Each day agriculturists must work harder to produce more food with less land in order to meet the rapidly growing population. By determining which silage corn hybrid yields the highest per a…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Second Award
A paramount issue that contemporary agriculture faces is the worldwide infestation of soil with parasitic weeds. Strigolactones (SLs), a family of carotenoid-derived plant hormones, act as g…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences First Award
HCC has become the fastest-rising cause of cancer-related death. A novel therapeutic approach for treatment is warranted. The goal of this study is to find effective components from Chinese…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Third Award
With increasing populations and rising global temperatures, the need for a new agricultural revolution is imperative. The objective of this project was to find a sustainable and economical a…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
Creeping woodsorrel or Oxalis corniculata is the perennial plant with a slender primary root. The leaf is composed of 3 leaflets. The fruit itself consists of green cylindrical capsules whic…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The photoperiodic circadian rhythm in plants helps direct when photosynthesis occurs, and controls an organism's response to light/dark patterns. Hedera helix (common ivy) was the plant used…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
The Florida Ridges, ecosystems that have been undisturbed for the past millions of years, are home to many unique and rare flora. There is an expressed need to preserve these special ecosyst…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Fourth Award
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…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences Third Award
Due to excessive cultivation and timber extraction, the Monkey River has become polluted from runoff fertilizer and pesticide flowing from nearby farms. The Belize Community is experiencing…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Rapid ‘Ohi‘a Death (ROD) is caused by two plant pathogenic fungi in the Ceratocystis fimbriata species complex, commonly referred to as Ceratocystis species A and B. ROD has devastated nativ…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Climate change is an important challenge facing the world today. In many parts of the world climate change models predict an increase in extreme weather events including increasing surface t…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Purpose: The microgravity environment encountered during space-flight has long been considered to affect plant growth and contents; the goal of our study is to investigate the effect of simu…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
In response to agrochemical contamination, the traditional technique “Bamboo - Treacle” or “BAMI” is proposed, as organic fertilizer to influence the development of the cucumber plant. The b…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Our 2016-2017 research found negative effects to radish seeds from a low-orbit, 30-day space flight and verified those results with independent treatments of beta radiation and vibration. Fo…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Banana peels are a high starch fruit with a molecular composition that allows the peel to be broken down and remade into a biodegradable plastic. These plastics are an economic way to help f…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) and members of the family Lumbricidae (earthworms) are two invasive species to Minnesota that negatively affect native plant growth and contribute to ov…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
If the timings of flower opening and closing could be controlled or predicted, it is worth applying to agronomical uses, such as artificial pollination. It is reported that the flower openin…
ISEF · 2018
Plant Sciences
According to the USDA, New Mexico farms consume 1.8 million acre-feet of water per year. Due to New Mexico’s limited water supply, the State cannot produce enough crops to support itself and…