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ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Microplastics, originating from various sources, threaten ecosystems such as the Gulf of Mexico, where they accumulate in food chains and impact vast wildlife & humans. On the other hand, mi…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This project investigated how allelopathic compounds from the invasive Cynara cardunculus (artichoke thistle) affect native species in the endangered coastal sage scrub habitat (CSS) at Blac…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Olive trees are a vital part of the economy in Mediterranean countries. However, these trees suffer annually from the olive bark beetle (Phloeotribus scarabaeoides), which has been increasin…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Aquaponics is a process of producing food through a symbiotic relationship between fish, which provide nutrients, and plants, which purify water. This project assesses the effectiveness of n…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a highly dominant alien weed species that is increasingly abundant across the Americas and Europe, possessing several potentially allelopathic plant…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Global food security is increasingly threatened by climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity, with regions like Jordan facing acute challenges due to limited arable land and fresh…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Downy brome (Bromus tectorum) is an invasive annual, cool-season grass that invades disturbed land impacted by overgrazing, fire, drought, and road construction. The application of weed supp…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Meloidogyne spp., or the root-knot nematode, is the most destructive nematode disease worldwide and persists in threatening the sustainability of the vegetable industry in numerous regions.…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The parasitic plant, Striga hermonthica, threatens food security in Africa and affects the income of smallholder farmers, with impacts between $7-10 billion USD annually. A newly emerging st…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Sallyqueen is a rice variety derived from a Nipponbare × BASMATI370 cross. Its grain length and width are approximately 1.15 and 0.73 times that of Nipponbare, respectively. Some grains were…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This project designed a cost efficient system to measure the CO2 assimilation and calculate photosynthetic rate of different outdoor plants. The air pump, flow meter, leaf chamber, reference…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Citrus greening, or Huanglongbing (HLB), is the most devastating citrus disease, affecting all major producers. Florida was the nation’s largest citrus industry before HLB caused a 75% decli…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The agricultural industry is striving to increase the world's food supply systems to meet future needs, and hydroponics can be a crucial tool in this endeavor. This study aimed to enhance th…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
My science fair project is to see how pea plants would grow to different liquids on the pH scale. In this world there are many countries with the lack of clean water or just having the abili…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This study examines the ability and effectiveness of drone-hyperspectral imaging in identifying variations in crop health for the purpose of optimizing farm productivity and yield. The resea…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Ambrosia artemisiifolia is an invasive weed that significantly suppresses immune systems and outcompetes monocrops in Mississippi due to its pollen distribution. The primary objective of thi…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean) is highly drought-sensitive. Camellia sinensis (green tea) contains polyphenols that may mitigate drought stress. Using 40 P. vulgaris seedlings grown from s…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This study aimed to determine which light color is most effective for growing a plant entirely indoors and for preparing a plant to be transplanted outdoors. Optimizing indoor plant growth s…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
With the renewed goal of manned Lunar explorations and future Mars exploration, continuous fresh food production during long duration deep space missions can be critical. Production of fresh…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The hydrogel has gained attention as a delivery mechanism to reduce nutrient runoff and improve delivery of fertilizers. Hydrogels are crosslinked polymers that expand to hold liquid when su…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
This project explores a cost-effective method to improve nutrient uptake in wheat using mycorrhizal fungi. These fungi form a symbiotic relationship with plant roots, aiding nutrient absorpt…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Assessing the salt tolerance of different Colocasia esculenta (taro) varieties and cultivars is crucial due to increasing saltwater intrusion in low-lying plantations in American Samoa, wher…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
With missions to the Moon planned for the near future, a significant amount of lunar research is being conducted, including finding a reliable food source (plants) to allow for permanent lun…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
As humanity ventures into extraterrestrial agriculture and advances controlled-environment farming, understanding how plants integrate directional growth cues under altered abiotic condition…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Gossypium hirsutum (Cotton) is a significant non-staple crop. Its economic significance is determined by main characteristics of its fiber including fiber tenacity, length, strength and colo…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Despite the recent, and to some extent controversial, advent of plant classification by molecular methods, such as DNA barcoding, morphological characteristics (relating to a plant’s physica…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Hydroponic systems are an efficient method of plant cultivation that is gaining popularity due to its high yields and resource efficiency. However, current hydroponic substrates like mineral…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Lunar colonization will require sustainable agriculture using in-situ resources and minimal fostering materials from Earth. This study aimed to grow Raphanus sativus (radish) in a Lunar Sout…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
In this study, a salt-tolerant bacterium, Oceanobacillus aidingensis, referred as Oc2, was isolated from wetlands in Taiwan. In the absence of plant, Oc2 does not reduce soil salinity; howev…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
The objective of this experiment was to determine the impact continuous fertilization would have on the protein content and growth of soybean plants compared to initial fertilization only. T…