Posts by Cecilee Pamplin
Local Sustainable Farmer, Owner of Olde Crow General Store Damon Helton, Farmer and Business Owner, Lonsdale, Ark.
As a city boy, a career in ag was never in the plan for Damon Helton. It took some “soul searching” before he got to where he is now. “The extent of my knowledge in agriculture was shelling purple-hull peas in my grandparents’ small garden and my grandfather always carrying a salt shaker in…
Read MoreAlyssa Butler, Virtual FFA Arkansas State Agriscience Fair Soybean Science Challenge Winner
Alyssa Butler, Carlisle High School, Carlisle, AR Mentor: Carly Bokker Category: Plant Sciences Project Title: Greenhouse Comparison of Genetically Similar Soybean Varieties and Resistance to the Southern Root-Knot Nematode Abstract: The southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) is one of the most important yield-limiting plant-parasitic nematodes that affect soybeans (Glycine max) in Arkansas. One of the…
Read MoreTori Mattmiller, Southwest Arkansas Regional Science Fair Winner Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR
Tori Mattmiller, Emerson High School, Emerson, AR Mentor: Connie Orsak Category: Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences Project Title: The Effect of Acid Rain on Soybean Root Modules Abstract: Farmers have started using rhizobia bacteria-based inoculants to fertilize their soybeans. The rhizobia bacteria create a symbiosis relationship with the legume causing root nodules on the…
Read MoreNatalie Blake, Virtual Southeast Regional Arkansas Winner
Natalie Blake, Star City High School, Star City Mentor: Shannon Blake Category: Plant Sciences Project Title: Induced Leaching of High Sodium Water out of Root Uptake Zone of Glycine Max by Ionization Abstract: Research Question: The research question for this project is ‘How will the electromagnets ionization of salt water affect the depth of saline in the…
Read MoreJoshua Bryant, Winner of ASMSA, West Central Region Science Fair Winner
Joshua Bryant, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts Mentor: Shane Thompson Category: Material Sciences Project Title: Building the Future, Soybean Waste Construction Material Abstract: A soybean hull is the thin outer layer of a soybean. Soybean hulls are a by-product of soybean processing facilities. The soybean hulls have limited uses and are…
Read MoreCooper Bassham, Winner of Northeast Arkansas Regional Science Fair Winner Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Cooper Bassham, Salem High School, Salem, AR Mentor: Amanda Smith Category: Materials Science Project Title: Utilizing Desk Top Fabricated Sensors to Measure Transpiration Rates in Glycine Max Abstract: Purpose: the focus of this experiment was to find a more cost effective and accurate method for analyzing transpiration rates in soybeans (Glycine max). By using…
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