In this class, Plant Science seniors identify a problem or topic in plant sciences and develop a poster and oral presentation. The course objectives are for students to:
- develop a research question and/or hypothesis
- complete a literature review to support their presentation
- present results and findings for a range of audiences
2021 SPRING PRESENTATIONS
Alexandra G. Alegre
"Preliminary Inoculation of Swampbay (Persea palustris) with a GFP transformant of Raffaela aguacate"
Poster
Video
Gianna L. Arcuri
"Native Herbivory on Cannabis sativa L. Seedlings by Ventridens demissus Across Various Treatment Factors"
Poster
Video
Julia Bruner
"Downstream Effects of Alternative Splicing of HRE1 in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Poster
Video
Giancarlo Buzzi
"Drench Applications of Humic Acids Do Not Improve Southern Highbush Blueberry Transplant in Soilless Substrates"
Poster
Video
Kathryn Chase
"Subcellular Localization of Oryza sativa V-ATPase Subunit H"
Poster
Video
Persis Desai
"Analysis of the Influence of Light Intensity on the Expression of Variegation"
Poster
Video
Anthony Devrient
"Battling Climate Change with Regenerative Agriculture"
Poster
Video
Carl Alexander Doke II
"Growing Plants in Space: A Literature Review"
Poster
Video
Alexi Dong
"A Comparative Study on the Effects of Varying Photoperiod and Types of Light on the Growth of Asclepias tuberosa"
Poster
Video
Maryanna Dose
"The Effect of Heat Delay on the Height of Euphorbia pulcherrima"
Poster
Video
Alec Dunker
"Screening and Characterization of LIM domain in Cereal"
Poster
Video
Tirzah Etherton
"Hydroponic Soil Medium: A Project Proposal"
Poster
Video
Alexandra Garner
"Do the Foraging Preference of the Southeast Blueberry Bee (Habropoda laboriosa) Differ Across Habitat Type?"
Poster
Video
Leslie Harrison
"Want to Reduce your Carbon Footprint? Order on Tap"
Poster
Video
Bridgette Hattle
"Oyster Mushrooms Influence On Crop Productivity"
Poster
Video
Arden Lambert
"Testing Lures for Spotted Winged Drosophila"
Poster
Video
Audrey Mahon
"Evaluation of Elder as a Florida Crop in with a Focus on Non-Conventional Growing"
Poster
Video
Daniela Menendez
"Exploring Microbial Biocontrol Agents for Dioscorea bulbifera"
Poster
Video
Meylin Muniz
"Experimenting with Your
Forest Garden Understory"
Poster
Video
Vanessa Oden
"Significance of Industrial Hemp in Agriculture"
Poster
Video
Gabriel Pelegrina
"Cover Crop and Soil Amendment effects on Nutrient Cycling in Organic Systems"
Poster
Video
Matthew Petela
"Development and Use of a Low-Cost Luxmeter to Predict Plant Success"
Poster
Video
Robert Pimentel
"Water Stress affecting Mint
Cutting Propagation"
Poster
Video
Emily Rakela
"Obstacles in Production of Popular Houseplants"
Poster
Video
Paola M. Ramos
"Using the IFAS Assessment to Make Responsible Landscape Decisions"
Poster
Video
Miguel Reyes
"Effects of Duff Bulk Density on Water Retention"
Poster
Video
Kacey Russo
"Effects of Residential Landscaping on Alpha and Beta Plant Diversity Across Spatial Scales"
Poster
Video
Stephen Sevigny
"Pothos
To Be, Or Not To Be: A Houseplant"
Poster
Video
Natalia Smith
"The Medicinal Properties of Berberine"
Poster
Video
Nathalia Tello
"A Florida Guide to Silvopastures"
Poster
Video
Tyson Thorpe
"Evaluation of Impact of Hormodin-1 in Vertical Growing Environments"
Poster
Video
Jessica Vick
"Selective Breeding in Producing Heat Resistant Pepper
Varieties"
Poster
Video
Samantha Victores
"Effects of Cover Crops and Organic Amendments on Nutrient Management
of Organic Spinach"
Poster
Video
Miranda Vidak
"Analyzing the Digestive Process of Carnivorous Plants"
Poster
Video
Alyssa Ward
"Saving wine: managing red blotch disease and its viral
vector through symptom analysis"
Poster
Video
Karolina Zakarkaite
"Conservation of Endangered Florida Scrub Plant Species"
Poster
Video