| Brent Puchalski Plant Defence Pathogen Siege, A Microplot Story
Division: | Biotechnology | Category: | Intermediate | Region: | Lethbridge | City: | Lethbridge, AB | School: | Winston Churchill High School | Abstract: | Exploitation of a plant's natural defence mechanisms can provide opportunities to reduce snowmold losses in winter cereals. A foliar application of salicylic acid pathway activators decreases plant mortality when challenged by snowmold/low temperature stresses. Greater gains in survival occur in susceptible types compared to resistant varieties when defence is stimulated. |
Awards | Value | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Award Intermediate Sponsor: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | $750.00 | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | Bronze Medal - Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences Intermediate Sponsor: Rx&D Health Research Foundation | $300.00 | Total | $2 050.00 | |