Idea Rally®
Crop Yield Idea Rally® – Phase 2
The Rally Phase 2 is now closed.
Thanks to the many participants that made it such a success!
Register as a Problem Solver now
to be invited to the next Idea Rally®
Thanks to the many participants that made it such a success!
Register as a Problem Solver now
to be invited to the next Idea Rally®
Crop Yield Idea Rally® Winners – Phase 2
Grand Prize Winner: |
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| Harrys K. C. Jacob, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India | $10,000 | |
| We would like to award Harrys K. C. Jacob for his idea and discussion of "Student based web mining for generation of databases – bioinformatics" as the grand prize winner for Phase 2 of the Idea Rally®. | ||
Winners Sunday, April 17th |
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| Harrys K. C. Jacob, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India | $1,000 | |
| For idea #794 Student Based Web Mining for Generation of Databases – Bioinformatics | ||
| Vijay Dalal, New Delhi, India | $1,000 | |
| For idea #811 Enhancing photosynthesis through D1 protein overexpression and enhancing stomatal response | ||
Winners Monday, April 18th |
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| Ammanamanchi Radhakrishna ("Manchi") Bangalore, Karnataka, India | $1,000 |
| For overall contribution | |
| Sanjay Parmar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | $1,000 |
| For overall contribution | |
Crop Yield Idea Rally® Winners – Phase 1
Thanks to all the 500+ members who participated and made the
Phase 1 Rally such a success!
Phase 1 Rally such a success!
Grand Prize Winner: |
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| Charles John Bhaskar ("geomarinebiotech") Chennai, India | $10,000 | |
| Charles John Bhaskar contributed several strong ideas including: "724 Designer Cereals and Pulses," "707 Triticale, Pomato, Tritiory and more?," and "533 Hyper producers." In addition to contributing creative new ideas to the Rally, Geomarinebiotech also constructively moved the discussion forward on his own ideas as well as the ideas of other participants. | ||
Honorable Mention Awards: |
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| Gary Vardon ("vardong"), West Valley, UT, USA | $1,000 | |
| For 674 Data mining for understanding metabolic paths and genetics | ||
| Budhi Tiwari ("budhi"), New Delhi, India | $1,000 | |
| For 31 Delaying senescence to increase crop yield | ||
| David Henderson ("david ch") Beltsville, MD, USA | $1,000 | |
| For 548 Leaf size, leaf angle | ||
| Thangasamy Saminathan ("thangasa"), Taipei, Taiwan | $1,000 | |
| For 730 Plant architecture of rice - Branching pattern during reproductive stages - increasing final grain yield | ||
| Perrin Beatty ("pbeatty") Edmonton, AB, Canada | $1,000 | |
| For 582 Use of biotechnology to Increase Nutrient Uptake and Concurrently Crop Yield | ||
| Ryan Fink ("rcfink") Minneapolis, MN, USA | $1,000 | |
| For 753 Nanotechnology and Nutrients (CNT and Water Uptake) | ||
Winners Thursday, March 24 |
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| Charles John Bhaskar ("geomarinebiotech") Chennai, India | $1,000 | |
| Ian Wallace ("iwallace") Berkeley, CA, USA | $1,000 | |
| For collaborating on 533 Hyperproducers | ||
| Boon Leong Lim ("greenerplanete") Hong Kong, China | $1,000 | |
| For 598 Improve the Overall Carbon (Energy) Status of Plants | ||
Winners Friday, March 25 |
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| Ryan Fink ("rcfink") Minneapolis, MN, USA | $1,000 | |
| For 726 epigenetics to control response to environment and lifecycle | ||
| Daniel Sprockett ("dsprocke") Stow, OH, USA | $1,000 | |
| For 542 Improve Root Structure = Increase Yield | ||
Winner for Most Referrals |
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| Channapatna Prakash ("prakash") Auburn, AL, USA | $1,000 | |