Agriscience Research Plant Systems- Sponsored by Monsanto
For his SAE, Jacob Schindler of the Lowndes FFA Chapter in Valdosta, Georgia, has developed the kudzu eradicating helium technology apparatus, or KEHTA. He started his research in the sixth grade when he first noticed that helium gas effectively killed kudzu. A year later when he joined the FFA, he furthered his studies into the subject matter, experimenting in a simulated forest to destroy the pest that costs the Georgian forestry industry $15.5 billion annually. Schindler is working with an attorney to patent his process and the apparatus he designed. He is supported by his parents Julie and Eric and his FFA advisors James Corbett, Quinton Hadsock and Spence Taylor.
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