Shrika Eddula

First Name: 
Shrika
Last Name: 
Eddula
Mentor: 
Dr. William Acree
Abstract: 
Atmospheric pollutants enter the plant cuticle through contact with various mediums and pose a threat to the humans and animals who consume the plant. For phase 1, a predictive free energy parameter model was chosen by developing quantitative structure-property relationships between the characteristics of the plant cuticle membrane and absorbed organic contaminants. For phase 2, the model was tested on experimental databases of 25 diverse plant species. A regression analysis revealed a root-mean-square error of about 0.22 and an R squared value of 0.987, indicating that the proposed model is much more accurate than previous methods used.
Poster: 
Atmospheric pollutants enter the plant cuticle
Year: 
2021