Ella Richer, 2024 Pettisville High School graduate has been selected by the Ohio Water Environment Association as the 2024 Ohio Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) state winner for her FFA agriscience research project titled, “The Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) on Secale cereale Biomass Production and Runoff Phosphates”.
The goal of Ella’s project was to determine if using AMF with rye would decrease phosphate runoff while increasing above ground biomass of the rye.
She has been invited to attend the Water Environment Federation national Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, June 20-23, 2024. Ella is the daughter of Chris and Julia Richer.