Adapt-N, a software program from Cornell researchers, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save farmers’ crops. Now the big seed companies are taking notice. According to Dr Harold van Es, professor at Cornell University’s Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, the tool combines three major innovations: research that shows nitrogen variability can be managed,…Continue Reading Professor van Es and Adapt-N are featured in The Guardian article on new technology to conserve fertilizer and protect crops
Findings may advance iron-rich, cadmium-free crops
Professor Olena Vatamaniuk and colleagues have discovered that a transporter protein is involved in iron as well as cadmium partitioning. The work, which is reported in a recent article in Plant Cell, is a multidisciplinary collaboration including current PhD student Sheena Gayomba, as well as several other current and former students, and colleagues at the…Continue Reading Findings may advance iron-rich, cadmium-free crops
Custom-built, rather than all-purpose biochars are needed
Cornell Professor Johannes Lehmann of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, and his co-authors at the University of Zurich, suggest in a recent issue of Nature Geoscience that “Rather than thinking of biochar as a one-size-fits-all soil enhancer, we need to focus on developing tailor-made biochar systems for individual applications that take into account…Continue Reading Custom-built, rather than all-purpose biochars are needed
Invasive vines swallow up New York’s natural areas
When Antonio DiTommaso, a Cornell weed ecologist, first spotted pale swallow-wort in 2001, he was puzzled by it. Soon he noticed many Cornell old-field edges were overrun with the weedy vines. Read the full article in the Cornell Chronicle….Continue Reading Invasive vines swallow up New York’s natural areas
Professor Peter Hobbs Receives NACTA Teaching Award
CSS Professor Peter Hobbs, has been named the 2014 recipient of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teaching Award. This award is presented to a faculty member who has demonstrated a commitment to teaching in agricultural sciences. Hobbs will be presented with this award at the Dean’s Awards Reception on April…Continue Reading Professor Peter Hobbs Receives NACTA Teaching Award