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Geneva greenhouses to get $4.7 million upgrade [Cornell Chronicle 2013-04-26] – Agricultural research at Cornell will get a big boost, thanks to a $4.7 million investment in greenhouses at the university’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva, N.Y. The two-year project, funded by money released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will reconstruct 21,000 square feet of greenhouses at NYSAES, which were built during the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. Construction is expected to begin in May 2013 and will transform the greenhouses into much-needed, state-of-the-art facilities.

The Scientist: Prof. Susheng Gan Studies Plant Longevity [Cornell Daily Sun 2013-04-24] – Profile of Susheng Gan’s senescence research: “If the whole senescence process is a drama,” Gan said. “What we are doing is to find the director of the drama, the master regulator gene, from whom we learn quickly how the drama works.”

Season-long leaf testing improves crop profitability [Cornell Chronicle 2013-04-23] – Regularly testing leaf tissue for nutrient levels may significantly enhance the profitability of New York vegetable crops, say Cornell researchers. “Hungry” crops are a common sight in vegetable fields and high tunnels across New York state, says Stephen Reiners, Cornell professor of horticulture and the project leader of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program’s vegetable fertility project.