A round-up of recent news of horticultural interest: Why Arctic Apples Were Approved By USDA – Kenong Xu, assistant professor, Horticulture Section, discusses the journey genetically modified non-browning Arctic Apples took ...
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Last Sunday, Carol Grove attended her last commencement breakfast and ceremony as Graduate Field Assistant. (She retires June 5.) As usual, she took some great pictures. Do you have pictures to share? Send a ...
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From Anja Timm (ait4@cornell.edu), Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (CUAES): Cornell researchers now have a new, state-of-the-art greenhouse facility available to house tall crops important to New York State growers, such as corn, trellised peas, ...
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Nina Bassuk, professor in the Horticulture Section and director of Cornell’s Urban Horticulture Institute has been honored with the Teaching Award in the American Horticultural Society’s 2015 Great American Gardeners Awards. The award is ...
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Neil Mattson, Associate Professor in the Horticulture Section, has been honored in GPN Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2015 list. GPN (Greenhouse Product News) is the leading business publication for horticulture professionals. Class ...
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From Leah Cynara Cook, Plant Sciences Undergraduate Program Coordinator: On Monday, May 18, the School of Integrative Plant Science held its annual luncheon to honor graduating seniors in Plant Sciences and recipients of two awards given out through ...
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The New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI) announced that it is funding 21 projects at a total of $1,539,324 in 2015. Grant recipients seek to build and share practical knowledge that directly improves the ...
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From Marvin Pritts, Horticulture Section chair: Eighteen intrepid hikers headed off to Thatcher’s Pinnacles in the Danby State Forest on Sunday to see an incredible view and many wildflowers and uncommon trees. Along the ...
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USDA news release Nearly 60,000 High-Skilled Agriculture Job Openings Expected Annually in U.S., Yet Only 35,000 Graduates Available to Fill Them WASHINGTON, May 11, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a ...
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Images from Larry Smart‘s shrub willow bioenergy crop research program are featured on the June issue of the Journal BioEnergy Research. Smart and grad student Eric Fabio are among the co-authors of the article ...
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