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Vanden Heuvel receives NYFVI grant – Wine grape growers in the Finger Lakes region will be getting a high-tech view of both their vineyards and bottom lines thanks to work from ...
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Yearly Archives: 2017
Glynos receives ‘Young Botanist’ award
Originally posted in Discovery that Connects (SIPS blog) Plant Sciences major Nicolas Glynos ’17 has received a Young Botanist Award by the Botanical Society of America. The award recognizes outstanding graduating seniors in ...
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New book traces environmental history of local old growth forest
Authors of this new book include Horticulture Section professor Marvin Pritts. Join Pritts and the other authors for a book launch at the Ulysses Philomathic Library in Trumansburg, N.Y., April 26 from 6:30 to 7:30 ...
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Seminar video: Climate change mitigation on the farm: soil carbon counts the most
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar Climate change mitigation on the farm: soil carbon counts the most with Jeffrey Beem-Miller, Graduate Field of Horticulture, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | ...
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Survey details impact of 2016 drought on New York farming
Cornell Chronicle : A survey of more than 200 New York farmers late last summer – during the worst drought in two generations – found that more than 70 percent of unirrigated, rain-fed field ...
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Our Roots Grow Deep: Alumni in Extension
This week, CALS News featured two alumni from the Graduate Field of Horticulture. Liberty Hyde Bailey once described extension work as “a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people ...
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Bauerle Lab’s Schieder awarded DAAD-RISE internship
From Taryn Bauerle, associate professor, Horticulture Section: Plant Sciences major Tommi Schieder ’19 has been awarded a DAAD-RISE internship and is one of only five students chosen from more than 1,700 to receive additional ...
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Researchers Look for Genetic Clues to Help Grapes Survive Cold
CALS News Months before northern vineyards burst into their lush summer peak, the delicate grape buds holding the nascent fruit in its tiny core must first withstand the freezing onslaught of winter. Understanding ...
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Wolfe on what climate change executive order means for clean energy
In a commentary on the Fortune Magazine website , Horticulture Section professor David Wolfe weighs in: On Tuesday, President Donald Trump is expected to release an executive order that rolls back Obama-era environmental protections. This plan ...
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Seminar video: Hard cider research at Washington State University
If you missed Monday’s Horticulture Section seminar Hard cider research at Washington State University with Carol Ann Miles, Washington State University, it is available online. More seminar videos: Horticulture | School of Integrative Plant ...
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