By Krishna Ramanujan, reposted from CALS News 2017-07-10]: Many gardeners across New York state have given up on growing lilies, thanks to the lily leaf beetle, which has devastated the plants in many areas ...
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Press release from Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program (ENYCHP): The Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program of Cornell Cooperative Extension has announced the hiring of James Meyers as the new viticulture and wine specialist ...
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From Jane Mt. Pleasant: Note new pick-up day this year: Drop off donations Tuesdays before 5 p.m. to the walk-in cooler on the garden floor, Plant Science G04E. I know that many of you are home ...
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From Mark Bridgen, professor in the Horticulture Section and director of the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (LIHREC): Seven plant breeding graduate students came down for a visit June 25 to get a look ...
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Excerpted from article by Melanie Greaver Cordova in CALS News Plant breeding graduate student Lauren Brzozowski’s research is giving farmers access to more resilient breeding lines as she ultimately works to develop new ...
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A team of Cornell experts is helping the National Park Service aid ailing elms ringing the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “There are hundreds of trees in this iconic landscape that really need help,” ...
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CALS News : Christopher Dunn, executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens, received the Award of Merit from the American Public Gardens Association June 20 in recognition of his distinguished performance in the field of public horticulture at ...
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From Steve Reiners, Horticulture Section chair: It is my pleasure to officially announce that Horticulture’s Jenny Kao-Kniffin and Thomas Björkman have both been promoted, effective July 1. Jenny will become Associate Professor and Thomas, Full ...
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Reposted from CALS news Big on flavor, aroma and size, Cornell’s newest grape lacks one defining feature: a name. Grape breeder Bruce Reisch ’76 spent years developing the grape, and now he’s offering ...
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If you missed last Friday’s Liberty Hyde Bailey Lecture, From Farm to Fork: How CALS Is Leading the Food Revolution, it’s available online. This year’s line-up included: Kathryn J. Boor, Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the ...
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