‘Plant Drop’ coming October 3
Free houseplants! What better way to get new students to engage with the wealth of opportunities at Cornell to learn about and enjoy plants. On October 3 beginning at 4:30 p.m. in Appel Commons, ...
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Events
Maria Gannett awarded three-year FFAR fellowship
Reposted from the SIPS blog, Discovery that Connects: Maria Gannett, PhD student in the Field of Horticulture advised by Jenny Kao-Kniffin and Toni DiTommaso, has been awarded a graduate fellowship from the Foundation for Food ...
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Michael Rosato: Creating a more sustainable and affordable future for New York growers
CALS News : Michael Rosato is a graduate student studying under the guidance of Steve Reiners, professor and chair of the horticulture section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. What drew you to the ...
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Knowing berry pests’ varied diets may help control them
Cornell Chronicle With New York state’s $20 million berry industry entering peak season, an invasive fruit fly is thriving. Female spotted-wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii Matsumura) have a special ovipositor (a tube through which ...
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Schumer announces funding for hemp seed bank at Cornell
Cornell Chronicle : The 2018 Farm Bill changed federal policy regarding industrial hemp, including the removal of hemp from the Controlled Substances Act and the consideration of hemp as an agricultural product. The change ...
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Cornell horticulturists travel to Las Vegas for annual conference
By Magdalen Lindeberg from the SIPS blog, Discovery that Connects {2019-08-01]: The 2019 General Conference of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) was held July 21 – 25 in Las Vegas Nevada with many SIPS ...
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Martinson receives Outstanding Achievement Award from ASEV-Eastern Section
winebusiness.com : Dr. Chris Gerling, chair of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, Eastern Section, presented the Section’s Outstanding Achievement Award to Dr. Timothy Martinson, senior extension associate at Cornell University at the ...
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Susan Brown named American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) fellow
CALS News : In New York, apples are big business: the state’s 600 commercial growers produce an average of 30 million bushels annually, making it the second-largest apple producer in the U.S. But growing ...
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New software helps plant breeders bring out their best
CALS News, Cornell Chronicle : Broccoli is in the eye of the beholder. A head of broccoli that might appeal to one person – perhaps because of its deep green color – may leave ...
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Schwartz Sax is new director of Connecticut College Arboretum
Connecticut College News : Connecticut College has named Miles Schwartz Sax as the new Charles and Sarah P. Becker ’27 Arboretum Director, effective Aug. 1, 2019. Sax received a master’s degree in public garden ...
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