From Cornell Chronicle article 2013/0722: His cut flower cultivar creations have brightened many homes and gardens, and now a prestigious grant will allow horticulture professor Mark Bridgen to spend a semester studying Alstroemeria flowers ...
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Reblogged from CALS Notes: Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center shared its blossoming beauty with dozens of horticulture professionals and curious families who flocked to the 68 acre site on July 11 and ...
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Monsanto. Broccoli. I Love This. Really! – Thomas Bjorkman explains that partners in the Eastern Broccoli Project include relatively small players like Maine-based Johnny’s Selected Seeds, a purveyor widely used by ...
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Via the Spotted Wing Drosophila blog: Cornell’s Hudson Valley Laboratory will host a workshop and webinar on Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD), 1:30-3:00 PM, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. The Lab is located at 3357 Route ...
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From an ongoing series on researchers and their tatoos at CALS Notes: Today’s ScientifInk! features the botanical tattoo of CALS graduate student, Alex Paya, whose elaborate ink was inspired by his Ph.D. research studying tree ...
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Thomas Björkman is featured in this July 9 New York Times article. Here’s an excerpt: Broccoli hates too much heat, which is why 90 percent of it sold in the United States comes from ...
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Hop yard takes root in Geneva – A new crop is brewing at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva. A one-acre hop yard was established June 30 ...
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Some recent recognitions: PhD candidate Hiromi (Romi) Tasaki and Alan Taylor won the excellence in presentation award at the International Seed Testing Association Seed Symposium in Antalya, Turkey, for their poster Seed Encapsulation and ...
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From CALS Notes 2013-07-01: When you are one of the world’s most well-known contemporary artists, trying to figure out how to incorporate living plants into an 8-foot-tall mirror-polished, stainless steel sculpture of Venus, who ...
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From Cornell Chronicle article by Amanda Garris 2013-06-28: For farmers, a warming climate challenges fundamental decisions they have always made based on the certainty of the weather – such as when to plant various ...
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