From Gan-Yuan Zhong, Research Leader, USDA-ARS Grape Genetics Research Unit and Plant Genetic Resources Unit: With deep sorrow I would like to let you know that Dr. Larry D. Robertson passed away the morning of June 21, 2016 at ...
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If you missed Friday’s minisymposium in honor of Peter Davies’ 46 years of research and teaching in the Plant Sciences at Cornell highlighting the changes that have taken place in plant hormone biology over ...
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From Jeanne Boodley-Buchanan: Join us for a celebration of the life and career Dr. James W. Boodley, Professor Emeritus, Horticulture. Saturday, June 18, 2016, 2 PM (rain or shine) Minn’s Garden, Cornell University 267 Tower ...
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From Discovery that Connects (SIPS blog): Four interdisciplinary projects involving SIPS researchers are included among the 2016 Academic Venture Fund Awards from the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. Boosting Maize Yields Sustainably Farming ...
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If you missed Friday’s Liberty Hyde Bailey Lecture, Genomics and the Future of Agriculture, it’s available online. The lecture and panel discussion, in honor of professor emeritus Steve Tanksley, winner of the 2016 Japan Prize, ...
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A collaboration between Food Science lecturer Kathleen Arnink and Urban Horticulture Institute director Nina Bassuk came to fruition this week when Bassuk and her staff planted a new Wine Scent Garden along the south ...
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Jenny Kao-Kniffin, assistant professor in the Horticulture Section, and Antonio DiTommaso, professor in the Soil and Crop Sciences Section, received a $272,078 USDA grant to develop new ways to uncover novel compounds isolated from soil microorganisms that ...
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Lots of events of plant science interest at the 2016 reunion June 9-12, including: Hot with a Chance of Megadrought: Anticipating the Extremes of a Changing Climate – Toby R. Ault, Department of Earth & Atmospheric ...
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Al Kovaleski, PhD student in the Graduate Field of Horticulture, School of Integrative Plant Science, used X-ray phase contrast imaging to create this video of a grapevine bud. Kovaleski is using the technology to ...
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Photos from Thomas Björkman from NYSAES horticulture recognitions June 3: PhD student Archana Khadgi won the 2016 Perrine Award. The Perrine award recognizes excellence in pomological research by a graduate student. Archana is studying ...
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