Rice is a staple crop for billions of people. By optimizing the size and branching pattern of the rice inflorescence, or panicle, rice breeders can potentially generate significant improvements in yield and grain quality. ...
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Harold van Es, Professor in the Section of Soil & Crop Sciences, and Hannah Swegarden, PhD candidate in the Graduate Field of Horticulture, traveled to Washington DC March 14-15 to participate in the 2016 ...
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SYNAPSIS, the Plant Breeding and Genetics Graduate Student Organization, organized and hosted the 5th Annual Cornell University Plant Breeding Symposium on Friday, March 11th. Speakers included Rich Ozminkowski from Kraft Heinz and Reid Rice ...
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The work of Johannes Lehmann, Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences at Cornell, is receiving renewed attention following last December’s COP21 Paris conference on climate change and the French government’s proposal to sequester carbon ...
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Justine Vanden Heuvel “Purchasing only wines made from Vitis vinifera not only limits our wine experiences and palates, but also increases the risk that our glasses may be empty if a future pest or ...
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $500,000 to Cornell University for the project ” Initiation of Cell Size Patterning in Arabidopsis” under the direction of Adrienne Roeder. The award is expected ...
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