-Magdalen Lindeberg Does the rice blast fungus make proteins that suppress the host plant defense response? What does it take to keep Cornell Botanic Gardens beautiful and thriving? What progress has been made in ...
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-Magdalen Lindeberg At the recent Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soils Conference (NEPPSC), Toni DiTommaso, Professor in the SIPS Soil and Crop Sciences Section, receiving the 2018 Outstanding Researcher Award from the Northeastern Weed Science ...
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-Magdalen Lindeberg Cornell’s first Industrial Hemp Field Day was held August 1 beside the flourishing variety trials on Dryden Road in Ithaca. SIPS Director and project coordinator for Cornell’s New York State Industrial Hemp ...
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-Magdalen Lindeberg Over 85 growers, government and industry representatives, and Cornell personnel gathered on June 8th at the Musgrave Research Farm in Aurora NY to hear updates on crop development and management practices for ...
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-Magdalen Lindeberg What can the shape of oak leaves tell us about climate change? How does fertilizer change microbial diversity in the soil? How does field history influence weed diversity? How does water stress ...
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-Magdalen Lindeberg Whether focused on yield, flavor, or other characteristics, humans have been identifying and selecting desirable plant traits for over 10,000 years. With recent advances in genome sequencing, these traits can be rapidly ...
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A SIPS-wide faculty meeting was held on May 12 where SIPS Interim Director Chris Smart discussed developments in the School during the last academic year. Attendees asked questions and voiced concerns related to the ...
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The CALS Plant Transformation Facility will be leading a CRISPR/Cas9 workshop on May 5 1:00 – 5:00 pm in 224 Weill Hall. Topics will include: Background on CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing Gene editing tools Applications ...
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Ann Bybee-Finley, a second year graduate student at the SIPS Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, has been awarded a 2017 Future Leader in Science award from American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science ...
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The CALS Plant Transformation Facility (PTF) is pleased to announce a new delivery! After a few months in the PTF NICU (Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit), the first transgenic B104 maize plants are ready for ...
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