Vegetables

New York’s vegetable industry is valued at over $400 million with leading crops being cabbage, sweet corn, onions, tomatoes, pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, green peas and cauliflower. Cornell AgriTech expertise covers the expanse of vegetables grown in New York state with the mission of helping farmers grow healthier, sustainable and economically viable crops.

Our expertise includes seed technologies, soil and crop health, plant breeding and disease and pest management. Cornell AgriTech works across disciplines to help growers with practical solutions that help their businesses thrive.

 

Person sitting in field.
Professor Thomas Björkman has helped spearhead a $100M broccoli industry for the Northeast.

Our vegetable experts

Lynn Sosnoskie
Lynn Sosnoskie

Assistant Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Lynn Sosnoskie
Weed ecology
Weed management
Specialty crops
thomas bjorkman
Thomas Björkman

Professor Emeritus

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Thomas Björkman
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Vegetable crop physiology
Cover crops
Establishing year-round Eastern broccoli industry
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Alan Taylor
Seed science and technology
Seed quality
Coatings, treatments and biostimulants
Steve Reiners
Steve Reiners

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Steve Reiners
Processing vegetables (peas, beans, sweet corn)
Vegetable production systems
Organic gardening
Phillip Griffiths
Phillip Griffiths

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Phillip Griffiths
Vegetable breeding (brassicas and beans)
International agriculture
Molecular breeding and diagnostics
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Brian Nault

Professor

Department of Entomology

Cornell AgriTech

Brian Nault
Chris Smart
Christine Smart

Goichman Family Director

Cornell AgriTech

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Christine Smart
Biology and management of vegetable diseases
Host-pathogen interactions
A man in the greenhouse examines grape plants
Marc Fuchs

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Marc Fuchs
Virus diseases of fruit and vegetable crops
Grape viruses
Plant virus-insect vector interactions
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Sarah Pethybridge

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

Sarah Pethybridge
Diseases of vegetables
Sclerotinia
Epidemiology and fungicide resistance
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Areas of expertise

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Pest Management
Hands holding vegetables.
Disease Management
Woman holding a box of vegetables in a greenhouse
Vegetable Breeding
Students working in a field together.
People working in a crop field.
Person analyzing specimen under blacklight.
Woman analyzing plants in a greenhouse.

Graduate students in the lab of professor Chris Smart plant peppers in a Phytophthora research field.

Summer field worker Christine Driscoll, graduate student Michael Rosato and summer field worker Luke Czadzeck sort summer snap peas.

Wang Zhen, a visiting scientist in the lab of Alan Taylor, professor of horticulture, uses fluorescent tracer compounds to better understand seed coat permeability.

Associate professor Sarah Pethybridge uses digital technology to understand diseases in vegetables.

Vegetable resources