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Plant News

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News

Nominations open: 2025 WIT awards recognize emerging wheat science leaders
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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News

Mike Gore, professor of molecular breeding and genetics at Cornell University, has been honored with the Public Sector Impact Award from the National Association for Plant Breeding (NAPB). This award recognizes public sector scientists who have...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Genetics
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News

Cornell innovation allows growers to use corn seed planting machines to plant strips of milkweed or wildflowers next to their fields.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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News

An antidote to pesticide poisoning in bees shows promising early results in tests done with common eastern bumblebees.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture
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Field Note

First generation Puerto Rican Francisco J. López Núñez attends the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. He was selected for the Sustainable Management of Agricultural Systems (SuMAS) internship program, which connected him with the Cornell...
  • Field Crops
  • Soil
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Events

Stephanie Enloe

Seminar

Botanical Sprays and Local Ways: An Examination of Participatory Agroecological Pest Management Research in Northern Malawi
Ph.D. Exit Seminar in the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract This dissertation follows the evolution, outcomes, and social context shaping participatory research on homemade insecticidal plant extracts, otherwise known as botanical...
  • global development
  • Plants
Giulia Guidi

Seminar

Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) Seminar Speaker: Giulia Guidi Date and Time: August 27 from 12:20 pm to 1:10 pm EDT Location: 135 Emerson Hall and on Zoom Abstract: The use of massively parallel systems continues to be...
  • Computational Biology
  • Plants
  • digital agriculture
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Webinar

Join Joseph Amsili, Debbie Aller, and Harold van Es for an in-depth webinar discussing the research and policy brief, “Soil Health Benchmarks for New York State Farms.” Explore insights into benchmarks and policy considerations, shaping the...
  • Soil