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Plant News

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News

Ben Quint ’27: A research path worth mapping
As a kid, Ben Quint loved maps. It’s almost literary, atlases in a Pittsburgh living room evolving into first-hand explorations. But it’s true—Ben has both the baby pictures and the curriculum vitae to prove it. Now a sophomore in Global...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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News

A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA transcription into RNA – the first step of the process by which an organism’s genetic code expresses itself.

  • Food Science
  • Plants
  • Horticulture
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News

New research elucidates a raindrop’s impact on a leaf - the equivalent in mass of a bowling ball hitting a person - and the physical dynamics that help the leaf survive.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Plants
Poinsettias in full bloom at Emma's Garden Growers, a Long Island plant wholesaler whose owners have been relying on Cornell's services for generations.

News

From root rot and powdery mildew to white flies and Lewis mites, the threats to poinsettias abound - NYS growers persevere with the support and expertise of Cornell faculty and staff.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
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News

A new book co-edited by a Cornell faculty and student highlights the distortion of gender research in agricultural development and calls for transformative changes to the power dynamics and political systems that harm women and worsen hunger in...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Global Development
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Events

Mark Bridgen

Workshop

Plant Propagation Workshop Series: January 22 - March 19, 2025
Learn basics of sexual propagation, vegetative propagation, and micropropagation via Zoom Presenter: Dr. Mark Bridgen, Professor of Horticulture, Cornell University Bridgen has taught plant propagation & micropropagation for over 30 years. Dates...
  • Horticulture
  • Plants
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Webinar

The 2025 Cornell Winter Fruit Webinar Series will provide updates on fruit-related topics and research happening at Cornell University. Hosted by NYSIPM, CCE Harvest NY, CCE LOFP, and CCE ENYCHP. Speakers Mario Miranda Sazo (CCE LOFP) Dr. Debbie...
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • CCE
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Workshop

Tuesdays via Zoom Presenters: Karen Snover-Clift, Director of the Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic at Cornell University, and Sandra Jensen, Diagnostician of the Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic at Cornell University Dates/Times: Tuesdays, January...
  • horticulture
  • Plants