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Growing knowledge, cultivating solutions.

At Cornell CALS, our plant science research digs deep into complex agricultural and environmental challenges, sowing the seeds of a sustainable future.

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Actaea rhodostigma

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Actaea rhodostigma – or the pink baneberry – the first new flowering plant species identified in New York in nearly a decade.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
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Cornell Cooperative Extension Harvest New York runs the Community Gardens Soil Testing Program, which offers free test results and advice to home gardeners anywhere in the state.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Soil
Close up of wildflowers in a field

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Plants adjust to temperature changes, in part, by switching the way they express Rubisco, the protein that performs the critical first step of photosynthesis, according to new research from Cornell and partners.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
Mariel Pfeifer landscape

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Academic focus: Biology education research/discipline-based science education research Research summary: My lab is called the EQUIP lab, and we study how STEM environments can better support all students and faculty. A major focus of our work is...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture

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