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Courtney Weber, professor in Cornell AgriTech’s berry breeding program, with Crimson Beauty raspberries. Photo by Ryan Young.

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The Cornell AgriTech berry breeding program has released two new red raspberry varieties, Crimson Beauty and Crimson Blush. These add to three previous Cornell “crimson series” raspberry releases: Crimson Treasure, Crimson Giant and Crimson...

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell graduate student Dana Russell plants strawberries at a commercial solar farm

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A small experimental apple orchard at Cornell’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory may soon be topped by solar panels, which would capture the sun’s energy and may prove beneficial to the trees.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • Agriculture
Researchers in a field

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
man standing with corn plant

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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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Students at CROPPS explore future of programmable plants
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plants
Stephanie Enloe

Seminar

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