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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Plants
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
  • Disease
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Water
Cornell and global researchers are finding ways to control disease-carrying aquatic plants in Senegal by turning the flora into inexpensive compost or livestock feed – and helping the economy.

Cornell and global researchers are finding ways to control disease-carrying aquatic plants in Senegal by turning the flora into inexpensive compost or livestock feed – and helping the economy.

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Prototype robot harvesting apples

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A Cornell-led research project is developing robots that can perform labor-intensive orchard operations; it’s supported by a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Agriculture
  • Food
Microscopy image of a mutant flower bud with wrinkled and irregular sepals

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This discovery could help engineer living materials into different forms, such as the custom of growing bridges from roots in India, and breeding kale so it’s smooth instead of crinkly.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants