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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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CALS Innovation Day charts pathways to impact
The third annual CALS Innovation Day, hosted by the college’s Research and Innovation Office (RIO), brought together more than 100 faculty, students, staff and industry partners Sept. 16 in Stocking Hall to celebrate the extraordinary science...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Microbiology
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Wrinkled or smooth? Cell growth mechanics determine shape of plant organs

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
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Cornell CAT awards support seven new biotechnology partnerships

Seven Cornell research teams have received Center for Advanced Technology grants to advance early-stage life science technologies through collaborations with biotechnology companies across New York state.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture
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NY pesticide ban: Growers and Cornell work to protect crops, pollinators
Preliminary Cornell research on managing the dreaded seedcorn maggot is giving hope to growers across the state ahead of New York’s 2029 ban on neonicotinoid pesticides in field crops: Side-by-side farm trials of neonic-treated vs. untreated...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Agriculture
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Soil carbon effectively measured by new, efficient AI model

A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Climate Change

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