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Clare Casteel

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Contact

  • clc269 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Plant-virus-vector and plant-insect interactions
  • Molecular & chemical ecology and soil microbiomes
  • Healthy agroecosystems, climate resilience and organic farming
Carmen Catala

Senior Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

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Interest

  • Auxin
  • Fruit development
  • Cell wall modification
Lailiang Cheng

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

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Interest

  • Sugar/malate metabolism, transport and accumulation and sugar (alcohol) signaling
  • Uptake, metabolism and transport of mineral nutrients and orchard nutrient management
Jerome Cherney

E.V. Baker Professor of Agriculture

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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Interest

  • Profitable management of forage crops
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Grass bioenergy
William Cox

Emeritus

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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Kerik Cox

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Cornell AgriTech

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Interest

  • Orchard fungal ecology
  • Fungicide resistance
  • Pesticide stewardship, fruit pathology
William Crepet

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

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Interest

  • Plant systematics and phylogeny
  • Flowering plants
  • Paleobotany
Eric Danquah

Adjunct Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Contact

  • edanquah [at] wacci.ug.edu.gh

Interest

  • Genetic diversity
  • Biotechnologies in crop improvement
  • Farmers’ knowledge and plant breeding
Margery Daughtrey

Senior Extension Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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Interest

  • Ornamental crop disease management
  • Greenhouse, nursery and floriculture crops
Walter De Jong

Plant Breeding and Genetics Interim Section Head and Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Interest

  • Potato breeding and genomics
  • Molecular genetics
  • Insect, disease and nematode resistance
Stephen DeGloria

Emeritus

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences

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Antonio (Toni) DiTommaso

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Associate Director

Cornell AES

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Interest

  • Weed ecology and biological weed management
  • Invasive plant species
  • Climate change impacts on weed performance and distributions
Laura Dougherty

Research Associate

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Cornell AgriTech

Contact

  • led88 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Apple Genomics
Jeffrey Doyle

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Biology Section

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Interest

  • Genome duplication
  • Comparative genomics
  • Legume systematics and origin of nodulation
Laurie Drinkwater

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

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Interest

  • Agroecology
  • Soil quality
  • Nutrient cycling