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School of Integrative Plant Science

Learn how our research in plant and soil sciences is advancing our knowledge and securing food security and environmental sustainability.

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Limiting lawn management benefits soil ecosystems

Researchers found that less-intense management of turfgrass results in greater abundance and diversity of soil-dwelling organisms.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Three members of Laura Gunn’s Laboratory were recognized for their excellence at the 34th Western Photosynthesis Conference, January 2-5, at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratory Campus, San Juan Islands, Washington. Gunn, an...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
  • Communication
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First-year Agricultural Sciences majors capped off their first semester at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at last month’s annual alumni gathering. The gathering helps build community among Agricultural Sciences alumni...
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Poinsettias in full bloom at Emma's Garden Growers, a Long Island plant wholesaler whose owners have been relying on Cornell's services for generations.

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From root rot and powdery mildew to white flies and Lewis mites, the threats to poinsettias abound - NYS growers persevere with the support and expertise of Cornell faculty and staff.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station

Land Acknowledgment

Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.

This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ leadership. Learn more from the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program website.