People in Horticulture
Our mission
The Horticulture Section serves professionals, students and citizens of New York State, the nation, and the world, by generating and extending knowledge about fruits, vegetables and landscape plants, for the purpose of sustaining the environment, enhancing economic vitality, and improving the quality of life of individuals and their communities.
Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty, Senior Research Associates, Senior Extension Associates, and Senior Lecturers
These faculty have primary affiliations with other SIPS sections and Cornell units or with USDA-ARS
Faculty emeriti and other retired academics
Graduate students in the Field of Horticulture
Post-doctoral associates, research associates, extension associates, and lecturers
Staff members support research scientists, maintain greenhouses and research fields, and manage administrative functions
50+ Horticulture courses
Horticulture faculty contribute to more than 50 courses and support independent research projects and internship opportuities.
50+ Horticulture Section faculty and adjuncts
100+ support staff, post-doctoral associates & other academics
40+ horticulture graduate students & 60+ plant sciences majors
Horticulture News
Spotlight
Nothing spells disappointment more during pesto-making season than visiting your basil patch only to find your carefully tended crop ravaged. But that is exactly what happened to Meg McGrath, a plant pathologist based at Cornell’s Long Island...
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Cornell Atkinson has awarded eleven Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research by 40 faculty researchers representing eight Cornell colleges and 19 academic departments. The 2021 awards span 11 countries on five continents and many...
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The program – to be led by Larry Smart, professor of horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – will integrate AgriTech expertise to help the state’s hops growers overcome breeding and disease-management challenges. Craft...
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A Schuyler County-Cornell pilot project could help New York farmers diversify their crops and give regional food manufacturers a cost-effective source for the popular legume.
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No single organic weed control option works particularly well alone to control weeds in apple orchards during establishment. But strategies combining techniques do work well, particularly using wood chip mulches with organic herbicides. That’s...