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. 

Horticulture contacts

Chair: Courtney Weber
caw34 [at] cornell.edu (caw34[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Chair's Assistant: Niaome Hickman-Kargoll 
neh64 [at] cornell.edu (neh64[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Ithaca campus
Horticulture Section
Cornell University
135 Plant Science Building
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Phone: 607-255-8659
Fax: 607-255-0599

Geneva campus
Horticulture Section
Hedrick Hall - Cornell AgriTech
635 West North Street
Geneva, New York 14456
Phone: 315-787-2394
Fax: 315-787-2216

 

Director of Graduate Studies
Taryn Bauerle
hortgrad [at] cornell.edu (hortgrad[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Graduate Field Assistant
Josh Balles
jeb527 [at] cornell.edu (jeb527[at]cornell[dot]edu)
607-255-9573

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Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty, Senior Research Associates, Senior Extension Associates, and Senior Lecturers

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These faculty have primary affiliations with other SIPS sections and Cornell units or with USDA-ARS

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Faculty emeriti and other retired academics

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Graduate students in the Field of Horticulture

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Post-doctoral associates.

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Staff members support research scientists, maintain greenhouses and research fields, and manage administrative functions

Horticulture by the numbers

50+ Horticulture Section faculty and adjuncts

100+ support staff, post-doctoral associates & other academics

40+ horticulture graduate students & 60+ plant sciences majors

Horticulture News

Yu Jiang operates a research drone with a graduate student.

News

Harnessing AI for ag research: CALS seed grants support Roadmap to 2050
CALS’ Research and Innovation Office is offering $10,000-$50,000 awards to support proposal development, patent or technology development, commercialization or community uses of AI.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
Members of Yu Jiang’s team demonstrate the technology

News

Cornell AgriTech researchers showcased digital agriculture projects during a “Space for Ag Tour” by NASA leaders to better understand the remote sensing needs of specialty crop growers.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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News

More than 150 farmers, educators, consultants and researchers viewed the latest Cornell field crop research at 2024 Musgrave Research Farm Field Day in Aurora, N.Y., August 1. "Attendees traveled from all over New York to get the inside scoop on...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Musgrave Research Farm
A farm worker prepares a field for planting

News

Cornell researchers have tested an ecological tool in the fight to control weeds in silage soybean and corn fields: adding carbon to soil in the form of sawdust and rye hay.

  • Soil
  • Crops
  • Horticulture Section
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News

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section