Plant Breeding & Genetics contacts

Cornell University
233 Emerson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Chair, Mike Gore
Phone: (607) 255-5492
Email: mag87 [at] cornell.edu

Assistant to the Chair, Amy Collins
Phone: 607-255-2180
Email: acl10 [at] cornell.edu

Director of Graduate Studies: Jean-Luc Jannink
Email: jj332 [at] cornell.edu
Office: 258 Emerson Hall

Graduate Field Assistant: Josh Balles
Email: jeb527 [at] cornell.edu
Phone: 607-255-9573
Office: 237 Emerson Hall

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

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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 Plant Breeding

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Post-doctoral associates, research associates, extension associates, and lecturers

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

Plant Breeding & Genetics News

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News

Transforming food security
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Spotlight

Academic focus: Vegetable crop breeding and genetics. Research summary: I am a plant breeder working on the improvement of vegetable crops for traits including disease resistance, productivity, flavor and quality. My objectives are to discover...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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News

Plant geneticists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes the “weeping” architecture – branches growing downwards – in apple trees, a finding that could improve orchard fruit production.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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News

  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Spotlight

Susan McCouch, a professor of plant breeding and genetics in the School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), believes they can.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Environment