Hannah Swegarden: Using consumer research to develop better vegetables

Field Note

Hannah Swegarden recently completed her Ph.D. under the direction of Phillip Griffiths, associate professor of horticulture at Cornell AgriTech. While working with Griffiths, Swegarden utilized an integrated approach to vegetable breeding geared...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Food
  • Vegetables
  • Crops
  • Horticulture
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Food Box Giveaways connect WNY families to fresh and nutritious produce

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For the past month, they’ve orchestrated food box giveaways, providing free 20 lb. boxes of produce to county residents. To date, over 7,200 boxes have been given to Western New York families in need. That’s 144,000 pounds of fresh produce! The...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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Cornell Atkinson awards $1.1M to innovative projects

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The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability has awarded seven Academic Venture Fund (AVF) interdisciplinary seed grants, totaling $1.1 million, for projects that engage faculty from eight Cornell colleges and 16 academic departments. In its...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Biodiversity
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Natural Resources
  • Global Development
  • Crops
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Treatments tested for invasive pest on allium crops

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Since its arrival in the U.S., it has spread to New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey, and is considered a major agricultural threat. A Cornell-led team of researchers field-tested 14 active ingredients in insecticides...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Vegetables
  • Crops
  • Entomology
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Jacob Toth: Improving hemp breeding for New York state through genetic research

Field Note

What is the focus of your research at Cornell AgriTech? I am working on understanding the molecular genetics of important traits in hemp. The ultimate goal of my research is to develop molecular markers and genetics tools that will allow...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plants
  • Crops
  • Genetics
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Five inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

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The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. Its network of scholars exemplifies academic and personal excellence, character, service and...
  • Computational Biology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Crops
  • Genetics
  • Entomology

From an orchard to all 50 states with the help of Cornell AgriTech

Field Note

How have Cornell AgriTech apple varieties impacted sales at Fowler Farms? It's all about flavor and taste and Snapdragon and Ruby Frost really hit it out of the park. These Cornell AgriTech developed varieties have opened new markets for us. We...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Fruits
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Cornell earns STARS platinum sustainability rating

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After maintaining a gold rating since 2012, Cornell earned 85 points in the group’s STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System) to become the first Ivy and the sixth university overall to reach platinum. Cornell’s strong...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Climate Change
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Cornell social scientists honored for rural community impact

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The project, known as W4001, conducts research on the most pressing challenges faced by rural communities, where population trends are reshaping arenas such as food production and natural resource management, land use, ecological sustainability...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Development
  • Behavior
  • Environment
  • Landscape
  • Land
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Neurons thrive even when malnourished

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In this process, called organ sparing, resources are preferentially delegated to the nervous system at the cost of less important organs or tissues. New research now shows that developing nervous systems demonstrate this preferential growth even...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Development
  • Genetics
  • Animals
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Evergreen idea turns biomass DNA into degradable materials

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Watch this video about how Cornell researchers are developing biodegradable plastics and gels by using DNA from fish, onions, algae and other organic matter.
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Plants
  • Biology
  • Environment
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Study explores how multiple organs end up the same size

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Why do your arms grow the same length at the same time? New research shows that hormone signaling plays a critical role in controlling how organs develop — in plants, animals and humans.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
  • Biology
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ILR students’ pants sales benefit women in India

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Katrina Torres ’21 and Alena Madar ’21 traveled to India last summer as part of the ILR Global Service Learning program. Once there, they collaborated with ILR’s partner, the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), and local tribal women to...
  • Computational Biology
  • Global Development
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National tick surveillance survey identifies gaps to be filled

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Insufficient infrastructure, limited guidance on best practices and lack of institutional capacity also are impediments to improved tick monitoring, the researchers found. Their report, “A Survey of Tick Surveillance and Control Practices in the...
  • Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
  • Entomology
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Mann award winner illuminates infectious diseases

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Over that same time, Legionella – the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease – has developed defenses against humans’ white blood cells, known as the “defenders of the lungs.” “Immune cells in human lungs happen to act a lot like amoeba...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
  • Biology
  • Bacteria
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Atkinson, EDF to fund Cornell-led sustainability projects

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Through an on-going partnership between the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), four Cornell faculty members have received new grants for three regional sustainability projects with global...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Water
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