Plant breeding + biotic interactions | Fond of bees, Christmas trees, and hemp. he/him
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ALT Cannabis sativa plant on the left has a gene that helps it resist powdery mildew; the plant on the right is infected with the fungal disease. Photo and caption by Cornell University.
ALT Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
ALT On the left are two photos of the parents of the mapping population Finola and Felina 32. On the right is a schematic of how the mapping population was developed by crossing Finola and Felina 32, and then F1, F2 and F3 populations were developed.
ALT A banana cream pie with pie crust decorations spelling out “PhD”, a Petri dish with a caterpillar and hemp leaf, and three hemp leaves with an insect
ALT Our Summer research scholars program is a nine week internship to conduct exciting research in fields, labs and greenhouses alongside faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral associates. Exciting projects are offered in Horticulture and plant breeding, Entomology, Plant microbe-biology and plant pathology, USDA plant genetics research, Food and beverage entrepreneurship and business development, and Food science. Applications are due Jan. 20.
ALT A group of male and female undergraduate students and Summer Research Scholars pose together near a greenhouse during a tour of Cornell's Ithaca campus.
ALT A female undergraduate student and Summer Research Scholar makes her research presentation, pointing to information included on her research poster.
