Plant Breeding & Genetics contacts

Cornell University
233 Emerson Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

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

Assistant to the Section Head, Amy Collins
Phone: 607-255-2180
Email: acl10 [at] cornell.edu (acl10[at]cornell[dot]edu)

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

Graduate Field Assistant: Shelby Champlain
Graduate Field Coordinator
231 Emerson Hall
Phone: 607-255-2154
Email: sdc98 [at] cornell.edu (sdc98[at]cornell[dot]edu)

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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

Innovation and impact: women entrepreneurs foster Bangladesh resilience
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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News

A systematic analysis of 40 years of studies on public crop breeding programs found that cereal grains receive significantly more research attention than other crops important for food security and only 33% of studies sought input from both men...

  • Crops
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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News

Cornell researchers have used high-speed cameras to analyze what happens when raindrops hit a leaf of a wheat plant infected with rust – a pathogenic spore that has decimated crops globally.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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News

  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Cornell AgriTech
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News

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development