Researchers put the squeeze on citrus disease by developing trees that taste bad to bugs

Researchers have developed genetically engineered orange trees to fight a deadly bacterial citrus disease in Florida. The trees will soon be put to the test.

Study uncovers how DNA unfolds for transcription

Cornell geneticists expand on their previous work that showed how compacted DNA unravels prior to transcription. (Jan. 16, 2012)

Herriot, a luscious new strawberry, beats out other varieties

Herriot is a new tasty strawberry variety with high yields, vigor, disease resistance, eye appeal and a hint of pineapple flavor. (Jan. 12, 2012)

Wasp rediscovered in upstate New York after 100 years

Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.

For Ezra, NYC campus would be 'a power in the land'

As technology entrepreneur himself, Ezra Cornell might see the new science and technology campus as a reiteration of everything he intended in founding his university. (Jan. 12, 2012)

On the New York veggie forefront: Tatsoi, shiso, maxixe and other ethnic delectables

The Cornell Vegetable Program is looking at how to promote the growing and marketing of such ethnic vegetables as shiso, maxixe, tasoi and komatsuna. (Jan. 11, 2012)

TEEAL Electronic library resource expands its reach

El Salvador and Guatemala join 84 other countries that now have access to The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library project, run out of Cornell's Mann Library. (Jan. 9, 2012)

Strep-resistant fire blight found in New York orchards

Cornell plant pathologists are warning New York apple and pear growers after discovering that a strain of fire blight is resistant to traditional treatments. (Jan. 6, 2012)

Willow biofuels program ignites with new funding and boiler

The willow bioenergy program has a new $950,000 grant for breeding willow and installing a boiler to heat two buildings at Cornell's experiment station in Geneva.