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- (Gan-Yuan Zhong) USDA and Cornell University Break Ground on National Grape Improvement Center in Geneva, New York
June 26, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new state-of-the-art USDA grape research facility on the Cornell AgriTech campus
November 2, 2020| The fabled Silk Road is responsible for one of our favorite and most valuable fruits: the domesticated apple. Researchers have now assembled complete reference genomes and pan-genomes for apple and its two main wild progenitors, providing detailed genetic insights into apple domestication and important fruit traits that could help plant breeders improve the crop's flavor, texture, and resistance to stress and disease.
August 5, 2019, On Aug. 2, Schumer announced $500,000 in federal funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS) to create the nation’s only industrial hemp germplasm repository – a seed bank – co-located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York.
- (Bill Srmack) A demonstration of grafting apple trees*NOVEMBER 26, 2017, 8:55 AM| Mo Rocca gets a lesson in horticulture from Bill Srmack, of the USDA's Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, N.Y., who shows how apple trees are grafted.
- (Philip Forsline)* How's them apples?*NOVEMBER 26, 2017, 9:27 AM| Was Johnny Appleseed for real? Where did apples originate? And how do horticulturists develop better and better varieties of the fruit? Mo Rocca visits the Johnny Appleseed Festival in Fort Wayne, Ind., and goes on a cross-country search for the history of apples, including a new variety - the Cosmic Crisp - coming soon to a produce market near you.
- (Todd Holleran) The making of an apple tree: Geneva’s USDA office is at the root of stronger apple trees*
- (Ben Guiterrez) from the USDA talks about wild tomato plants.*
- (Gennaro Fazio) Back to the Roots: Local students return for apple rootstock research*
*Goes to Non-Federal Site
ARS News Articles
| USDA and Cornell University Break Ground on National Grape Improvement Center in Geneva, New York |
| Jun 26, 2024 |
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| Rooting Out the Best Genes in Apple Rootstocks |
| Nov 24, 2014 |
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| The Search for What Makes a Tasty Tomato |
| Oct 28, 2013 |
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| Bringing Better Grapes a Step Closer to Reality |
| Mar 23, 2010 |
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| Helping Fruit Fight Back |
| Apr 08, 2009 |
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| The Goal: Finding--and Using--Key Grape Genes |
| Apr 16, 2008 |
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| ARS Honors Top Scientists for 2006 |
| Mar 06, 2007 |
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