Projects 1 – 10 of 56
- Agricultural practies to mitigage arsenic toxicity to rice
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2007 project
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Toxicity of arsenic to rice that caused yield to decline from seven-to-two tons-per-hectare was substantially reversed by using a raised bed and furrow system of production that provided a more oxygenated environment. Arsenic content of rice grain...
- Agriculture and Food Research: An economic development engine
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2007 – 2008 project
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An agriculture and food technology park can serve as an excellent mechanism to transfer technology derived at state agricultural experiment stations. At the same time, the park stimulates the creation and growth of new businesses and accompanying...
- An analysis of urban trees, particulates, and respiratory diseases, including asthma\n
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2007 project
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Airborne particles are implicated in respiratory diseases including asthma. As cities often have elevated particle counts and high asthma rates, designing tree plantings to increase interception is considered to be one way of cleaning air, thereby...
- Behavioral experiments to improve the performance of markets, regulation, and charitable donations in providing resources and environmental quality
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2008 – 2009 project
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My early work in the environment revealed that traditional economic models failed to explain behavior around Superfund sites and the extreme reluctance to make trade-offs involving environmental assets. These problems pushed me into asking basic...
- Biofortifying staple crops to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in humans
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2004 project
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Our goal is to enrich highly digestible micronutrients including essential trace elements and vitamins in staple crops by plant breeding and fertilizing. With appropriate processing and cooking, these staples will provide sufficient bioavailable...
- Biological factors affecting survival and transport of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in watershed environments
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2008 project
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We are studying the survival properties, especially the utilization of storage products by the oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum, a waterborne pathogen that has been the focus of debate in the New York City watershed for more than 15 years. The city...
- Chemical profiling of eggs from New York state and their suitability in the manufacture of non-food derivatives
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2007 project
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This project is assessing the quality of phospholipids (lecithin) from eggs produced in New York state and their potential use by the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in drug formulation. We will also address the production of functional foods based on...
- Combined resistance to late blight, early blight, and Septoria leaf spot, in elite tomato lines
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2008 – 2012 project
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Late blight (LB), Early blight (EB) and Septoria leaf spot (SLS), are the three foliar fungal tomato diseases in temperate regions, with yearly weather conditions determining which of these diseases are most problematic that year. Currently,...
- Community IPM: reducing risk across New York
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1999 project
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The New York State Community Integrated Pest Management (NYS CIPM) Program at Cornell University is the only one of its kind in the country and addresses pest problems where people live, learn, work, and play—using methods that pose minimal risk to...
- Controlled-environment agriculture
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2007 project
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The aim of this project is to make local, year-round production of fresh vegetables in greenhouses an economic reality in New York state. The major focus has been on the energy inputs to reduce electrical energy requirements.