Welcome to the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Our department addresses the challenge of developing environmentally sustainable agricultural systems to produce food for a world population that is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050.  We provide expertise to mitigate the impact of climate change and to develop the potential of sustainable biofuel crops.  Our work on nutrient and carbon fluxes in ecosystems helps increase  nutrient use efficiency, improve soil health and solve greenhouse-gas issues.  We have three major program areas: Crop Science, Soil Science, and Environmental Information Systems. We promote productive and sustainable land use practices on regional, national, and international scales. Our main thematic areas focus on food production systems, sustainable agroecosystem management, and linkages between agriculture and environmental change. To learn more about the department's research themes, click here.

Grad Student Spotlight

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Thea Whitman, CSS graduate student, researches the terrestrial carbon cycle with a focus on black carbon and climate change. Read more.



  • Field Day at Musgrave Research Farm - July 18, 2012, details.
  • CSS Seminars
    "What has been learned after a decade of research on the Swallow-worts (Vincetoxicum spp.)?," Antonio DiTommaso, Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University.
    Thursday, May 3, 2012
    12:20 - 1:10 pm
    135 Emerson Hall
Contact Information

Administrative Offices
232 Emerson Hall
Phone: (607) 255-5459
Fax: (607) 255-2644

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Crop and Soil Sciences Programs

 Emerson and Bradfield Halls - home to CSS
Emerson and Bradfield Halls
Home to CSS

Faculty Spotlight

John M Duxbury
Professor

John M Duxbury

I am interested in applying science knowledge to meeting global needs in agriculture and the environment. I tend to take a big picture approach that is based on science knowledge.... Read John M Duxbury's full profile

Faculty list for Crop and Soil Sciences

 

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