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One of the most visible early symptoms of the disease is brown spots (lesions) on stems and leaf tips.
CORNELL (US)—Late blight, the infectious disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s, is wreaking havoc with potato and tomato plants in gardens and commercial farms in the eastern United States. Continue…
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Rikers Island gardening project nurtures teen inmates
CORNELL (US)—Gardening might not seem like the most obvious way to pass the time at one of the world’s largest correctional facilities. But, for the last three years, hundreds of teen inmates at Rikers Island have taken part in the Hydroponics Learning Model (HLM) program offered through Cornell University Cooperative Extension. (more…)
