Posts by Krishna Ramanujan

Krishna Ramanujan is a senior staff writer for Cornell Chronicle

Solar Farm Shade in the Fall Reduces Radish and Radicchio Yields

By Krishna Ramanujan / October 8, 2025

A series of studies by Cornell researchers is testing how crops might grow when planted between rows of solar panels on a solar farm in New York state.   By…

Lasers Match Common Herbicides at Zapping East Coast Weeds

By Krishna Ramanujan / October 8, 2025

A new study by researchers at Cornell AgriTech and Rutgers University found that automated laser weeding machines are as effective as common herbicides at eliminating East Coast pests, and have…

Study Offers Insight into Balancing Climate Solutions and Crop Yields

By Krishna Ramanujan / July 9, 2025

Regenerative farming practices can potentially reduce yields according to new research. People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields.…

From Space to Farm: Readying NASA Satellites to Help Growers

By Krishna Ramanujan / October 9, 2024

This summer the “Space for Ag Tour” by NASA leaders came to Cornell AgriTech to better understand the remote sensing needs of researchers, specialty crop growers and local stakeholders. An…

UV Light Treats Beet Disease, Combats Fungicide Resistance

By Krishna Ramanujan / July 3, 2024

Cornell study highlights new organic tool for farmers to to fight the growing problem of fungicide resistance: germicidal ultraviolet light.   Germicidal ultraviolet light is effective at killing a damaging…

New Tomato Bred to Naturally Resist Pests and Curb Disease

By Krishna Ramanujan / April 3, 2023

A Cornell researcher has completed a decades-long program to develop new varieties of tomato that naturally resist pests and limit transfer of viral disease by insects. A Cornell researcher has…

Virtual Reality Farm Tour Expands Access to Urban Agriculture

By Krishna Ramanujan / April 4, 2022

The pandemic has hindered farm visits and peer-to-peer learning between farmers, which were already difficult to arrange. A new Virtual Reality urban farm tour aims to change that. One way…

New Cornell Sugarhouse Sweetens NY’s Maple Industry

By Krishna Ramanujan / October 4, 2021

The Cornell Maple Program has opened an advanced, New York state-funded maple research laboratory, an upgrade that will enable research on how to produce the highest-quality syrup, develop new maple…

Cheap, User-Friendly Smartphone App Predicts Vineyard Yields

By Krishna Ramanujan / July 5, 2021

Cornell engineers and plant scientists have teamed up to develop a low-cost system that allows grape growers to predict their yields much earlier in the season and more accurately than…

Green Practices Can Negate Climate Emissions on New York Farms

By Krishna Ramanujan / October 20, 2020

New York agriculture has the capacity to mitigate its own greenhouse gas emissions, two Cornell researchers say in a state-funded report commissioned by the New York State Department of Agriculture…