Floriculture

Through educational programs, demonstrations, publications, and individual consultations, the Floriculture Program provides Long Island greenhouse and floriculture growers with up-to-date information on best management practices and recommendations for crop selection, crop production, pest management, business management, environmental issues, and applicable regulations. In addition the Floriculture Program conducts applied research demonstration on various aspects of integrated pest management and crop production.

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Useful Links

Cornell University Greenhouse Horticulture
http://www.greenhouse.cornell.edu/

Cornell IPM Program – Ornamental Crops 
https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/ipm-areas/ornamental-ipm

Bureau of Pesticides Management - Information Portal
https://extapps.dec.ny.gov/nyspad/

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Resources

e-Gro Alert

e-GRO (Electronic Grower Resources Online) is a collaborative effort of floriculture specialists to create a new clearing house for alerts about disease, insect, environmental, physiological and nutritional disorders being observed in commercial greenhouses. Information is available about disorders, podcasts, and research.

Bringing together some of the leading specialists from universities around the USA, e-GRO is a free resource and learning tool for anybody involved in greenhouse plant production.

To find resources and to subscribe for updates visit http://www.e-gro.org/, and click on ‘Subscribe' at the top.

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Northeast Greenhouse Notes

An e-newsletter from the Floriculture Program at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County that provides information on upcoming local programs of interest and updates on various industry issues. To sign up, email nora.catlin@cornell.edu.

Last updated March 26, 2026