About Me
Dr. Jason P. Londo is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at the School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture section at Cornell University. He leads the fruit physiology and climate adaptation program on the Cornell AgriTech campus. His research uses a combination of field, greenhouse, and molecular approaches to understanding the effect of temperature on winter dormancy and cold hardiness physiology, phenology, and growing season fruit ripening processes in grapevine and apple. Applied science approaches include testing of plant growth regulators, foliar fertilizers and amendments as a mitigation mechanism for stimulating winter acclimation, extending dormancy, delaying budbreak, and reducing fruit quality disorders. Additionally, his program uses transcriptomic and epigenomic approaches to understanding plant acclimation and phenotypic plasticity. Dr. Londo’s position is a 60/40 split of research and extension. Extension activities range from the development of cold hardiness prediction models and associated web-based applications to in depth fruit schools designed for reciprocal knowledge transfer between researchers and growers.
