Caldwell Field Research Center
The Caldwell Field Research Complex is just east of the Cornell Veterinary School and is the center of operations for field research conducted at Crop & Soil Science Farms. The soil here is Williamson fine sandy loams deposited as glacial till; unique to this research site as compared to other Cornell farms. The area provides 10 acres within walking distance of central campus for educational demonstrations and research. This area includes a complex of buildings providing space and equipment for handling supplies and harvested material from any type of field research; state-of-the-art pesticide mixing, handling and storage facilities; mechanical shop facilities sufficient to perform almost any equipment repair or modification; drying ovens for plant material; and a full-time staff to complete farming and maintenance operations and assist all projects in completing field operations. Background history: 1903: Land acquired and named after George C. Caldwell, the first full-time professor hired by Cornell University. 1956-57: Purchased a building left at the Sampson Naval base on Seneca Lake. The building became known as the "Gun Shed: with a greenhouse being added shortly after. 1967: Gun Shed destroyed by fire resulting in the loss of invaluable records, equipment and reference soil samples. 1969-70: Current fieldhouse, herbicide laboratory and adjoining greenhouse were built and named after Emmons W. Leland, the supervisor of Agronomy field experiments for 46 years, and Walter C. Muenscher, faculty on weed research for 38 years.
Guterman Research Center
The Guterman Bioclimatic Laboratory, dedicated in 1968 and named in honor of C.E.F."Gus" Guterman, Professor of Plant Pathology from 1903-1957, lies approximately one quarter mile east of the Bradfield-Emerson complex. The facility contains research and teaching laboratories, growth chambers, controlled atmosphere storage rooms, an isolated facility expressly dedicated to herbicide and weed science research, and adjacent glass and plastic greenhouse facilities. The greenhouse ranges are part of the 155,000 square foot greenhouse consortium administered by the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station on the Ithaca campus and available for use by the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and other CALS departments.
Muenscher Greenhouse
The Muenscher Laboratory is named in honor of Walter Conrad Muenscher, Professor in the College of Agriculture from 1921-1954 and is housed in the Caldwell Field complex. The laboratory and adjacent greenhouses were dedicated in 1970 and, at that time, one of the few in the world specifically designed for the study of weeds and their control. The facility offers three separate glasshouses, 16 growth chambers for research requiring controlled environments, a classroom, and a laboratory with adjacent walk-in freezer.