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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Plant Sciences Initiative

Feb 6, 2024

Crop and Soil Sciences Seminar

Dr. Rachel Atwell Vann Assistant Professor and Soybean Extension Specialist Platform Director for Extension Outreach and Engagement of Plant Sciences Initiative & Dr. Chris Reberg-Horton Professor of Cropping Systems Platform… 

Jul 18, 2023

New Online Tool Maps ‘Beans Gone Wild’

NC State Extension released an online tracking tool called Beans Gone Wild to capture and share in-season soybean problems and recommendations across the state.  
Rachel Vann poses at N.C. PSI opening

Jul 18, 2022

The Farmer’s Ambassador: Rachel Vann Provides Practical Guidance in New PSI Role 

In her new role as Extension Outreach and Engagement Platform Director, Rachel Vann will leverage her Extension experience to facilitate communication between N.C. PSI research teams and NC farmers. 
Students work on computers inside a plant breeding greenhouse

Oct 25, 2021

Plant Breeding AI Gets Schooled in New Student Competition

If Hillsborough Street glowed a bit brighter recently, it might have been from the collective mental energy focused on NC State and USDA-ARS’s first Agricultural Technology Hackathon. 
Researcher kneeling on to look at grass

Apr 27, 2020

University Scientists Grow Water Savings with Drought-Tolerant Turfgrass

A network of turfgrass researchers from six major universities, led by NC State, is reducing our lawn's irrigation needs with drought-tolerant turfgrasses that are attractive and healthy with minimal water.