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Department of Horticultural Science retirees lunch

Sep 25, 2023

Lunch with Horticultural Science Retirees

Join the retired Department of Horticultural Science staff and faculty for lunch at the NC State University Club on the third Tuesday of each month. 

blueberries

Sep 21, 2023

International Plant Breeding Seminar Series

NC State University’s Plant Breeding Consortium announces its sixth virtual seminar series on International Plant Breeding, totaling six seminars over the course of consecutive weeks beginning October 5 – November 9, 2023, on Thursdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST. 

Jill and Wayne Buhler

Sep 13, 2023

Wayne Buhler: A Paragon in Pesticide Safety Education

Leading an extraordinary Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) has been critical to North Carolina growers and pesticide applicators with positive impacts reaching across the nation. 

Jack Bobo

Sep 13, 2023

Jack Bobo: Wood Substrates in Floriculture Production

As a replacement to peat, Jack Bobo has done award winning research into preconditioning of horticulture wood fiber substrates for use in the production of floriculture crops. 

Mark Weathington with tea olive

Jul 7, 2023

Temple of Blooms

The director of JC Raulston Arboretum is North Carolina’s Indiana Jones of plants. He travels to some of the world’s most remote locations, braving treacherous landscapes and dangerous beasts in search of rare species to bring back to his shrine of flora. 

Melinda Knuth

Jun 30, 2023

Plant Benefits That Motivate Consumers to Purchase

Greenhouse Management Magazine takes a "peak behind the curtain" into the Cognitive Behavioral Lab's research into what plant benefits influence consumer purchases. 

Brianna Haynes in PHHI lab

Jun 28, 2023

Brianna Haynes: Comparing North Carolina Strawberries

Brianna Haynes is a Horticultural Science graduate student at PHHI. Haynes works cooperatively with research advisors Penelope Perkins-Veazie and Gina Fernandez. Her research involves a large-scale comparative study of North Carolina strawberry genotypes. 

Joy Johnson in strawberry greenhouse

Jun 16, 2023

Joy Johnson: Greenhouse Strawberry Cultivar Performance

Joy Johnson, a master's student with the Very Berry Lab, investigates strawberry cultivar performance in a greenhouse production setting. 

An array of poinsettias

May 26, 2023

Celebrating the Next Generation of Floriculture Scholars

Department of Horticultural Science graduate students Jack Bobo and Patrick Veazie were recently been recognized by the American Floral Endowment for their accomplishments and contributions to the industry. 

phlox

May 16, 2023

Pursuing Sustainability in Floriculture

Sustainability addresses the demands of people, the planet and prosperity, but how that plays out for floriculture and annual bedding plants supply chain may be tricky to define.