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Nettie Baugher Gets Hands-on with Horticulture Research

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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. 
Liz Driscoll

Aug 24, 2023

Liz Driscoll Invests in Youth and the Future of Agriculture

When it comes to developing and nurturing the spark of interest in plants and agriculture in today’s youth, Liz Driscoll has her methods down to a science. 
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. 
succulents

Feb 20, 2023

Horticulture Today

Jodi Songer-Riedel and Liz Driscoll created Horticulture Today, a textbook guide for students looking to develop an appreciation for the diversity of horticulture and gain work-based experience. 
hops cones

Aug 30, 2022

NC State Hops Breeding Research Receives NCDA&CS Backing

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is providing grant funding to the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center to develop new hops varieties for the state’s booming craft beer. 
strawberry trial baskets from Castle Hayne, NC

May 13, 2022

Growing a Better Strawberry

Chances are, that deep red, plump, ripe strawberry bursting with flavor that you picked fresh off the plant at your local farm was a Chandler. Or possibly a Camarosa. In a couple of years, it might be a Rocco, or a Liz. 
Dahlia cut flower from Bullington Gardens in Hendersonville, NC.

May 11, 2022

How to Buy Cut Flowers Locally

Many consumers aren’t aware that 80% of the cut flowers purchased in the U.S. are imported from countries like the Netherlands, Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya. 
Flowering Palmer Amaranth, also known as Palmer pigweed, is an extremely aggressive, fast-growing species that has become a serious weed problem. (Photo by Patrick Alexander)

Apr 25, 2022

Accolades from the 40th Weed Science Society of North Carolina Meeting

For the past 40 years, the Weed Science Society of North Carolina (WSSNC) has met annually to address weed science and management challenges. Through strategic partnerships with the WSSNC, NC State weed scientists and researchers have attended these meetings to disseminate the latest field and lab research. 
White woman holding a halved watermelon

Jul 19, 2021

Nettie Baugher Gets Hands-on with Horticulture Research

For NC Cooperative Extension Agent Nettie Baugher, NC State's online Master of Horticultural Science program offered the best of both worlds.