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NC State Hops Breeding Research Receives NCDA&CS Backing

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Heeduk Oh checking blueberry bush

Mar 8, 2023

Heeduk Oh: Improving Shelf-life Fruit Quality in Blueberry

Heeduk Oh is a doctoral student that researches how to improve shelf-life fruit quality in blueberries as part of a national team to strengthen Vaccinium industry production. 
sweetpotatoes

Feb 20, 2023

Graduate Students Win “Sweet” Awards at National Sweetpotato Meeting

Horticulture graduate students won big at this year's National Sweetpotato Collaborators Group's annual meeting. 
flower blooming on central NC State campus

Feb 14, 2023

Mason Pharr Symposium: Education, Extension and Storytelling in Plant Science

The Mason Pharr Symposium on “Education, Extension and Storytelling in Plant Science” will be hosted on Friday, March 24 at 9 a.m. at NC State’s Plant Sciences Building. 
Anju Pandey evaluating tomatoes for leaf spot disease in greenhouse

Jan 27, 2023

Anju Pandey: Enhancing Tomatoes for a Better Tomorrow

Anju Pandey is a doctoral student who researches tomato disease resistance breeding, a process by which tomatoes are selected based on their resistance to certain diseases. 
Annie Vogel

Jan 23, 2023

Annie Vogel: The Sweet Secrets of Apple Physiology

Annie Vogel, a doctoral student researcher, studies the way apples respond to different environmental factors and diseases. 
Sweetpotato Team Wolfpack Hands

Oct 25, 2022

Craig Yencho and Ken Pecota Honored with the Innovator of the Year Award

Craig Yencho and Ken Pecota of the Sweetpotato Breeding and Genetics Programs were both honored with the Innovator of the Year award. 
Modesta Abugu harvesting sweetpotatoes

Oct 7, 2022

Modesta Abugu: Improving Sweetpotato Flavor for Nutrition Security

Ph.D. student Modesta Abugu is researching flavor compounds in sweetpotatoes with a goal of increasing consumption and improving global nutrition security. 
Kyle Freedman, Horticultural Science PhD viticulture candidate, amongst the grapevines.

Sep 14, 2022

Kyle Freedman: From Philosophy to Viticulture

North Carolina has over 250 vineyards and 150 wineries with an overall industry economic impact of over $2 billion per year. Kyle Freedman uses his passion for horticulture to bolster the industry through the study of grape production and winemaking. 
industrial hemp grown with far-red light spectrum in greenhouse

Sep 2, 2022

American Society for Horticultural Science Interest Groups Award Department Research

The American Society for Horticultural Science annual conference was held July 30 through August 3 in Chicago, Illinois. The conference provides a platform to unify academia, extension, government, industry, researchers and students in a rich environment for new plant science concepts and techniques. 
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.