One of the strengths of the faculty in the Department of Horticultural Science is the wide array of commodity-specific expertise in the area of production. This enables our faculty to bridge between applied research and the delivery of that knowledge to the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Carolina is one of the lead production states for floriculture\/greenhouse production, ranked 4th in the nation with over $234M in value based on the 2015 USDA statics. Research at NC State is primarily focused on problem-solving industry-related production issues. Basic research and an active ornamental plant breeding round out a holistic focus of the floriculture research program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The USDA defines \u201cspecialty crops\u201d as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture). For most of us, however, \u201cspecialty crops\u201d refers to the more unusual horticultural crops such as ginseng, culinary herbs, stevia, hops, and industrial hemp. That is how we classify \u201cspecialty crops\u201d in our department and we have many faculty working on new, unusual, and emerging crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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