Author: Mollie Rappe
![Rodolphe Barrangou, professor and co-founder of TreeCo, with genome edited poplars.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/RodolpheBarrangou.jpg)
NC State Spin-off TreeCo To Breed a Better Forest
![A bunch of sweetpotatoes](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sweet-potato-1500x844-1.jpg)
Big Data for Better Sweetpotatoes
![The new greenhouse at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in western North Carolina.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NewGreenhouse.jpg)
Topping-off for Tomato Breeding
![Owen Wagner (far left) and other foundational supporters for the Plant Sciences Initiative during the Plant Sciences Building groundbreaking on September 6, 2019.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Groundbreaking_1500x844.jpg)
Partner Profile: North Carolina Soybean Producers Association
![Soybean plants in a laboratory with colorful tubes in the background.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LabPlants.jpg)
CRISPR Plants: New Non-GMO Method to Edit Plants
![A corn field in North Carolina](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Corn_Field.jpg)
Faculty Focus: Holland Wins International Maize Genetics Award
![Craig Yencho and Bernard Yada ’14, Ph.D., survey sweetpotato vines at a research farm outside Kampala, Uganda.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/craig-yencho-research-farm_BernardYada_Uganda.jpg)
NC State Researchers Continue Improving Sweetpotatoes for Africa
![Cherry tomatoes](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CherryTomatoes_1500.jpg)
Plant Aid: A GRIP4PSI Big-Data Project to Detect Plant Diseases Faster
![Kellie Burris in the Phytotron, inoculating a plant.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Kellie_Burris.jpg)
Securely Studying Salmonella to Advance Produce Safety
![Boxes of gloves, safety goggles and masks in a lab.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SoilDonation1500x844.jpg)