Dee Shore
![Farm field with cover crop.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/covercrops.jpg)
Project Aims for New and Better Cover Crops
![Three scientists looking at stevia in a greenhouse.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/brandonstevia.jpg)
Breeding a Better Stevia Plant for the Southeast
![James Lamb in tractor cab.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/jameslambtractor.jpg)
Program Builds Leaders for North Carolina Agriculture
![Gov. Roy Cooper at Ag Awareness Day podium.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/03/cooperagday.jpg)
NC Ag Awareness Day Supports Research to Grow Agriculture
![Julieta Sherk seated in a patio. In the foreground: a statue of a medic aiding a wounded soldier.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/02/sherk1.jpg)
Faculty Focus: Julieta Sherk Wins Fulbright Award
![One corner of the Centennial Gateway against a cloud-filled sky](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/02/campus.gateway.7749.jpg)
Curtis to Return to NC State as Poultry Science Head
![Man cradling 5 sweet potatoes in his arms, wearing an NC State t-shirt with their "Think And Do" slogan printed on it.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/02/extension-thinkanddo-sweetpotatoes-092716.jpg)
“Greater Good” Award to Boost Sweet Potato Research
![Photo of the Belltower against the sky](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/02/initiatives-intro-belltower.jpg)
Economists Share 2017 Outlook at Ag Development Forum
![Gary Morehouse Headshot](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/02/garymorehouse.jpg)
Student Spotlight: Love of Outdoors Leads Student to Soil Science
![Lisa Johnson Headshot](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2017/01/johnson-cropped.jpg)