Mollie Rappe
![A corn field in North Carolina](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/10/cornfield.jpg)
NC State Teams Up with SAS and Microsoft to Predict Plant Disease and Tackle Food Recalls
![Photo of a row of corn in a cornfield.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/10/cornfield-950x535-1.jpg)
Grant Continues Support of Crop DNA Replication Research
![A small, red fly on a blueberry, against a black background.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/08/blueberryfly.jpg)
A New IDEA: Pairing Trainees with Computational Experts During the Pandemic
![A sandy field of soybeans](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/06/soybeansamplinglocation.jpg)
Using Leaf Fungi to Improve Crop Resilience
![A group of students in a corn field as the sun sets. (From Summer 2019)](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/06/cornfieldwork.jpg)
CALS Researchers Return to the Bench and Field
![Seedlings with mutations in genes involved in making a plant growth hormone have curly cotyledons, the first two “leaves” of a plant shoot, or short roots. (Labeled seedlings on black)](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/06/rooty1.jpg)
Complementary Mutations: A Rollercoaster of Scientific Discovery
![Boxes of gloves, safety goggles and masks in a lab.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/04/soildonation1500x844.jpg)
CALS Donates Protective Equipment, Supplies to Area Hospitals
![Aerial of tractor spraying fields at Lake Wheeler farms.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2020/03/aerial.farm_.1500x844.jpg)
Fertilizer of the Future
![Dunaliella saltwater algae](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/12/dunaliellaweb.jpg)
Salty Algae Leads to Sweet Success
![Anna Stepanova and Jose Alonso in a room for growing plants.](https://cals.ncsu.edu/plant-and-microbial-biology/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/11/stepanovaalonso.jpg)