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Improving the World Through Plant Science Innovation

About Us 

the three pillars of PSI

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Research

Interdisciplinary teamwork is at the heart of our innovative research model.

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Education

We invest in recruiting, training and retaining world-class plant scientists.

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Extension

We engage with stakeholders to translate plant science into solutions for applied field issues.

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$32M

Competitive grant funding involving N.C. PSI-affiliated faculty in 2024

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Extension agents in the N.C. PSI Extension Agent Network

973

K-12 student visitors to the N.C. PSI Demo Lab in FY 2023-24

thriving together

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We’re bringing together the brightest experts in academia, government and industry to shape the future of plant sciences.

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LATEST NEWS FROM N.C. PSI

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Preparing for a Future that Matters

For North Carolina State University Ph.D. candidate  Sina Jamalzadegan, 2024 has been a big year. Not only has the engineering student made headway in using artificial intelligence (AI) to create… 
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Counting Down N.C. PSI’s Top Five Hits of 2024

2024 marked Adrian Percy’s third full year as executive director of the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative, and with the new year approaching, he shared a list of what he sees… 
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Researchers Pit Lasers Against Sweetpotato Pest

With vinegar flies increasingly impacting sweetpotato storage, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative researchers are exploring a novel management strategy with lasers to combat the pests. 

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Upcoming Events

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Feb 06

Thursday4:00 PM

Mashup at the N.C. PSI: Data-Driven Agriculture
Feb 20

Thursday2:00 PM

2025 N.C. PSI BRIDGE Symposium
Apr 17

Thursday3:00 PM

Emerging Research Showcase: Genome Editing in Crops
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N.C. PSI Makerspace

The N.C. PSI Makerspace is a lab for rapid prototyping of low-cost custom hardware and software solutions for monitoring plant and crop systems across agricultural scales. It is fully equipped with state-of-the-art technology, tools and equipment to enable collaborations among N.C. PSI researchers from different disciplines.

What will you create? 

Annual N.C. PSI Hackathon

Showcase your skills and win prizes for solving agriculture-related challenges using data analytics, 3D printing hardware fabrication and machine learning.

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