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Improving the World

Through Plant Science Innovation

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About

Find out how we Think and Do to advance the future of agriculture.

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Research

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

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Strawberry Field Day participants got a chance to try out a motorized harvest aid called the Glean Machine

Outreach

We develop solutions and practices that deliver tangible impacts on the state and world.

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Agriculture’s annual impact on N.C.’s economy by 2020

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We’re bringing together the brightest experts to shape the future of plant sciences.

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Extraordinary Spaces

Explore the NC State University Plant Sciences Building

Front exterior of the NC State Plant Sciences Building — Front exterior

This 185,000-square-foot building represents the latest thinking design and construction to meet the complex needs of team-based plant science.

PSB greenhouse — Rooftop greenhouse space provides fully conditioned under-glass growth environments.

Plant Sciences Building Break Space — Core laboratory support spaces provides access to state-of-the-art equipment and staff to support research projects, and includes growth chambers and environmental rooms.

Plant Sciences Building Break Space — Break spaces and shared conference spaces at the center of the building on each floor are designed to bring people together.

Plant Sciences Building Hearth — A welcoming, two-story entrance space highlights a demonstration area focused on the agricultural sciences and projects housed in the building.

Plant Sciences Building Seminar Room — Best-in-class seminar lecture and common spaces helps all partners, students and stakeholders interact in ways that transform innovation and learning.

Plant Sciences Building Board Room — With dramatic views overlooking the Oval, Hunt Library and Lake Raleigh, the fourth-floor space holds 30 people.

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Soil Temperature Can Predict Pest Spread in Crops

Researchers use historical soil temperature data to learn about – and predict – overwintering success of the nasty corn earworm.

Ph.D. candidate Camilo H. Parada Rojas, right, works in the lab with mentor Lina Quesada-Ocampo, Ph.D.

The Power of Mentorship

Through intentional mentorship, industry training and job preparedness, FFAR Fellow Camilo H. Parada Rojas understands what it takes to get science to the field.

The Ristaino and Wei Labs test their late blight loop-mediated isothermal amplification and volatile organic compounds sensors outside the NC State Plant Sciences Building.

$1M NSF Grant Awarded to Help Better Predict Emerging Plant Disease Pandemics

NC State researchers plan to use real-time analytics through sensor technology, data mining, remote sensing and modeling to better monitor and predict plant diseases.