Feb 2, 2024
PFAS chemicals, sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals,” have been a big topic in North Carolina and the rest of the country in recent years, and often, it seems, there are…
Dec 12, 2023
In the second annual N.C. PSI Backroad Tour, graduate students and postdocs from several colleges visited farmers and producers across the state.
Oct 26, 2023
The third annual N.C. PSI Hackathon brought in a record 74 student and postdoc participants to compete across three days and three tracks for prizes and bragging rights.
Oct 16, 2023
Four graduate students have been awarded the inaugural Norma L. Trolinder N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Graduate Student Endowment.
Aug 29, 2023
Alejandro Gutierrez-Li leads the Agricultural Labor Extension Program, a novel and unique effort to address labor issues in North Carolina and the Southeast.
Aug 4, 2023
David Suchoff is leading a five-year grant to study how fiber hemp can act as an alternative to tobacco while taking advantage of North Carolina's robust textile industry.
Apr 27, 2023
12 NC State Extension agents were selected from a competitive pool to beta-test N.C. PSI technology in the field.
Mar 20, 2023
Norma and Linda Trolinder are a mother-daughter duo of preeminent researchers and have just established the N.C. PSI's first graduate student endowment to propel the future of the field they love.
Mar 9, 2023
The N.C. PSI welcomes Oerth Bio to the NC State Plant Sciences Building as the first industry tenant to be conducting independent research in the rooftop greenhouses.
Feb 8, 2023
Christopher Oates is the first recipient of the new STEPS Center Director's Fellowship. In the fall, he starts a Master of Science degree program in Biological and Agricultural Systems Analysis.