{"id":81159,"date":"2026-03-11T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/?p=81159"},"modified":"2026-04-18T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:03:23","slug":"not-your-average-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/news\/not-your-average-greenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Your Average Greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

It takes a minute for the eyes to adjust as Joe Chiera and Mike Beddoe badge through the greenhouse doors at NC State University\u2019s Plant Sciences Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so bright that at the entrance is a box of sunglasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the sun is shining on the white floor it\u2019s a bit like being snow blind,\u201d Beddoe says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 24-foot-tall glass and steel behemoth that sits atop the Centennial Campus building might look like an ordinary greenhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 10,000-square-foot Plant Sciences Building controlled environment lab features 11 greenhouse bays (top left) providing fully conditioned, under-glass growth environments for research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But inside the computer-controlled facility, researchers work year-round to tackle some of the biggest challenges farmers face from diseases, pests and extreme weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plants for dozens of ever-changing research projects are grown here at any given time, all with different needs, requirements, growing times, and Chiera and Beddoe are responsible for overseeing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe serve the entire campus,\u201d Chiera says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing Innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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