Department of Horticultural Science

Horticulture Highlights - Spring 2007

• Horticulture Highlights for Spring - The plant breeding program:
  • The plant breeding program at NC State University is one of the leading programs in the U.S. Plant breeders in Horticultural Science, along with those in Crop Science and Forestry, train plant breeding graduate students for jobs at seed companies, universities, the U.S.D.A., and international research centers. More than 30 crops are being worked on, including raspberry (see photo).
  • NC State is one of only seven universities in the U.S. with a large enough program to award degrees to six or more graduate students per year.
  • See: http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/breeding/index.html