General Information - Department of Horticultural Science

Mission

The mission of the Department of Horticultural Science is to provide innovative teaching, research, and outreach in the art and science of horticulture. These programs encompass the basic biology, ecology, production and utilization of horticultural products including fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape plants.

The major goal of the department is to meet the ever changing challenges of a highly competitive and technological world through constant evaluation and adjustment of its programs and positions. The Department of Horticultural Science serves the people of the state, country and world within the concept of the Land Grant mission upon which North Carolina State University was founded.

Address

• Dr. Thomas J. Monaco, Head (919-515-3131)
• Department of Horticultural Science, 120 Kilgore Hall
• Box 7609 (corner of Hillsborough Street and Brooks Avenue)
• North Carolina State University (campus map)
• Raleigh, NC 27695-7609

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Horticulture Highlights - Fall 2001

This quarter, the department of Horticultural Science would like to highlight the Nursery Crops activities at NC State. Their activities are extensive, including the offering of nursery short courses, and sponsoring events such as the Green N Growin Show.

New Additions / Special Features

• Greenhouse Vegetable Production
• HS Courses on the Web

Departmental Information

• Facilities
• Faculty
  • NCSU Authors DBase
• Graduate Students
• Staff

Student Information

• Agricultural Institute (A.A.)
  • Ag. Institute HS Courses
• Undergraduate Programs (B.A.)
• Graduate Programs (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Graduate Admission
• Distance Education
  • HS Courses on the Web

Consumer / Home Horticulture

• Consumer Horticulture
• 4H and Youth Horticulture
• Hort Information Leaflets
• JC Raulston Arboretum

Industry / Commercial Horticulture
(also, see programs by commodity)

• Agricultural Weather Program
• Landscape Design (Leaflets / Turf)
• Pesticide Applicator Training

Seminars / Meetings

• Calendar of Events (Fletcher)
• Calendar of Events (CALS)
• Field Days (CALS)
• HS Seminars - Fall 2001

Our Land-Grant Mission

• Extension
  • NC Cooperative Extension
• Research
  • NC Agric. Research Service
• Teaching
  • NCSU Academic Programs
• College Agric. and Life Sciences
• NC Dept. of Agriculture

Postions Available

• Instructors / Lecturers / Professors
• Technicians / Graduate Assistantships

Programs (by location)

• LCPTRS-CRS (Kinston)
• HCRS (Castle Hayne)
• Main Campus (Raleigh)
• MHCREC (Fletcher)
• VJREC (Plymouth)

Programs (by commodity)

• Commodity Information
  • Commercial Horticulture
  • Commodity Groups
  • Hort Information Leaflets (HILs)
• Floriculture
• Fruit Crops
  • Small Fruit Center (S.Region)
• Ornamentals
  • JC Raulston Arboretum
  • Landscape Design
  • Nursery Crops (Fletcher)
  • Nursery Crop Science
• Specialty Crops
  • Herbs
  • Medicinal Crops
  • Specialty Crops Program
• Vegetable Crops
  • Cucumber / Watermelon Breeding
  • Greenhouse Vegetable Production
  • Potato / Sweetpotato Breeding
  • Vegetable Cultivar Lists

Programs (by discipline)

• Biotechnology
• Consumer Horticulture
  • 4H and Youth Horticulture
• International Programs
• Landscape Design (Leaflets / Turf)
• Nutrition / Soils
  • Horticultural Substrates Lab
• Physiology / Postharvest Handling
• Plant Breeding
• Production / Ecology
• Sustainable / Organic
  • Organic Farming Systems
  • Sustainable Vegetable Production
• Taxonomy (Herbarium)
• Weeds / Pest Control
  • Agricultural Chemicals Manual
  • Pesticide Training
  • Weed Control

Safety

• CALS Safety Self-Assessment (PDF)
• Safety Information