Horticultural Science Facilities
For Use In Extension, Teaching, and Research
NC State University has excellent facilities available for horticultural
science studies. Facilities available for use by faculty, students, and
technicians include modern, well equipped and staffed research stations,
greenhouses, laboratories, and clinics. There are also research and extension
centers (REC) located in the eastern and western parts of the state, permitting
NC State to serve those regions with less travel.
The horticultural science program enjoys excellent cooperation within
and between departments and colleges. Some of the available facilities
are listed below.
- Biotechnology
Program - Provides facilities and information for cooperative
research in areas of common interest to molecular biologists and plant
breeders.
- Electron Microscope
Center - The center is located in 1223 Gardner Hall. There is
a director who is responsible for all research use and teaching programs
there.
- Genome Research Laboratory
- The NC State Genome Research Laboratory is located on Centennial Campus.
It provides facilities and equipment for faculty and students interested
in doing research in the new field of genomics.
- Herbarium
- The NC State herbarium in the department of Botany
maintains 125,000 plant specimens for use in research , extension, and
teaching.
- HFL Greenhouses - The department of Horticultural Science has
greenhouse space for teaching and research in one headhouse and two
greenhouse ranges at the Horticultural Field Laboratory.
- Horticultural
Field Laboratory - The HFL is used heavily by the Horticultural
Science department. Only 2 miles west of Kilgore Hall, it is also the
home of the JC Raulston
Arboretum. Greenhouses and fields are available for teaching, and
for experiments requiring frequent attention.
- Horticultural Presentation Facilities - The department maintains
equipment for the production of posters, slides, and web pages. Equipment
includes copy stand, darkroom, slide scanners, film printers, color
printer, and large format poster printer. Information on their use is
presented in HS601-Seminar Production.
- Insectary
- The NC State Insectary is a state-of-the-art facility designed to
produce large numbers of high quality insects for research , extension,
and teaching.
- Itegrated Pest Management (IPM)
Center - Integrated pest management information for crops in
North Carolina.
- JC Raulston
Arboretum - The JC Raulston Arboretum is a nationally acclaimed
garden with the most diverse collection of plants adapted for landscape
use in the southeastern United States. Plants especially adapted to
Piedmont North Carolina conditions are collected and evaluated in an
effort to find superior plants for use in southern landscapes.
- Method Road Greenhouses - The College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences maintains four greenhouse units of one to four ranges each
at Method Road.
- Mountain Horticultural
Crops REC - Located in western North Carolina near Asheville,
this outlying research and extension center houses faculty and staff
from several departments.
- NC State Libraries -
The top-rated NC State Libraries are an excellent resource for the latest
research information. The libraries are a leader in electronic and computer-based
information.
- Phytotron
- The phytotron provides growth rooms that can simulate almost any environmental
conditions. It has been used to select plants for stress resistance,
as well as for running tests on new diseases and insects requiring isolation
from the main growing areas.
- Plant Disease
and Insect Clinic - The plant disease and insect clinic is maintained
by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It is available for
growers, researchers, extensionists, and others to obtain assistance
in diagnosing disease and insect problems.
- Research Triangle Park -
Research Triangle Park is located inside the triangle formed by Duke
University in Durham, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
and NC State University. It is15 miles from Raleigh, and has federal
research institutions, including the Environmental Protection Agency,
the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, and the National
Institute of Statistical Sciences. Also in RTP are private research
institutions including Chemical Industry Institute for Toxicology, Burroughs
Wellcome, Northern Telecom, BASF, Rhone-Poulenc, and IBM. Other important
RTP residents include the National Office for Sigma Xi, the N.C. Biotechnology
Center, and the N.C. Microelectronics Center.
- USTL Greenhouses - The departments of Entomology, Horticultural
Science, and Plant Pathology have approximately 32,600 square feet of
greenhouse space for teaching and research. The headhouse and three
greenhouse ranges are located behind the Undergraduate Science and Teaching
Laboratory.
- Vernon G.
James REC - Located near Plymouth, North Carolina in the northeast
part of the state, this outlying research and extension center houses
faculty and staff from several departments.
- Research
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