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With more than 35 core faculty actively developing new cultivars, germplasms, and parental lines – the consortium has more plant breeders than any other U.S. university.
The consortium is interdepartmental and focuses on a full range of research programs, courses, and crops. Plant breeders at NC State are based in different colleges (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Natural Resources) and departments (Crop and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Horticultural Science), while other departments, such as Entomology and Plant Pathology, have faculty who are extensively involved in breeding programs for field crops, horticultural crops, and trees. In addition, faculty members who provide strong support are located in the departments of Statistics, Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, Plant Biology, and Genetics. Totally, more than 65 faculty members provide skills in DNA-based marker technology, plant transformation, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics in addition to basic field breeding.
Connecting plant breeders through international virtual seminar series
Computing Skills in Plant Breeding Workshop
This workshop will be hosted from Thursday, December 10 – 13, 2024 at the Plant Science Building with seven modules focused on computing skills in plant breeding.
Plant Breeding Research Programs
7th Biennial Plant Breeding Symposium
Join the Plant Breeding Symposium on Thursday, February 1, 2024, in Talley Student Union. Five diverse speakers address "Breeding for Balance: Plant and Human Wellbeing”.
All Hopped Up
Get ready for a truly homegrown brew as breeders work to create hops plants that can thrive in North Carolina.
A Patented Winner
The National Academy of Inventors named NC State University’s Craig Yencho a 2023 fellow for his contributions to improved sweetpotato and potato breeding and genetics, with an impact reaching from North Carolina to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Carlos Iglesias
Director of the Plant Breeding Consortium
272 Kilgore Hall
2721 Founders Dr.,
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919.515.1211
Cell: 984.363.0400
Email: caiglesi@ncsu.edu