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Into the woods
Jack Bobo’s research at North Carolina State University explores the potential of wood substrates.
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Meet the Next Gen: Greta Gallina, University of Georgia
How Ph.D. candidate Greta Gallina hopes to impact ornamental breeding.
This fast and agile robotic insect could someday aid in mechanical pollination
MIT’s fast and agile robotic insects could someday aid in mechanical pollination inside greenhouses and vertical farms.
Top 12 articles of 2024
Here are the top 12 articles that captured our readers' attention in 2024.
Seed Your Future, NC State launch 2024 Horticulture Industry Salary & Benefits Survey
Initially launched in 2022 in partnership with the American Floral Endowment, the survey offers a comprehensive look at wages and benefits across the horticulture sector.
Fast, advanced and in control
Alfred Huo, Ph.D., harnesses cutting-edge breeding technologies to cultivate ornamental innovations.
Problem gardener
Editor Patrick Alan Coleman shares how his experience as a gardener compares to the gardeners surveyed in the National Gardening Association’s 2024 National Gardening Survey.
MSU CEAHerb announces registration for annual stakeholder meeting in Iowa
The meeting will be hosted by Christopher Currey at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, from Sept. 11-13, 2024, at Reiman Gardens.
Seeking substrate
Growers are struggling with the availability of their chosen growing media, and it’s changing behaviors in the industry.
The age of the LED
More growers are joining the luminaries as they transition to more efficient ways to light crops.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research entomologist Kiran Gadhave earns research award for IPM tool
Gadhave’s project is to develop an integrated pest management tool to offer a next-generation breakthrough solution to one of the largest hindrances to expanding specialty crop production in the Texas Panhandle — tomato spotted wilt virus and thrips.