forest biotechnology
![Spruce weevil](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Whitehill-spruce-weevil-scaled.jpg)
Study Reveals How a Tall Spruce Develops Defense Against Hungry Weevils
![Baugh seen from the side, working at his lab bench.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/baugh-2-1500.jpg)
Soft Materials Are an Interdisciplinary Game-Changer
![The sun peeks through the leaves of a tree at the Court of North Carolina.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/trees1.jpg)
Turning Tree Residue Into Smart Hydrogels
![Diagram of transcriptional regulatory network and scanning electron micrograph of a poplar stem cross-section](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/TFnetwork-1500.jpg)
Transcription Factor Network Gets to Heart of Wood Formation
![Dead ash tree](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ash-tree-1500.jpg)
Can Genetic Engineering Save Disappearing Forests?
![](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Sederoff-1500.jpg)