plant and microbial biology
![lotus roots](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3.jpg)
Giving Symbiosis Back to the Brassicas
![Photo of 3D printer bioprinting plant cells.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mksozzani3dprint1500.jpg)
3D Printing Plant Cells Shows Promise for Studying Cell Function
![Under red light, green plants grow in several small containers at the VEGGIE growth chamber at Kennedy Space Center.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Perera_Plant2.jpg)
Plants Return from Space in Microgravity Research Projects
![corn plants in bags](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mkkleinerbalintkurtiheterosis1500.jpg)
Microbes Play Role in Corn ‘Hybrid Vigor’
![tobacco plants in the field](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mkxietobacco-1500x844-1.jpg)
New Technique Reduces Nicotine Levels, Harmful Compounds Simultaneously in Tobacco
![Photo of muscadine grapes on the vine.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mkxiemuscadine1500.jpg)
Chemical Compounds in Foods Can Inhibit a Key SARS-CoV-2 Enzyme
![Aerial of tractor spraying fields at Lake Wheeler farms.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/grip5.jpg)
Seed-funding Grows Agricultural Advancements
![A sandy field of soybeans](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/soybeansamplinglocation.jpg)
Using Leaf Fungi to Improve Crop Resilience
![Seedlings with mutations in genes involved in making a plant growth hormone have curly cotyledons, the first two “leaves” of a plant shoot, or short roots. (Labeled seedlings on black)](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rooty1.jpg)
Complementary Mutations: A Rollercoaster of Scientific Discovery
![Dunaliella saltwater algae](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dunaliellaweb.jpg)
Salty Algae Leads to Sweet Success
![Photo of plants with roots.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NCPhoto_1-1500.jpg)
‘Conductor’ Gene Found in Plant Root Stem Cell ‘Orchestra’
![Photo of two scientists in front of soybean plants](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sozzanilocke.jpg)
From the Lab and Greenhouse to Farmers’ Fields
![Photo of Amy Grunden in NC State's Phytotron.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/amygrunden1500.jpg)
Crop Resilience Is Focus of New Interdisciplinary Research
![Study co-authors Rika Judd and De-Yu Xie with plants in NC State's Phytotron.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/mkxiejudd1500.jpg)
Study Upends ‘Dogma’ On Malaria Drug Component
![woman standing behind seedlings](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Sozzani-Jan-2019-HEADER.jpg)