NC State University
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Alumna Helps Develop First Seedless Blackberry
![Craig Yencho and Bernard Yada ’14, Ph.D., survey sweetpotato vines at a research farm outside Kampala, Uganda.](https://plantbreeding.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/236/2020/05/craig-yencho-research-farmbernardyadauganda.jpg)
Craig Yencho Earns 2024 O. Max Gardner Award
![Nicole Choquette and Emmanuel Lozada-Soto](https://plantbreeding.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/236/2024/05/Nicole-Choquette-Keller-Recipients-Feature-Image.jpeg)
Doctoral Students Tackle Impactful Research
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A Patented Winner
![Massimo Iorizzo in lab](https://plantbreeding.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/236/2023/09/massimo-iorizzo-carrot1500.jpeg)
What Makes a Carrot Orange?
![Sweetpotato Breeding and Genetics team with Chancellor Randy Wilson](https://plantbreeding.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/236/2022/10/Sweet-Potato-Team-Wolfpack-Hands.jpg)
NC State Celebrates Innovation, Entrepreneurship
![NC State and partners at Sola St. Augustine release](https://plantbreeding.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/236/2022/08/Sola-St-Augustine-photo.jpeg)
NC State University Releases Sola™, the Newest St. Augustinegrass
![tomatoes in a basket](https://plantbreeding.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/236/2022/08/tomatoes.jpg)
Impacting Global Food Security Through Improved Tomato Varieties
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