Mountain Crop Improvement Lab
College University
Why pick this one
Mountain Crop Improvement Lab develops non-invasive nursery crops and improved landscape plants through NC State research in Western North Carolina.
Best for
- nursery crop breeding and improvement
- non-invasive landscape plant development
- bioenergy crop research
- plant tissue culture and micropropagation research
- student internships involving plant breeding, propagation, or cytology
- industry partnerships seeking crop technologies or intellectual property
Look elsewhere if
- retail plant purchases
- routine landscaping installation or maintenance
- emergency agricultural services
- general gardening advice
Specialties
- non-invasive nursery crop development
- nursery and landscape plant breeding
- bioenergy crop research
- plant tissue culture and micropropagation
- cytogenetics and molecular biology
- plant propagation and reproductive biology
What makes them different
- Located at NC State's Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Western North Carolina
- Research targets crop adaptability, pest resistance, commercial merit, non-invasiveness, and sustainability
- Industry partnerships produce new products, intellectual property, and competitive advantages
- Internship work includes pollination, seed and cutting propagation, tissue culture, cytology, plot maintenance, and data collection
- Research covers nursery crops, landscape plants, bioenergy crops, genetics, and molecular studies
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 455 Research Dr, Mills River, NC 28759-3423
- Website
- https://mcilab.cals.ncsu.edu/
Services
- applied plant science research
- crop development and improvement
- advanced student training and degree programs
- industry research partnerships
- undergraduate and graduate internships