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Controlled Environment Produced Plantlets from Cornell

 By Kaitlyn Aguiles Over the past summer, graduate student Ava Forystek and Dr. Courtney Weber at Cornell University's Agritech Campus ran a field trial to evaluate the phenotypic differences between bare root field propagated strawberry plantlets and controlled environment (CE) produced plug plants.
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Phytotron: Photoperiod Research

 By Kaitlyn Aguiles The farm gate value of the strawberry industry in the United States reached $2.3 billion in 2020.
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Phytotron: CO2 Trial

 By Kaitlyn Aguiles At North Carolina State University, you will find a building called Phytotron, full of large, controlled environment plant growth chambers.
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Inside Grower Feature: Sam Humphrey

 By Kaitlyn Aguiles Samson Humphrey, a master student at NC State was featured in the Inside Grower e-mail newsletter. 
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Technology Transfer: Pioneering is rarely a lone pursuit.

 By Kaitlyn Aguiles Mark Hoffmann, Michael Palmer, Ibraheem Olasupo, Lizeth Vigil and Ricardo Hernandez (NCSU, Department of Horticultural Sciences) Opening up a new line of thought, a new...