It's #ChristmasTree time! Take a look at our page with all the tips and tricks you need to know when selecting and purchasing your NC Christmas Tree: christmastrees.ces.ncsu.edu/purchasing-nct…

Hey! Be sure to tune in to NBC nightly news tonight at 6:30pm to hear about the NC Fraser fir and the role of genetics in supporting the industry!

Terrific new comparative genomic analysis of 31 Phytophthora genomes reveal genome plasticity and horizontal gene transfer- international collaboration led by Brent Kronmiller, including Sucheta Tripathy @PhytophthoraLab Richard Hamelin wang yuanchao Nari Williams apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/MP…

Justin Whitehill and the NCSU Christmas Tree Genetics program (official) were featured on NBC News talking about all things #Christmastrees. Did you know their #research has developed Christmas trees that grow in 6 years instead of 10? Watch the story: ncst.at/Q9T850LVsZO #agriculture #innovation #genetics

NCSU Christmas Tree Genetics program (official) Justin Whitehill - our Christmas tree innovators!

Just had our N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative #HolidayTree decoration party. We are proud to have one of the nerdiest trees ever!

Nice article in the Sanford Herald today, written by Meredith Favre about Christmas trees!

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Deer browsing can cost thousands of dollars in lost product and increased expense to Real Christmas Tree Growers - 🦌 🌲 Attending NC Christmas Trees Winter Meeting - “How the smell of Christmas may protect #FraserFir against DEER browse.” - Justin Whitehill - NCSU Christmas Tree Genetics program (official)

We had a great time at the #ArborDayFestivalRaleigh this past weekend. It was a day full of collaborating with many awesome NC organizations to celebrate our trees. Check out some pics highlighting our day. #NCArborDay2023 NCSU Christmas Tree Genetics program (official) NC State Forest Health NC State College of Natural Resources

TERPNET is back! Join us for the international TERPNET 2023 meeting held in person at the UC Davis campus 7/31 to 8/4 2023. Registration and Abstract Submission is open at: ces-apps.ucdavis.edu/confreg/index.…

Happy to have contributed a chapter in this new open-access #foresthealth textbook, which features chapters on entomology and #invasivespecies (hat tip to Jeremy Allison Tim Paine, Bernard Slippers, and Michael Wingfield for serving as editors!): link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

A #newstudy led by Justin Whitehill identified #genes involved in development of stone cells that block insects from eating Sitka spruce tree branches. This could help #researchers breed Sitka spruce #trees resistant to the spruce weevil. #forestweek 🌲 ncst.at/klgi50P8JeA

Excited to share this research! Stone cells are a robust defense trait that protects conifers from insect attack. Read about the genes involved in their formation.

Findings from a new study could help researchers breed genetically improved Sitka spruce trees resistant to a nibbling insect. Check out the findings of Dr. Justin Whitehill (Justin Whitehill), assistant professor of Christmas tree genetics at NC State University: ncst.at/vRsj50PuZa1

🆕The latest issue of New Phytologist is out today! 🍃 Flowers leakier than leaves but cheaper to build 🍃 Carbon budget of nitrogen-fertilized boreal Scots pine forest 🍃 Demystifying the Venus flytrap action potential 📚 ow.ly/HI4m50PAp0H Wiley Plant Science #PlantScience

Excited to have our article published alongside one of my favorite microscopy images of Sitka spruce stone cells! Thank you to New Phytologist for featuring our work!

Thanks to Justin Whitehill and the entire NCSU Christmas Tree Genetics program (official) for spending time at the Upper Mountain Research Station in Laurel Springs #NorthCarolina. Great learnings on the challenges facing the Xmas tree industry… 🎄

We have 🎶decked our hall with a beautiful 🎄! This variety is produced by the Christmas Tree Genetics Program (NCSU Christmas Tree Genetics program (official)) and led by Justin Whitehill. Our tree was grown locally in NC on Shepard’s Way Farm - thank you for helping decorate our home!