{"id":185,"date":"2021-01-27T16:50:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:53:50","slug":"current-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/current-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/agiftseed\/\">A GIFT SEED<\/a>: Accelerated Genetic Improvement of First Through Sequencing, Economics, Extension &amp; Diagnostics.<\/em> Specialty Crop Research Initiative, USDA-NIFA AFRI&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(2025-2029)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Genomic tools for Christmas tree health.<\/em> NC Dept. of Ag. &amp; Consumer Services&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(2025-2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Somatic Embryogenesis, cryopreservation, and plant regeneration of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).<\/em> NC Dept. of Ag. &amp; Consumer Services&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(2023-2027)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Certified NC Christmas Tree Seed.<\/em> NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(2022-2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about our past research please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/publications\/\">Publications Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GIFT SEED: Accelerated Genetic Improvement of First Through Sequencing, Economics, Extension &amp; Diagnostics. Specialty Crop Research Initiative, USDA-NIFA AFRI&nbsp; (2025-2029)&nbsp; Genomic tools for Christmas tree health. NC Dept. of Ag. &amp; Consumer Services&nbsp; (2025-2026) Somatic Embryogenesis, cryopreservation, and plant regeneration of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). NC Dept. of Ag. &amp; Consumer Services&nbsp; (2023-2027) Certified&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":449,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"backgroundColor\":\"green_400\",\"imageID\":449,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2022\/01\/News-and-Media-scaled.jpg\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.cnr.ncsu.edu\/whitehilllab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}