North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University researcher earns HortLegend award

Guochen Yang has spent four decades promoting better health, better crops and instructing the next generation of horticultural scientists.

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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University horticulture researcher Guochen Yang, Ph.D., has spent four decades promoting better health, better crops and instructing the next generation of horticultural scientists. Now, he has achieved “legendary” status, according to his peers.

Yang, a professor in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design, has been named a 2025 horticultural legend, or “HortLegend,”by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS),a top organization within the profession.