Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

Microbiology courses became a part of the curricula in the zoology and botany departments.

The entomology curriculum was taught within the Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany.

Botany curriculum is taught as a component of the Botanical Instruction program.

The Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany moved to Patterson Hall (originally, "Agricultural Hall").

Botanical Instruction and Botany programs were separated. Botany classes were taught as a part of the Agriculture curriculum.

Dr. Wells was hired as head the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology in 1919 (known later as the Department of Plant Biology). He taught at NC State until 1954.

Dr. B. W. Wells gave a lecture on plant evolution as a part of the Phi Kappa Phi lecture series.

A Plant Pathology section is created within the School of Agriculture, and a new Department of Botany and Plant Pathology is also created.

Division of Biological Sciences created; plant pathology comprises the largest of five units.

The Department of Horticulture moved to Kilgore Hall.

Department of Botany and Bacteriology was created and replaced the Division of Biological Sciences.

The Institute of Biological Sciences is created; the Department of Botany and Bacteriology becomes one of the five divisions within.

The Department of Botany and Bacteriology is divided. The Department of Botany and the Department of Microbiology was established.

The Department of Botany is renamed the Department of Plant Biology.

The Department of Plant Biology became the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. More historical information exists on the department's website.