If you are interested in graduate school, more information about Graduate School Admission Requirements and the Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology departmental informational survey forms for both International Students and United States Citizens are available. Entering graduate students are expected to have taken the GRE and have obtained a minimum combined (verbal + quantitative) score of 340 (1000 on the older test). International students must have a minimum of 80 on the TOEFL examination to be considered for admittance in a Plant Sciences graduate program.

The Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology offers TWO alternatives for advanced work for the Master of Science degree. A student may choose plan A which involves course work and original thesis work, or the student may choose plan B which is a non-thesis degree based on course work alone. The department works closely with other departments in a number of interdisciplinary projects and cooperates in the undergraduate plant protection option in the College of Agriculture.

MS in Plant Pathology

For an MS in Plant Pathology, most research projects are problem oriented and pertain to major plant pathological problems in the state. Currently active research projects involve soil-borne diseases of cereals, genetic basis for disease resistance in field crops, cereal leaf spots, virus diseases of cereals and potatoes, bacterial diseases and the biochemistry and molecular genetics of plant disease. Additional current research projects pertain to the biocontrol of plant diseases and the biocontrol of weeds using plant pathogens and/or their toxins.

Department research projects employ modern molecular biological and biotechnological techniques as well as traditional plant pathological techniques.

Financial Assistance - Graduate research assistantships are available from several sources including state, farm commodity groups and federal grants. For information, contact the department.

MS in Plant Sciences

The Department conducts research programs in: cereal quality; cropping systems/specialty crops; molecular and conventional approaches to plant improvement. Faculty have expertise in molecular genetics, plant breeding and genetics, cereal quality, cytogenetics, biochemistry, plant physiology and agronomy.

Financial Assistance - Graduate research assistantships are available from several sources including state, farm commodity groups and federal grants. For information, contact the department.

PhD in Plant Sciences - Plant Pathology Option

Many research projects are problem oriented and pertain to major plant pathological problems in the state. Currently active research projects involve soil-borne diseases of cereals, genetic basis for disease resistance in field crops, cereal leaf spots, virus diseases of cereals and potatoes, bacterial diseases and the biochemistry and molecular genetics of plant disease. Additional current research projects pertain to the biocontrol of plant diseases and the biocontrol of weeds using plant pathogens and/or their toxins.

Department research projects employ modern molecular biological and biotechnological techniques as well as traditional plant pathological techniques.

Financial Assistance - Financial assistance is available from several sources including state, farm commodity groups and federal grants. Assistantships are usually available. For information, contact the department.

PhD in Plant Sciences - Plant Genetics Option

The Department offers advanced study leading to a Ph.D. degree in Plant Genetics with supporting minors. Thesis research problems are related to the diverse research projects of the faculty.

The Department conducts research programs in: cereal quality; cropping systems/specialty crops; molecular and conventional approaches to plant improvement. Faculty have expertise in molecular genetics, plant breeding and genetics, cereal quality, cytogenetics, biochemistry, plant physiology and agronomy.

Financial Assistance - Graduate research assistantships are available from several sources including state, farm commodity groups and federal grants. For information, contact the department.