Applicants are encouraged to explore, study, and research opportunities by contacting faculty who may be prospective advisers.

This program provides opportunities for students interested in Horticulture to become a professional leader and an independent scholar. Faculty in this program are competent to prepare candidates in the subfields of Horticulture including

  • crop production and marketing
  • integrated crop management
  • plant genetics and breeding
  • horticultural plant physiology
  • postharvest physiology
  • plant molecular biology and biotechnology, and
  • horticultural ecology.