Inside Plant Science Plant science encompasses the study of the life and development of edible, ornamental and native vegetation, including grasses, vines, shrubs and trees. TAXONOMY AND PLANT KNOWLEDGE These courses focus on specific types of plants, with as strong component of study dealing with the botany and taxonomy; in addition to learning about growing and using those plants. This course examines the physiological basis of crop yield determination, with emphasis on phenomena that express themselves at the whole canopy (rather than single plant) level of organization. Plant Sciences These programs provide training in all aspects of Plant Science including agronomy, biodiversity, biotechnology, crop quality, horticulture, plant breeding, plant ecology, plant pathology, plant physiology, and weed science.
Interesting opportunities at the Department of Plant Science: Prerequisite (s): High school course in biology and chemistry recommended.
Laboratories include discussion and interactive demonstrations.
A comprehensive course covering broad-ranging aspects of modern virology with an emphasis on comparisons between representative virus groups, taking into account different host, tissue, cell, and vector tropisms, and modes of transmission.
Plant scientists perform fieldwork and research to discover ways to improve crop quality and increase crop quantity. Includes concepts behind plant selection, cultivation, and utilization. Emphasis throughout the course is on the relationship between structural and functional innovations in plants and how these have influenced their reproduction and evolution in various ecosystems. The challenge of using the knowledge accumulated in the field of biology to answer these questions falls in great part to plant scientists. Description: An overview of the diversity and biology of organisms traditionally included in the Plant Kingdom (algae, fungi, lichens, mosses, ferns, gymnosperms and flowering plants).
In the Plant Science Major of the Bachelor of Science degree program, you will explore the intricacies of plant diversity, growth and development, plant-environment interactions, advances in molecular biology, and the wide variety of economic uses for plants.
Plant Biology. It covers canopy scale measurements of crop growth, development, and solar radiation capture; photosynthesis, beginning at the level of biochemistry and working up to the whole canopy … Holistic introduction to the underlying botanical and physiological principles of cultivated plants and their response to the environment. The department of Plant Science offers undergraduate programs that will train tomorrow's ecologists, botanists, agrologists and biotechnologists.