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  • Department of Plant Sciences
    1224 Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-7738
    Fax: (530) 752-4361
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Horticulture and Agronomy

Application Deadline

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 15
  • General: Apr. 1
  • Final: May 31

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 15
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Exceptions

  • S/U Exception
    • Prerequisites only
    • Two per student

Students gain advanced knowledge of Plant Science in one or more of the following areas: agroecology; biotechnology; breeding and crop improvement; crop physiology and production; mineral nutrition; modeling and quantitative horticulture; pest management; plant growth and development; postharvest physiology; revegetation and restoration; and water relations. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in one or more of the following areas: agroecology, crop improvement; postharvest handling of horticultural commodities; and the production, management and utilization of horticultural and agronomic plants.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Horticulture and Agronomy website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Andrew Walker Viticulture and Enology (530) 752-0902
Academic Advisers
David Burger
(Adviser: General) 		Plant Sciences 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-0398
Carlos Crisosto
(Adviser: General) 		Department Of Plant Sciences 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7549
Theodore M Dejong
(Adviser: General) 		Department Of Plant Sciences 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-1843
Paul Gepts
(Adviser: General) 		Department Of Plant Sciences 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-7743
Thomas M Gradziel
(Adviser: General) 		Department Of Plant Sciences 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-1575
Louise E Jackson
(Adviser: General) 		Land Air & Water Resources 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 754-9116
Kerri Steenwerth
(Adviser: General) 		Horticulture and Agronomy 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-7535
M. Andrew Walker
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact) 		Viticulture & Enology 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-0902
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Lisa Brown Department Of Plant Sciences (530) 752-7738
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Laura Young Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772