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  • Department of Plant Pathology
    354 Hutchison Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-0300
    Fax: (530) 752-5674
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Plant Pathology

Application Deadline

  • ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 2
  • Final: Apr. 1

  • FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 2
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan. 15

Degrees Offered

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

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Official transcripts
  • GRE scores
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Copies of recent work and publications
  • Supplemental application
  • TOEFL (international applicants)

Degree Requirements

Administrative Bylaws

The department offers study in plant pathology, including emphasis on diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and nematodes. Graduate students may specialize in the physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of plant pathogens or host-pathogen interactions; the biology and ecology of plant pathogens; epidemiology and modeling of plant diseases; and the diagnosis and control of plant diseases, including chemical, biological and integrated methods of control.

This is a Departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the Plant Pathology Web site.

Contacts

Program Chair
Thomas R Gordon Plant Pathology (530) 752-4269
Bruce C Kirkpatrick Plant Pathology (530) 752-2831
Academic Advisers
Richard M Bostock Plant Pathology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-0308
Gitta Coaker Cultural Studies 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 530-752-6541
R. Michael Davis Plant Pathology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-3831
Bruce C Kirkpatrick Plant Pathology 9/1/09 - 8/31/11 (530) 752-2831
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Elizabeth Jeffery Plant Pathology (530) 754-7277
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Angela Sharma Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772