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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

  • 2013 ADMISSION
  • Priority: Jan. 2
  • General: Mar. 1
  • Final: Apr. 1

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Jan. 2
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

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

Students gain advanced knowledge of plant pathology, including 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. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in plant diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and nematodes

This is a departmentally-based Graduate Program.

For more information, visit the Plant Pathology website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Thomas R Gordon Plant Pathology (530) 752-4269
Academic Advisers
Richard M Bostock
(Adviser: General)
Plant Pathology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-0308
Gitta Coaker
(Adviser: General)
Plant Pathology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-6541
R. Michael Davis
(Adviser: General)
Plant Pathology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-3831
Bruce C Kirkpatrick
(Adviser: Admissions and Primary Contact)
Plant Pathology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-2831
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Jesa David Entomology (530) 754-9506
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Laura Young Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772