Horticulture - Purdue University - Main Campus

Horticulture from Purdue University - Main Campus is a Campus Master Horticulture degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. The Horticulture Graduate Program offers the degrees of Master of Science (M.S.), and a non-thesis degree, Master of Agriculture (M.Agr.). Reflecting the research interests of our faculty, graduate students in the Horticulture Graduate Program have projects that explore fundamental concepts of plant biology, applied aspects of horticulture, or that integrate basic plant science with field and contained environment studies. The Horticulture Research program in Purdue HLA is internationally recognized and was very highly ranked in the latest National Research Council evaluation of plant biology programs. The program faculty includes a member of the National Academy of Sciences , five distinguished professors, and fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Multiple members of the faculty have served as panel members of funding agencies and as officers of internatiional and national scientific societies. A substantial component of the research in the program is focused on international programs. Areas of concentration in the program include plant molecular biology, plant physiology and stress biology, plant genetics and breeding, plant cellular and developmental biology, sustainable production horticulture, bioenergy, contained environment growing, floriculture, and horticultural marketing. A majority of the research in the department is extramurally funded. The goal of the Horticulture Graduate Program is to prepare students for professional careers in basic and applied plant science with an emphasis on improvement of food, fiber, fuel, and ornamental crops. If you would like more information about the program and would like to know how you could join us as a graduate student, please contact our graduate program coordinator or any of the faculty members listed below. Faculty in the program conduct extramurally-funded research on such topics as: floral scent and plant volatile biosynthesis mineral nutrient utilization from cellular to global scales hormone signalling and transport regulation of plant architecture and reproduction water utilizatiion and stress responses sustainable biofuel production enhancement of salt tolerance in crop plants natural genetic variation plant epigenetics mechanisms of heterosis and hybridizatiion improvement of postharvest fruit quality fruit breeding and specialty crop production plant interactions with soil microbial communities View more details on Purdue University - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Horticulture courses.