GRADUATE FACULTY
Full Members
Michael Barrett, Carol Baskin, Lowell P. Bush, Glenn B. Collins, Michael
Collins, Paul L. Cornelius, Charles D. Dougherty, Dennis B. Egli, Robert
L. Geneve, Larry Grabau, David Hildebrand, Arthur G. Hunt, Dewayne L. Ingram,
Paul Legg, Todd Pfeiffer, Charles G. Poneleit, Norman L. Taylor, Dennis M.
TeKrony, David A. VanSanford, George Wagner.
Associate Professors
Harold R. Burton, Jack Buxton, Mark T. Nielsen, Timothy D. Phillips, John
Snyder, David Wagner, William W. Witt.
Associate Members
Extension Professors
Robert G. Anderson, Morris J. Bitzer, Gerald R. Brown, Jonathan D. Green,
Richard T. Jones, Garry D. Lacefield, James R. Martin, Andrew J. Powell.
Extension Associate Professors
Winston Dunwell, Gary Palmer, Jimmy C. Henning.
Assistant Professors
A. Bruce Downie.
Emeritus Professors
George Cheniae, Dean Knavel.
The interdepartmental Crop Science graduate program offers graduate work leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with areas in plant breeding and genetics, crop physiology and management, turf science, cellular and molecular genetics, seed science and technology and weed science. Faculty are from the Departments of Agronomy, Forestry and Horticulture in the College of Agriculture. For the M.S. degree, 24 hours of course work plus an acceptable thesis are required (Plan A). Work leading to advanced degrees must conform to the general rules and regulations of the Graduate School. Crop Science faculty also participate in the interdepartmental Plant and Soil Science graduate program which offers programs of study leading to the Master of Science degree.
Individual programs are developed to include a strong course work component and a meaningful research experience. A strong undergraduate background in the agricultural and biological sciences is required for all degree candidates.
PLS 502 ECOLOGY OF ECONOMIC PLANTS (3)
PLS 510 FORAGE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION (4)
PLS 515 TURF MANAGEMENT (3)
PLS 556 SEED TECHNOLOGY (3)
PLS 597 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) (1-3)
PlS 599 SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE (1-4)
PLS 601 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR GENETICS (1)
PLS 602 PRINCIPLES OF YIELD PHYSIOLOGY (3)
PLS 619 CYTOGENETICS (4)
PLS 620 PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3)
PLS 622 PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS I (3)
PLS 623 PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS II (3)
PLS 630 EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (3)
PLS 650 SOIL-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS (3)
PLS 657 SEED BIOLOGY (3)
PLS 658 ADVANCED WEED SCIENCE (4)
PLS 664 PLANT BREEDING I (3)
PLS 676 QUANTITATIVE INHERITANCE IN PLANT POPULATIONS (3)
PLS 697 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) (1-3)
PLS 732 MINERAL NUTRITION OF PLANTS (3)
PLS 748 MASTER’S THESIS RESEARCH (0)
PLS 749 DISSERTATION RESEARCH (0)
PLS 768 RESIDENCE CREDIT FOR THE MASTER’S DEGREE (1-6)
PLS 769 RESIDENCE CREDIT FOR THE DOCTOR’S DEGREE (0-12)
PLS 777 PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE SEMINAR (1)
PLS 773 SEMINAR IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (1)
PLS 799 RESEARCH IN PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE (1-4)