Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies ...

The plant science major applies the principles of biology ... environmental quality, and land use. The course develops students’ abilities to make management decisions for both agricultural and ...

Biologists have identified important components and mechanisms of the molecular machinery that transmits information about a pathogen encounter within the plant organism.

Salt pollution from road deicing salts threatens freshwater ecosystems and urban green infrastructure. Megan Rippy's research ...

The stem then moves the water and nutrients through the plant to the leaves. The stem of a tree is called the trunk, and the part of the tree where the leaves grow is called the crown. Leaves use ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.

George H. Bridgmon Fund in Plant Science offers funding to students studying plant pathology. Edward H. “Ted” and Susan King Lloyd Graduate Research Award may be used to fund graduate research, ...