Plant and Soil Sciences Division

Faculty l Undergraduate Program l Graduate Programs
Faculty Research Interests l Departmental Specialties
Plant Pathology Group

The Plant and Soil Sciences Division of Plant, Soil & Insect Sciences consists of faculty, staff, and students interested in environmentally conscious and socially responsible management of plant and soil systems. This includes managed crop production and the interface of managed and natural systems within urban and suburban settings, and focusing on plant, soil, and water resource management. The Plant and Soil Division includes the Plant Pathology Group, with emphasis on understanding the biological and environmental causes of plant diseases, and on devising disease management stratagies.

The Plant and Soil Sciences Division research, teaching, and Outreach programs emphasize the study and technology transfer related to growth of food and ornamental crops, protection of soil and water, improvement of plants, development of new crops, development of plant disease control stratagies, management of harvested materials, remediation of pollution in soil and water, and use of urban and agricultural by-products.

Faculty

Wesley Autio, Professor
Allen V. Barker, Professor
Robert Bernatzky, Professor
Prasanta C. Bhowmik, Professor
Thomas H. Boyle, Professor
Anne K. Carter, Extension Assistant Professor
Daniel R. Cooley, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology
Douglas A. Cox, Associate Professor
Lyle E. Craker, Professor
J. Scott Ebdon, Associate Professor
Nancy L. Garrabrants, Director of Stockbridge School
John M. Gerber, Professor
Duane W. Greene, Professor
Susan Han, Associate Professor
Stephen J. Herbert, Professor
Francis X. Mangan, Extension Assistant Professor
William J. Manning, Professor of Plant Pathology
Om Parkash, Assistant Professor
Deborah J. Picking, Undergraduate Program Director
Stephen Simkins, Associate Professor
Peter L. M. Veneman, Professor & PSIS Department Head
Robert L. Wick, Professor of Plant Pathology
Boshan Xing, Professor

Undergraduate Program
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Graduate Programs
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Faculty Research Interests
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Departmental Specialties
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Plant Pathology Group
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