Research Professor:
Arthur O. Tucker, Ph.D., Rutgers University

Associate Professors:
Richard A. Barczewski, Ph.D., The University of Maryland
Randel Peiffer, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Cyril Broderick, Ph.D., The University of New Hampshire

Assistant Professor:
Maria Labreveaux, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Claude E. Phillips Herbarium:
Curator: Dr. Robert Naczi, Ph.D., The University of Michigan
Educator: Dr. Susan Yost, Ph.D., The City University of New York

OBJECTIVES:

The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Graduate Program prepares students for career opportunities and cooperative ventures with federal and state agencies, private industry, and nearby horticultural institutions. The program strives to generate research designed to solve problems encountered in the study, production and manipulation of plant species and in evaluating various aspects of the plant sciences including plant production, physiology, culture and taxonomy.

ADMISSION AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS:

In addition to the general Graduate School Requirements, potential candidates must have an undergraduate degree in plant sciences or the equivalent, with (30) credits from the following list of courses: General Botany, Horticultural Plant Materials, Statistics/Biometrics, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Field Crops, Forage Crops, Ecology, Plant Systematics, Soils, Entomology, Weed Science, Genetics, Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology, Plant Pathology and Plant Propagation.
Course Descriptions

Degree Requirements:

Master of Science Degree Program in Plant Science
The Masters Degree in Plant Science is designed to prepare students for advanced study in plant culture, physiology, management and/or systematics. The degree requires a supervised research program and a thesis. A total of 31 credit hours are required for the degree, including 22 hours of course work and 9 credit hours of research.
Curriculum

FACILITIES:

The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources is housed in the W.W. Baker Building, which contains classrooms, offices, and laboratories that support the program. Other facilities include the Claude E. Phillips Herbarium and a 6,000 square foot Research Greenhouse. The Claude E. Phillips Herbarium, with ca. 145,000 specimens, contains the largest collection of preserved plant specimens at any historically black institution and is a premier center for studying plant diversity, human uses of plants, and the conservation of rare plants. A research greenhouse is located to the North side of the Baker building. Several fields and research plots are located on the campus grounds. Hickory Hill Farm, a forage research farm is located approximately 7 miles away in Cheswold, Delaware.

FACULTY:

The faculty in the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources are dedicated to their fields of study and have a diverse background. Specific areas of research interest of the plant science faculty include plant systematics, plant physiology, tissue culture, forage production, forage utilization, and minor crop production. Active research programs exist within these areas and offer graduate students many opportunities for active learning and discovery.