The Department of 植物科学 works to advance research and address many local, regional and global challenges such as breeding plants to tolerate drought-stress, developing sustainable cropping practices and conserving plant species for future generations. Our department prepares students for careers in the rapidly changing fields of applied and basic plant sciences and in modern production agriculture.

我们提供三种 undergraduate degrees and four minors designed to complement a variety of majors. 我们还提供 master’s and doctorate program in plant science. Students in these programs work with professors who actively conduct research on a variety of topics and customize their programs based on research interests.

The range of expertise among plant sciences faculty provides students with a diverse experience. Specialty areas include cereal varietal adaptation, weed management practices, molecular genetics, wheat variety development, potato cropping systems, Brassica variety development, cropping systems, ornamental and landscape plants, 马铃薯贮藏, 外来入侵植物, 大麦农艺, potato variety development, potato postharvest research, water management and biotechnology.

教师 support Idaho’s producers through a variety of 扩展 programs, events and publications. 研究 is conducted on the Moscow campus and at U of I 研究 and 扩展 Centers in Idaho Falls, 帕尔玛, 金伯利, Twin Falls and Aberdeen.