Plant SciencesGraduate Program Group Summary |
Graduate Degrees OfferedPlant Pathology Areas of Study
Biocontrol; Extension Pathology; Fungal Pathology; Host-Parasite Interactions; Nematology; Phyto Bacteriology; Virology
Plant Systems / Plant Breeding Areas of Study
Nutritional Genomics; Epigenomics; Computational Biology; Agricultural Biotechnology; Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses; Organelle Biology; Algal Biology
Degrees
M.A.S. in Applied Science, Plant Pathology area of studyM.S. in Agronomy, specialization in Plant Breeding & Genetics M.S. in Agronomy, specialization in Plant Pathology M.S. in Biological Sciences, specialization in Plant Pathology Ph.D. in Agronomy, specialization in Plant Breeding & Genetics Ph.D. in Agronomy, specialization in Plant Pathology Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, specialization in Plant Pathology Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, specialization in Plant Systems Biology Application ChecklistDepending on desired degree above, see Biological Sciences, Agronomy, or Applied Science for application and contact information. |
Plant Sciences
Break down (cell) walls and build the future with us. |
Description of ProgramPlants are complex and fully understanding their structure and function requires integrated approaches involving biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and computer science. At the same time, new technological developments in genomics, bioinformatics, and genetic engineering are creating unprecedented possibilities to combine plant breeding and agronomic practices with emerging knowledge about health, nutrition, and biofuels. The goal of our Plant Sciences program is to train students in this integrative manner, allowing them to explore the frontiers of knowledge as well as preparing them for many interesting and worthwhile career opportunities. We offer graduate training in both basic and applied aspects of plant biology and all accepted students benefit from very competitive stipends. Students have the option of majoring in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Plant Systems Biology or majoring in Agronomy with a specialization in Plant Breeding and Genetics. |
Faculty and Research
Agriculture Faculty in Plant Pathology | |
| James Partridge | Physiological Basis of Disease |
| Gary Yuen | Soilborne Disease/Biological Control |
Agronomy Faculty in Plant Breeding and Genetics | |
| Stephen Baenziger | Winter Grains; Germplasm; Biotechnology |
| Tom Clemente | Plant Sciences Program; Plant Systems; Genetically Enhanced Crop Plants |
| Nora D'Croz-Mason | Food Grain Quality; Yield; Cytokinin Relationships |
| Ismail Dweikat | Plant Sciences Program; Genetics; DNA Markers |
| Michael Fromm | Plant Sciences Program; Protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions in plants and animals; whole genome microarrays to analyze where specific proteins bind to the genome |
| George Graef | Plant Sciences Program; Soybean; QTLs |
| Robert Graybosch | Genetics of Wheat; Glutenin Genes |
| Don Lee | Molecular Genetic Variation in Plants |
| Sally Mackenzie | Plant Sciences Program; DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair |
| Robert Mitchell | Grasslands; Fire Ecology |
| Deana Namuth | Distance Ed; Plant Breeding/Genetics |
| Lenis Nelson | Alternate Crops (adaptability to Nebraska) |
| Jeffrey Pedersen | Sorghum; Genetics; Breeding |
| Terry Riordan | |
| Jia Sing Rohila | Proteomic characterization of the drought and salt tolerance response in Arabidopsis |
| Ken Russell | Genetics of Corn |
| James Specht | Plant Sciences Program; Plant Genetics/Physiology |
| Paul Staswick | Plant Biology; Crop Quality/Disease Resistance |
| Kenneth Vogel | Perennial Grasses; Energy |
Agronomy Faculty in Plant Pathology | |
| James Alfano | Plant Sciences Program; Molecular Genetics of Bacterial Pathogens |
| Roy French | Viruses and Nucleic Acids |
| Deanna Funnell | Sorghum Pathology |
| Loren Giesler | Soybean Pathology |
| Steve Harris | Plant Sciences Program; Fungal Genetics and Cell Biology |
| Robert Harveson | Diseases of Specialty Crops |
| Tamra Jackson | Diseases of Corn and Sorghum |
| Amit Mitra | Vectors, Plant Transformation and Gene Regulation |
| Jim Partridge | Physiological Basis of Diseases |
| Tom Powers | Nematology |
| Jim Steadman | Head, Epidemiology |
| Jim Van Etten | Plant Sciences Program; Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae |
| Anne Vidaver | Phyto Bacteriology |
| Stephen Wegulo | Wheat Diseases |
| Gary Yuen | Soil-Borne Diseases |
Biological Sciences Faculty in Plant Pathology | |
| James Alfano | Plant Sciences Program; Molecular Genetics of Bacterial Pathogens |
| Roy French | Viruses and Nucleic Acids |
| Loren Giesler | Soybean Pathology |
| Leslie Lane | Virology |
| Amit Mitra | Vectors, Plant Transformation and Gene Regulation |
| Jim Partridge | Physiological Basis of Diseases |
| Tom Powers | Nematology |
| Jim Steadman | Head, Epidemiology |
| Jim Van Etten | Plant Sciences Program; Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae |
| Anne Vidaver | Phyto Bacteriology |
| Gary Yuen | Soil-Borne Diseases |
Biological Sciences Faculty in Plant Systems Biology (Core) | |
| Zoya Avramova | Plant Sciences Program; Chromatin Structure and Gene Function |
| Paul Blum | Microbiology |
| Heriberto Cerutti | Plant Sciences Program; Epigenetic Phenomena |
| Alan Christensen | Plant Sciences Program; Triplo-Lethal, Gene Found in the Drosophila Melanogaster |
| Thomas Elthon | Plant Sciences Program; The role of several mitochondrial proteins during environmental stress |
| Sally Mackenzie | Plant Sciences Program; Plant organelle biology, mitochondrial genetics, cytoplasmic male sterility, plant genomics |
| Etsuko Moriyama | Plant Sciences Program; Bioinformatics; Molecular Evolution; Genetics |
| T. Jack Morris | Plant Sciences Program; Plant Viruses |
| John Osterman | Gene Structure and Function of Plants |
Biological Sciences Faculty in Plant Systems Biology (Associated) | |
| James Alfano | Plant Sciences Program; Bacterial pathogenicity of plants; Type III protein secretion and Bacterial Genomics |
| Gilles Basset | Plant Sciences Program; Understanding how plants synthesize and metabolize micronutrients - mainly vitamins and phytochemicals |
| Raymond Chollet | Plant Sciences Program; Regulatory protein phosphorylation in plants. Plant protein kinases and phosphatases, photosynthesis, metabolic plant enzymes, plant biochemistry |
| Thomas Clemente | Plant Sciences Program; Implementing plant gene transfer technologies for value-added traits and disease resistance |
| Steven Harris | Plant Sciences Program; Regulation of morphogenesis in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus |
| Amit Mitra | Vectors, Plant Transformation and Gene Regulation |
| Robert Spritzer | Plant Sciences Program; Structure-function relationship of Rubisco, photosynthesis, chloroplast molecular genetics |
| Paul Staswick | Plant Sciences Program; Plant Hormone Metabolism, Hormone Signaling, Disease resistance, Regulation of gene expression, Transgenic plants |
| Julie Stone | Plant Sciences Program; Plant molecular biology; programmed cell death; signal transduction; reactive oxygen species (redox); biotic and abiotic stress responses; plant development. |
| James Van Etten | Plant Sciences Program; Isolation and characterization of large dsDNA viruses (>350 genes) that infect eukaryotic algae as well as their gene products |
| Donald Weeks | Plant Sciences Program; The elucidation of the genetic and molecular mechanisms involved in the ability of algal cells (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii) to enhance photosynthesis by increasing internal levels of CO2 to 60x the external levels of CO2 (i.e., a carbon concentrating mechanism); research focuses on the genetic engineering of crop plants for enhanced photosynthesis, disease resistance and herbicide resistance |
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