Botany and Plant Pathology, Science, Graduate Catalog, Oregon State University Be descriptive for better results. The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Ecology includes physiological, population, community, ecosystem and global studies in ecology.
Genetics includes molecular, classical and population studies of the genetics of plants, fungi, and plant-associated microorganisms. Molecular and Cellular Biology includes studies of molecular and cellular mechanisms active during plant development, molecular aspects of plant-pathogen interactions, and various aspects of gene regulation, signal transduction, and the cytoskeleton. Mycology includes the systematics, ecology, and population genetics of lichenized and nonlichenized fungi. Plant Pathology includes studies in the areas of bacteriology, nematology, virology, forest pathology, epidemiology of plant diseases, the physiology of parasitism, and the molecular and biochemical basis of plant host-pathogen interactions. Plant Physiology includes investigations of the regulation of plant growth and development, the molecular and physiological basis of plant-microbe interactions, nitrogen metabolism and the Nitrogen Cycle, and problems in environmental and stress physiology in plant systems.