Professional training can be obtained at the BS, MS, PhD and post-doctoral levels. Cooperative education programs offer students work training in their selected specializations. Graduate students can normally get scholarships or assistantships and postdoctoral positions provide a superb setting for professional training. The Botany Club develops professionalism and promotes fellowship among student botanists. Membership is open to all students, faculty, staff and their spouses.
Studies principles related to plant life processses.
Compares relationships among groups of organisms. Produces plant cell cultures. Manipulates cells for chemical end products. Studies the effects of mutation on metabolism. Plant biotechnology is the application of biochemical and molecular techniques for genetic improvement of plants and includes selection of improved plants through cell culture and manipulation, applications of recombinant DNA, and the use of DNA genetic markers.