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The Department of Plant Sciences has excellent
facilities which allow students to pursue a wide range of research problems.
Individual faculty research programs receive significant amounts of funding
from external agencies each year. This support, together with additional
funds from Federal and State sources, enables the Department to maintain
state-of-the-art research in multiple aspects of modern plant science. Two
research farms within minutes of the campus, a recently completed greenhouse
complex and plant tissue culture facility complement the laboratory facilities
of the various research groups and enhance a student's research potential.
Please
visit the various links throughout this page to find out more about the
different research facilities.
The
University has also established a Biotechnology Program that consists
of several core facilities containing contemporary instrumentation for
biological research. These facilities are available to all University
researchers and include: macromolecular structure (sequence analysis and
synthesis of proteins, peptides, and DNA), molecular design (computers
and graphics for displaying molecular structures and for sequence comparison),
monoclonal antibodies, bioprocessing (scale-up fermentation), cell sorting,
light microscopy, electron microscopy, and biomolecular characterization
(NMR, mass spectrometry, ORD-CD).
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These
grenhouses are
the site of the Controlled
Environmental Ag. Program. Students get hands-on experience with
greenhouse systems, hydroponic technolgy, and vegetable production.
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The
Plant Science Teaching Greenhouse on campus allow students to study
plant taxonomy, test greenhouse systems, evaluate plant growth and
development, and to produce saleable plants for the Horticulture Club. |
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Campus Transgenic Greenhouse facility has state of the art environmental
control, is tightly monitored, and houses College of Agriculture genetic
research involving plants, pathogens, and cropping systems. |
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The Karsten
Turfgrass Research Facility contains the worlds largest lysimeter
and evaluates truf varieties, water use, and other aspects of turfgrass
culture primarily for the Southwest golf course industry. |
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