This option provides students with a broad background in greenhouse structures and other protected agriculture techniques, environmental controls, sensors and computer systems for heating, cooling, light management, carbon dioxide enrichment, etc., seedling production, greenhouse crop physiology including cultural practices to enhance crop productivity, plant nutrition and nutrient solution/drip irrigation management, basics of crop protection including integrated pest management, bee management, as well as personnel management and marketing strategies.

CAREERS OF ALUMNI: Commercial greenhouse operation grower/manager, greenhouse entomology/plant pathology specialist, plant nutrition specialist, secondary education, greenhouse owner/operator, agricultural sales.

FACULTY INVOLVED IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: Gene Giacomelli (CEA/Ag. and Biosystems Engineering), Chieri Kubota (CEA/Hydroponics), Patricia Rorabaugh (CEA/Hydroponics).

OPTION ADVISORS: Gene Giacomelli (520)621-1412 - giacomel@ag.arizona.edu;
Chieri Kubota (520)626-8833 - ckubota@ag.arizona.edu; Patricia Rorabaugh (520)318-7268 - patrora@ag.arizona.edu).

This option provides students exposure to production and culture of citrus and woody ornamental crops. Classes focus on intensive propagation and production systems (greenhouse, nursery and field), physiology of woody plants, and the use of ornamentals in landscapes and urban environments in arid regions.

CAREERS OF ALUMNI: Extension Worker, Horticultural Therapist, Independent Grower, Landscape Architect, Landscape Contractor, Landscape Manager, Municipal Horticulturist, Nursery Worker, Nursery/Greenhouse Manager, Plant Breeder, Propagator, Research Horticulturist, Research Plant Pathologist

FACULTY INVOLVED IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: Elizabeth Davison (Landscape Horticulture), Ursula Schuch (Ornamental Plant Production), Glenn Wright (Citrus Production)

OPTION ADVISORS: Elizabeth Davison (520)621-1582 - edavison@ag.arizona.edu

For students interested in a broad treatment of plant sciences, this option provides an opportunity to explore the biology of plants from the level of the ecosystem through molecular interactions within cells. Additional course options exist in Plant Pathology, Entomology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

CAREERS OF ALUMNI: Laboratory Technician, Plant Breeder, Research Biologist, Secondary Education, Scientific Equipment/Supplies Marketing

FACULTY INVOLVED IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: Vicki Chandler (Genetics), David Galbraith (Cell Biology), Richard Jorgensen (Genetics), Brian Larkins (Genetics), Robert Leonard (Plant Physiology), Shelley McMahon (Phylogenetic Systematics), Rachel Pfister (Plant Physiology), Ravi Palanivelu (Plant Cell Communication), and Dennis Ray (Genetics),

OPTION ADVISOR: Dennis Ray (520) 621-7612 - dtray@u.arizona.edu

This option provides experience in understanding principles of relationships between plants and associated microflora. Areas of interest include plant pathogenic and beneficial microbes, and plant disease management. Additional course options exist in Entomology, Microbiology, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

CAREERS OF ALUMNI: Research Plant Pathologist, Microbial or Plant Geneticist, Teacher, Government Advisor, Environmental Scientist, Industry Research Assistant.

FACULTY INVOLVED IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: Betsy Arnold (Plant-fungus), Martha Hawes (Root Ecology), Christina Kennedy (Endophytic Nitrogen Fixation), Scott Kroken (Plant Pathogens), Iraj Misaghi (Biological Control), Marc Orbach (Fungal Pathogens), L. S. Pierson III (Microbial Gene Regulation), Hans D. VanEtten (Fungal Pathogenesis), Xiong Zhongguo (Virology)

OPTION ADVISOR: Martha Hawes (520)621-5490 - mhawes@u.arizona.edu; Marc Orbach (520) 621-3764 - orbachmj@ag.arizona.edu; L. S. Pierson III (520) 621-9419 - lsp@u.arizona.edu; H. D. VanEtten (520) 621-9355 - vanetten@ag.arizona.edu