Plant Science
The Department of Plant Biology is home to the Basic Plant Sciences on campus.
The Department has 31 Faculty including members from other Cornell Departments, the USDA Plant, Soil & Nutrition Laboratory and The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research. Research in the Department is also supported by some 24 postdoctoral fellows and research associates.
In addition, the Department of Plant Biology administers the Graduate Field of Plant Biology, a successful interdisciplinary Ph.D. training program that produces some of the top leaders in Plant Biology Research & Education.
Visit "About us" for an overview of the Department.
| The Department of Plant Biology's Amorphophallus titanum ("Corpse Plant") draws thousands to Cornell. Check it out here. |  |
Oldest Known Eucalyptus Macrofossils |
Holly Summers is taking a broadly interdisciplinary approach to investigate the mechanisms of floral display and mating system evolution in Oeothera flava, the Yellow Evening Primrose (Onagraceae).
