UCR’s Department of Plant Pathology offers undergraduate course work and a graduate program towards both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Students can specialize in a wide range of fields in numerous programs of study. The following is just a partial list of these potential areas of specialization in our graduate program:

 1. Bacteriology
 2. Biological control of diseases
 3. Chemistry and biological activity of natural products
 4. Chemistry and transport of fungicides and nematicides
 5. Cytology and ultrastructure of host-parasite relationships
 6. Developmental biology of nematodes
 7. Diseases of citrus, avocado and other subtropicals
 8. Diseases of field and vegetable crops
 9. Diseases of ornamentals and turf
10. Epidemiology
11. Genetics of bacteria, fungi and viruses
12. Insect transmission of viruses
13. Integrated pest management
14. Molecular biology of plant-pathogen interactions
15. Molecular and biochemical systematics
16. Mycology
17. Mycorrhizal studies
18. Nematology
19. Pathogen ecology
20. Physiology of diseases and disease resistance
21. Physiology and biochemistry of fungi
22. Postharvest diseases
23. Root diseases
24. Spiroplasma diseases
25. Viroids and viroid diseases
26. Virology and virus diseases

Undergraduate Courses offered by the Plant Pathology Department Faculty