Plant Science

Degrees Offered:

Ph.D. Agronomy
Ph.D. Biological Sciences
- Plant Molecular Biology specialization
- Plant Science specialization
M.S. Plant Science
- Agroecology specialization
- Agronomy specialization
- Crop Science specialization
- Entomology specialization
- Horticultural Crop Management specialization
- Machinery Systems and Water Management specialization
- Plant Pathology specialization
- Soil Science specialization
- Weed Science specialization

Interim Department Head: Professor C. Gregg Carlson
Graduate Coordinator: Professor Howard J. Woodard

For additional information contact:
Mailing address: SDSU, Box 2207A Phone: 605/688-5123, 688-4774
Agricultural Hall — SAG 004 Fax: 605/688-4602
WWW: http://PlantSci.sdstate.edu
E-mail: howard.woodard@sdstate.edu

Graduate Faculty

Arvid Boe, Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1979 Breeding - Forages

C. Gregg Carlson, Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1978 Geospatial Statistics

Catherine Carter, Professor, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1982 Molecular Biology

Michael Catangui, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1992 Entomology - Extension

Thomas Chase, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Vermont, 1986 Pathology - Row Crops

David Clay, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota- Minneapolis/St. Paul, 1988 Soil Biochemistry/Nutrient Movement

Sharon Clay, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota- Minneapolis/St. Paul, 1986 Weed Research

James Doolittle, Professor, Ph.D., Texas A & M University, 1991 Soil Chemistry

Martin Draper, Associate Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1999 Plant Pathology - Extension

Billy Fuller, Professor, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1987 Entomology - Field Crops

Ron Gelderman, Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1987 Soil /Plant Analysis

Karl D. Glover, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2000 Breeding - Spring Wheat

Amir Ibrahim, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1998 Breeding - Winter Wheat

Peter Jeranyama, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1998 Crop & Soil Science

Paul Johnson, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1992 Entomology - Systematics

Kevin Kephart, Professor, Ph.D., Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1986 Forage Physiology

Marie Langham, Professor,Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1986 Plant Pathology - Viruses

Gary D. Lemme, Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1988 Soil Genesis

Douglas Malo, Distinguished Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1975 Soil Genesis/Classification

Thandiwe Nleya, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, 1997 Crop Science

Vance Owens, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1996 Forage Crops - Extension

Cuirong Ren, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2001 Statistics

Diane Rickerl, Professor, Ph.D., Auburn University, 1986 Agroecology

Tom Schumacher, Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1982 Soil Physics and Conservation

Roy Scott, Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, 1987 Breeding - Soybeans

James Smolik, Professor, Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 1973 Plant Pathology - Nematodes

Jeffrey M. Stein, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2002 Plant Pathology

Fedora Sutton, Professor, Ph.D., Howard University, 1985 Molecular Biology

Kelly J. Tilman, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2001 Entomology

Zeno Wicks, III, Professor, Ph.D., North Dakota State University, 1979 Breeding - Corn

Howard J. Woodard, Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1985 Soil Fertility

Adjunct/Courtesy/Joint Faculty

Randy Anderson, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1980 Weed Science

Kenton Dashiell, Professor, Ph.D., University of Florida, 1983 Agronomy - Plant Breeding

Michael Ellsbury, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1979 Research Entomology

Donald Evenson, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1968 Cellular Biochemistry

B. Wade French, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University Research Entomology

Louis Hesler, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 1991 Research Entomology

Alex Kahler, Professor, Ph.D., University of California, 1973 Molecular Biology

Michael R. Lehman, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Idaho State University, 2000 Biology - Microbiology

Jonathan Lundgren, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2003 Research Entomology

Shannon Osborne, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1999 Soil Fertility

R. Neil Reese, Professor of Biology and Microbiology, Ph.D., University of Idaho, 1984 Plant Physiology

Walter Riedell, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 1984 Plant Physiology

Peter Schaefer, Professor of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape andParks, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1983 Forest Genetics

Yang Yen, Associate Professor of Biology and Microbiology, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1989 Cytogenetics