Plant Science

Degrees Offered:

• PhD Agronomy
• PhD Biological Sciences
  • Plant Molecular Biology specialization
  • Plant Science specialization
• MS 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

Department Head: Professor Sue Blodgett
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

Sue L. Blodgett, Professor and Head, PhD, Kansas State University, 1989, Entomology

Arvid Boe, Professor, PhD, South Dakota State University, 1979 Breeding - Forages

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

Catherine Carter, Professor, PhD, University of Kentucky, 1982 Molecular Biology

Michael Catangui, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Nebraska, 1992 Entomology - Extension

Thomas Chase, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Vermont, 1986 Pathology - Row Crops

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

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

James Doolittle, Professor, PhD, Texas A & M University, 1991 Soil Chemistry

Billy Fuller, Professor, PhD, Louisiana State University, 1987 Entomology - Field Crops

Ron Gelderman, Professor, PhD, North Dakota State University, 1987 Soil /Plant Analysis

Karl D. Glover, Associate Professor, PhD, Kansas State University, 2000 Breeding - Spring Wheat

Jose Luis Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, PhD, North Dakota State University, 2000, Plant Breeding/Molecular Genetics

Xingyou Gu, Assistant Professor, PhD, South China Agricultural University-Guangzhou, 1997, Plant Genetics/Breeding

Paul Johnson, Professor, PhD, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1992 Entomology - Systematics

Kevin Kephart, Professor, PhD, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, 1986 Forage Physiology

Marie Langham, Professor, PhD, Texas A&M University, 1986 Plant Pathology - Viruses

Gary D. Lemme, Professor, PhD, University of Nebraska, 1988 Soil Genesis

Douglas Malo, Distinguished Professor, PhD, North Dakota State University, 1975 Soil Genesis/Classification

Thandiwe Nleya, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Saskatchewan, 1997 Crop Science

Vance Owens, Professor, PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1996 Forage Crops - Extension

Cuirong Ren, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Missouri, 2001 Statistics

Diane Rickerl, Professor, PhD, Auburn University, 1986 Agroecology

Tom Schumacher, Professor, PhD, Michigan State University, 1982 Soil Physics and Conservation

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

Fedora Sutton, Professor, PhD, Howard University, 1985 Molecular Biology

Kelley J. Tilmon, Assistant Professor, PhD, Cornell University, 2001 Entomology

Zeno Wicks, III, Professor, PhD, North Dakota State University, 1979 Breeding - Corn

Howard J. Woodard, Professor, PhD, Rutgers University, 1985 Soil Fertility

Adjunct/Courtesy/Joint Faculty

Randy Anderson, Professor, PhD, University of Wyoming, 1980 Weed Science

Eugene T. Butler, III, Associate Professor, PhD, University of California, 178 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Kenton Dashiell, Professor, PhD, University of Florida, 1983 Agronomy - Plant Breeding

Paul E. Fixen, Associate Professor, PhD, Colorado State University, 1979 Soil Fertility

Frank Forcella, Professor, PhD, University of Oklahoma, 1979 Botany

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

Louis Hesler, Associate Professor, PhD, University of California - Davis, 1991 Research Entomology

Amir Ibrahim, Associate Professor, PhD, Colorado State University, 1998 Breeding - Winter Wheat

Alex Kahler, Professor, PhD, University of California, 1973 Molecular Biology

Jan J. Jackson, Professor, PhD, University of Minnesota, 1985 Entomology

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

Jonathan Lundgren, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Illinois, 2003 Research Entomology

Shannon Osborne, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Nebraska, 1999 Soil Fertility

Joseph L. Pikul, Jr., Professor, PhD, Oregon State University, 1987 Soil Physics

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

Walter Riedell, Professor, PhD, Southern Illinois University, 1984 Plant Physiology

Peter Schaefer, Professor of Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape andParks, PhD, Michigan State University, 1983 Forest Genetics

Yang Yen, Associate Professor of Biology and Microbiology, PhD, University of Missouri, 1989 Cytogenetics