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Plant Sciences

Plant-centered research for a resilient future

Federal Funding Matters

Federal research funding turns lab work into real help. Continued funding means faster treatments, cleaner air and water, safer families and stronger businesses. When funding freezes, progress slows and costs rise. Learn more about the many UC Davis research programs dependent on federal funding at the From Labs to Lives website.
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Academic Employment Opportunities

Plant Sciences is recruiting for faculty positions:
Associate/Full Professor of Tree Breeding and Genetics
Assistant Professor of Postharvest Horticulture
The department also has a variety of other academic positions available.
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Undergraduate Programs

Plant Sciences offers three diverse majors that prepare students for a broad range of exciting post-graduate jobs or graduate school.

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Plant Sciences manages two graduate programs and is involved with eight campus graduate groups leading to Ph.D. and master's degrees.

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Our faculty works to advance, evaluate and communicate knowledge of plant sciences from lab to field, rangeland, forests, waterways and beyond.

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We partner with growers, ranchers, consumers and communities to understand regional and global needs and provide research-based solutions.

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Latest News

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Sundaresan, Khanday win VinFuture Prize for self-cloning crops

  • by Liana Wait
  • December 08, 2025
  • Awards and rankings
  • Genetics
Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, were honored for world-changing work to create hybrid crops that clone themselves. This means farmers can use the plants' seed and still get high yields.
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Ecological medicine: New field points to benefits of connection

  • by Andy Fell
  • November 26, 2025
  • Health
  • Ecosystems
Alessandro Ossola, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, is working with a diverse team to develop a new kind of medicine that fosters health rather than chases disease.
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What’s in a name? Bloom left cosmology -- for plants, of course

  • by Hayley Morris and Daniel Kaplun
  • November 25, 2025
  • Plant Sciences
  • Plant metabolism
Arnold Bloom is featured in a series about aptly named Aggies. That’s because his name is an aptronym -- suited to his profession or personality. He is also a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.

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