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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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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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Research and Facilities

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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Good News for Pasta Lovers Grows in UC Davis Fields

  • by Trina Kleist
  • April 13, 2026
  • Plant Breeding
  • Field crops
Scientists in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences are developing cultivars of pasta wheat that resist the deadly fungus that causes stripe rust and threatens the world's wheat production. Resistant bread wheat is up next.
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Travis Remembered for Work in Alfalfa, Cotton

  • by Trina Kleist
  • April 10, 2026
  • Obituaries and deaths
  • Field crops
Retired professor and agronomist Robert “Bob” LeRoy Travis, Jr., was a UCD alum who taught at UC Davis from 1976-2006 and enjoyed a wide variety of hobbies.
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Zhang and Team Land $618K Grant to Improve Bread Wheat

  • by Trina Kleist
  • April 08, 2026
  • Field crops
  • Plant Breeding
Xiaofei Zhang, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, has a federal grant to develop bread wheat that will grow short, but without the problems that come with short-stature wheat currently available.

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