Plant Growth & Development

Understanding growth and development is central to all horticultural research, and the Department’s investigation into these phenomena embraces both the molecule and the ecosystem — and everything in between. Our researchers in this area transverse the normative boundary that separates application-oriented science from basic molecular science.

Plant Growth & Development Faculty:

• Jerry Cohen (Phytohormone Biochemistry)
• John Erwin (Floriculture Physiology)
• Gary Gardner (Phytomorphogenesis, Phytohormone Physiology)
• Adrian Hegeman (Plant Metabolomics)
• Al Smith