PhD in Horticulture and Crop Science in Columbus United States | Ohio State University

Horticulture and crop science graduate students benefit from world-class faculty and cutting-edge research opportunities. The program equips future scientists with the skills and leadership qualities needed to tackle pressing challenges in producing food, feed, fuel, fiber, and medicinal crops through sustainable, economically feasible, and socially conscious methods. Within the Department of Horticulture & Crop Science, students and researchers explore both theoretical and practical dimensions of plant biology, cultivation practices, and ecological effects across diverse crops and ornamental species cultivated in Ohio and globally. Participants engage with staple crops like corn, wheat, forages, and soybeans, alongside vegetables, fruits, berries, turfgrass, floral varieties, trees, and decorative landscape plants. The department provides graduate students and faculty with advanced facilities for laboratory studies and field research in areas including genetics, plant breeding, horticultural techniques, seed science, agronomy, viticulture, weed management, and turfgrass studies.