MSc in Plant Science and Biotechnology in Syracuse United States | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

As the foundation of ecological food webs, plants form the structural and functional basis of both natural and cultivated environments. Plant science and biotechnology studies offer diverse specialization opportunities crucial for comprehending plant life and their relationships with other organisms, with a particular focus on plant biotechnology. The program concentrates on forest ecosystems and related plant communities. Ongoing research explores human and environmental impacts on plant community dynamics, plant succession processes, forest and urban tree disease patterns, fungal taxonomy and physiology, genetic traits in wood quality and tree disease resistance, plant stress biochemistry, photosynthetic mechanisms, symbiotic mycorrhizal relationships, plant reproduction, genetic modification techniques, molecular studies of evolution and phylogenetics, plant-pathogen dynamics, tissue culture methods, and ancient DNA analysis.