Welcome to the Department of Plant and Soil Science at Texas Tech University! We are a comprehensive academic department conducting research and offering coursework and academic programs in all areas of the plant and soil sciences. Please explore our web site and see the opportunities our department offers! If you have any questions or comments about what you find here, don’t hesitate to call or email us. If you are a prospective student wanting a tour and to visit with our faculty, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Upcoming Events
November 19, 2009 - Thesis Defense of Adam Purnell: “Determination of Drought Tolerance and Heredity of Quercus series Virentes in Texas.Specifically, Quercus Virginiana and Quercus Fusiformis Accessions for Adaptation to Demanding Environments, 2:00 PM, PSS 115
November23, 2009 - PSS 5100 Graduate Seminar, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, PSS 108.
November 23, 2009 - Horticulture Society Meeting, 5:15 PM, Greenhouse RM 101.
Announcements
Senator Robert Duncan Fellowship Opportunity - Application Deadline November 20th, 2009
Study Abroad: Gardens of Scotland and England, Register: Spring 2010 Semester, Travel: May 2010
Apply now for 2010-2011 TTU scholarships. Just click “How to Apply”. Deadline February 1!
Texas Tech University Horticulture Society Poinsettia Sale
Special Edition Newsletter - October 2009
Positions Availible: Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant, Post Doc position in applied insect ecology
In the Spotlight
Texas Tech’s remote sensing technology spreads to peanuts
The economic wallop of Texas peanut products is getting an aerial boost this season from Texas Tech University. Researchers are using a special airborne multispectral remote sensing system on an experimental peanut crop in nearby Brownfield, a small farming community.
Texas Tech No. 1 again in Nat’l Agronomy Quiz Bowl
Texas Tech University’s Agronomy Club held the top spot again at the Students of Agronomy, Soils, and Environmental Sciences (SASES) National Meeting, held Nov. 1-5 in Pittsburg. It’s the third year in a row for the Red Raiders to walk away as national quiz bowl champions.
Texas Tech Awarded Grant for New Carbon Cycling Focus
A leading research scientist from Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil Science and her team have been awarded a $200,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to study how carbon cycles through large-scale agricultural systems.
Tech grants Bayer CropScience license to cotton technology
An exclusive licensing agreement to utilize a new cotton technology from Texas Tech University’s International Center for Excellence in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology has been inked by the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization and Bayer CropScience.
SLIDESHOW:
Timing Right
For Good Harvest
A new John Deere harvester was used for the first time this season as part of CASNR’s on-going cotton research program at the Quaker Ave. Research Farm.
Texas Tech University,
Department of Plant and Soil,
Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409 
806. 742-2837 