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Soil Science (A Graduate Group)

Michael J. Singer, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Group
Group Office, 148 Hoagland Hall (530-752-1669)
World Wide Web: http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/gradprg.htm

Faculty. Includes faculty members from the Departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Agronomy and Range Science; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Land, Air, and Water Resources; Nematology; Pomology; Vegetable Crops; and Viticulture and Enology.

Graduate Study. The Graduate Group in Soil Science offers programs of study and research leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Soil science focuses on the physical, chemical and biological processes that govern the quality and distribution of soils in relation to landform evolution, geochemical environments, and organism habitats. Research in soil science includes the study of soil as a global natural resource, as a critical component of the environment, and as a resource to sustain agricultural and wildland ecosystems. Students may specialize in environmental quality; soil physics; soil chemistry; soil genesis, morphology and classification; soil fertility and plant nutrition; soil microbiology and biochemistry; soil-plant-water relationships; or general soil science. For detailed information regarding the programs, address the chairperson of the group.

Graduate Advisers. C.S. Bledsoe (Land, Air and Water Resources), R.J. Southard (Land, Air and Water Resources)

Graduate Admissions Officer. R.J. Zasoski (Land, Air and Water Resources), 752-2210, rjzasoski@ucdavis.edu.


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UC Davis 1999-2000 Online General Catalog. Posted July 30, 1999.
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