Graduate programs

Our graduate students are involved in a wide variety of projects such as the study of influence of above ground plant functional diversity on below ground functions; genetic analysis of resistance to fusarium head blight winter wheat populations; genomic selection and performance prediction in brassicas; molecular characterization of effector-host interaction between Leptosphaeria maculans and Brassica napus; predicting soybean phenology in Manitoba; optimization of plant spatial arrangement for dry bean production, just to name a few.

Program courses include plant genomics, genetic mapping in plants, advanced weed science, epidemiology of plant disease, advanced plant pathology, bioinformatics and more. A plant science seminar course provides the opportunity to develop scientific communication skills for a variety of academic settings and formats.

Graduate students can work along side internationally recognized researchers in our well-equipped, state-of-the-art facilities including laboratories, an ample greenhouse space and controlled-environment chambers, an on-campus field research station and a larger off-campus station situated on prime agricultural soil. Additionally, graduate students have the opportunity to work with adjunct professors at either of two Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) research and development centres.

• AAFC Research and Development Centre--Brandon, MB
• AAFC Research and Development Centre--Morden, MB