Plant and Soil Sciences


We have very active teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of landscape horticulture, plant science, and environmental soil science. We have a distinguished faculty who are not only nationally and internationally known in their research areas, but who are also excellent teachers who take special pride in advising and mentoring students.

Phragmites partners with microbes to plot native plants' demise University of Delaware researchers have uncovered a novel means of conquest employed by the common reed, Phragmites australis, which ranks as one of the world's most invasive plants.

 

The invasive strain, which ... Read more »

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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
531 South College Avenue
152 Townsend Hall
Newark, DE 19716

Phone: 302/831-2531