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Horticulture is the science and art of using plants to improve human life— through the cultivation of fruit and vegetable crops, providing ecosystem services through sustainable landscapes, and improving human well-being through environmental design. Virginia Tech’s Department of Horticulture offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in a range of applied and basic plant science topics, from landscape design and sustainable urban landscaping, to biotechnology, crop production, and plant breeding.
VT Horticulture News
Richard Veilleux's involvement in the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium is featured in VT News. more
Bingyu Zhao receives NSF CAREER Grant for research on host plant resistance. more
Vladimir Shulaev, Richard Veilleux, and Sarah Holt are featured in the Summer 2009 issue of VT Research Magazine for their research on improving strawberry nutrition. article
Beautiful Gardens® "#33 daylily" a winner at the Richmond Daylily Show and the Tidewater Daylily Show. article
Tony Wolf is featured in the VT Spotlight on Impact for his contributions to the growth of Virginia's wine industry. article
Susan Day is featured in the VT Spotlight on Impact for a recently publshed stormwater manual. article
Dave Close and Eric Day discuss the Emeral Ash Borer with VT podcasts. podcast
Robert Wright receives that 2009 CALS Award for Research Excellence. more
