Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources

Head:

Stuart Warren

Director of graduate studies:

C. B. Rajashekar

Graduate faculty:

Charles J. Barden, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Dale J. Bremer, Ph.D., Kansas State University.
Ted T. Cable, Ph.D., Purdue University.
Edward E. Carey, Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Gregory L. Davis, Ph.D., Kansas State University.
Jack D. Fry, Ph.D., Colorado State University.
Wayne A. Geyer, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Jason Griffin, Ph.D., North Carolina State University.
Rhonda R. Janke, Ph.D., Cornell University.
Steven J. Keeley, Ph.D., Colorado State University.
Houchang Khatamian, (Emeritus) Ph.D., University of Guelph. 
Richard H. Mattson, Ph. D., University of Minnesota.
Sunghun Park, Ph.D., Texas A&M University.  
C. B. Rajashekar, Ph.D., Colorado State University.
Candice A. Shoemaker, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Rodney St. John, Ph.D., Iowa State University.
Kimberly A. Williams, Ph.D., North Carolina State University.

Programs

The Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources offers graduate programs in horticulture leading to master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in horticulture. The department has 23 faculty involved in teaching, research, and extension, and maintains a horticulture research facility of 57 acres and a turfgrass research farm of 7 acres near the campus. In addition, the department operates an 80-acre experimental field in Wichita, an 80-acre pecan experimental field near Chetopa, and a vegetable research field of 10 acres in eastern Kansas near DeSoto. Excellent greenhouse and controlled environmental facilities of nearly 25,000 square feet are available for teaching and research. Research in basic and applied areas of horticulture is supported by modern and well equipped field and laboratory facilities. Research labs support a wide range of studies in the areas of crop production/improvement/adaptation, horticultural therapy, in vitro culture, biotechnology, plant environment interactions, stress physiology, and molecular biology. The department is located on the east wing of Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center with new state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities.

Graduate students participate in activities of the Graduate Club, the American Horticultural Therapy Association, the American Society for Horticultural Science, and Pi Alpha Xi (national honorary in floriculture, landscape and ornamental horticulture).

Financial support

A limited number of assistantships are available to qualifying students. The assistantships are awarded based on students academic standing (GPA and GRE scores). The application for assistantships should be made before February 1 along with application materials for fall admission. Please check www.hfrr.ksu.edu for availability.

For more information

For additional information and application materials please contact:
Dr. C. B. Rajashekar
Director of Graduate Studies
Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
2021 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5506
785-532-1427
Fax: 785-532-5894
E-mail: crajashe@ksu.edu
Home Page: www.hfrr.ksu.edu

Programs

Doctor of Philosophy

• •  Horticulture (Ph.D.)

Master of Science

• •  Horticulture (M.S.)

Courses

Forestry

• •  FOR 510 - Forestry for Park Managers
• •  FOR 641 - Forestry Problems

Horticulture

• •  HORT 508 - Landscape Maintenance
• •  HORT 510 - Horticultural Design II
• •  HORT 515 - Basic Turfgrasss Culture
• •  HORT 516 - Intensive Culture of Golf and Sports Turf
• •  HORT 517 - Golf Course and Sports Turf Operations
• •  HORT 520 - Fruit Production
• •  HORT 525 - Horticulture for Special Populations
• •  HORT 530 - Horticultural Therapy Case Management
• •  HORT 535 - Horticultural Therapy Field Techniques
• •  HORT 540 - Horticultural Therapy Field Experiences
• •  HORT 545 - Computer Applications in Horticultural Design
• •  HORT 550 - Landscape Irrigation Systems
• •  HORT 551 - The Business of Landscape Contracting
• •  HORT 552 - Horticultural Landscape Construction
• •  HORT 555 - The Fundamentals of Landscape Irrigation Design
• •  HORT 560 - Vegetable Crop Production
• •  HORT 570 - Greenhouse Operations Management
• •  HORT 575 - Nursery and Garden Center Operations
• •  HORT 580 - Advanced Horticultural Design
• •  HORT 582 - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management
• •  HORT 583 - Survey of Horticultural Ornamental and Food Crop Pests
• •  HORT 585 - Arboriculture
• •  HORT 587 - Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management
• •  HORT 588 - Turfgrass Weeds and Their Management
• •  HORT 589 - Turfgrass Insects and Their Management
• •  HORT 590 - Horticulture Internship
• •  HORT 599 - The Horticultural Professional
• •  HORT 600 - Herbaceous Landscape Plant Production
• •  HORT 625 - Floral Crops Production and Handling
• •  HORT 640 - Horticultural Problems
• •  HORT 690 - Sustainable Agriculture
• •  HORT 706 - Turfgrass Science
• •  HORT 725 - Postharvest Technology and Physiology of Horticultural Crops
• •  HORT 751 - Human Issues in Horticultural Therapy
• •  HORT 800 - Horticultural Physiology
• •  HORT 815 - Plant Nutrition and Nutrient Management
• •  HORT 846 - Plant Research Methods
• •  HORT 880 - Topics in Horticulture
• •  HORT 898 - Master’s Report
• •  HORT 899 - Research-MS
• •  HORT 940 - Plant Regulators in Horticulture
• •  HORT 951 - Horticulture Graduate Seminar
• •  HORT 960 - Environmental Plant Stress
• •  HORT 970 - Topics in Horticultural Therapy
• •  HORT 999 - Research in Horticulture, PhD

Recreation Resources

• •  RRES 575 - Management of Water Resources for Leisure
• •  RRES 580 - Park Operations and Facilities Management
• •  RRES 590 - Park and Facilities Maintenance
• •  RRES 635 - Methods of Environmental Interpretation
• •  RRES 640 - Advanced Environmental Interpretation
• •  RRES 690 - Parks and Recreation Administration