The MS program in Horticulture at the University of Maine is available through the School of Food and Agriculture. It is a multi-dimensional program that offers graduate students the opportunity to explore aspects of horticulture through course work, teaching, extension, and scholarly research. Opportunities exist in a broad range of horticultural commodities such as: ornamental plant selection and evaluation, low-temperature tolerance, landscape plant production, blueberry physiology and hardiness, greenhouse production and management, pomology, tissue culture, and weed management. Students are encouraged to participate in all aspects of the Horticulture program and develop a well-rounded curriculum of study.
 

Students entering the graduate program in Horticulture will be required to develop an original research project in one of the many facets of horticulture. In doing so, students will have access to extensive facilities that include horticultural greenhouses, the Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamentals Trial Garden, tissue culture facilities, and other lab resources and research facilities. Graduate students are encouraged to take advantage of these resources as well as the extensive relationships that exist with local, state, national, and international horticulture professionals.
 
Prospective graduate students are urged to contact faculty who might serve as supervisors for their graduate degree work to determine program opportunities and the availability of assistantship support. Additional information concerning graduate studies in Horticulture may be obtained from the Graduate Coordinator (um.pse.grad@maine.edu) or from the School of Food and Agriculture website http://umaine.edu/foodandagriculture/.

Graduate Faculty

Mario Andrade, Ph.D. [Universidade Federal de Lavrus (Brazil), 2019], Assistant Professor of Potato Breeding and Genetics.

Stephanie Burnett, Ph.D. (University of Georgia, 2004), Associate Professor of Horticulture.

Lily Calderwood, Ph.D. (University of Vermont, 2015), Extension Wild Blueberry Specialist and Assistant Professor of Horticulture.

Renae E. Moran, Ph.D. (University of Arkansas, May 1996), Professor of Pomology and Extension Tree Fruit Specialist.

Bryan J. Peterson, Ph.D. (Iowa State University, 2013), Associate Professor of Environmental Horticulture.