Welcome to the Department of Plant and Soil Science at Texas Tech University! We are a comprehensive academic department conducting research and offering coursework and academic programs in all areas of the plant and soil sciences. Please explore our web site and see the opportunities our department offers! If you have any questions or comments about what you find here, don’t hesitate to call or email us. If you are a prospective student wanting a tour and to visit with our faculty, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Upcoming Events
March 1 – Scholarship deadline for Fall transfer students
March 13-21 - Spring Break
April 5 - Easter Holiday
Announcements
Texas Tech to host National Collegiate Soils Contest, March 21-26, 2010
CASNR study abroad opportunities are available summer 2010for undergraduate and graduate students:
In the Spotlight
Texas Tech’s remote sensing technology spreads to peanuts
The economic wallop of Texas peanut products is getting an aerial boost this season from Texas Tech University. Researchers are using a special airborne multispectral remote sensing system on an experimental peanut crop in nearby Brownfield, a small farming community.
Texas Tech No. 1 again in Nat’l Agronomy Quiz Bowl
Texas Tech University’s Agronomy Club held the top spot again at the Students of Agronomy, Soils, and Environmental Sciences (SASES) National Meeting, held Nov. 1-5 in Pittsburg. It’s the third year in a row for the Red Raiders to walk away as national quiz bowl champions.
Texas Tech Awarded Grant for New Carbon Cycling Focus
A leading research scientist from Texas Tech University’s Department of Plant and Soil Science and her team have been awarded a $200,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to study how carbon cycles through large-scale agricultural systems
In Profile: Tom Thompson, PSS’s Viticulture & Enology Programs
The Texas wine industry has been growing slowly for a number of years, but in the last five to 10 years, it’s exploded. “The Southern High Plains is great for grape growing,” says Tom Thompson, chairman of Tech’s plant and soil science department..
Texas Tech University,
Department of Plant and Soil,
Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409 
806. 742-2837 