How do they match: Soil and Plant Scientists

  • Soil and Plant Scientists

  • Agricultural Specialist
  • Agriculturist
  • Horticultural Specialist
  • Horticulture Professor
  • Horticulture Specialist
  • Horticulturist
  • Crop and Soil Science Department Chair
  • Crop Nutrition Scientist
  • Crop Protection Research Agronomist

  • Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants or trees, shrubs, and nursery stock, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity.

  • Conduct experiments to develop new or improved varieties of field crops, focusing on characteristics such as yield, quality, disease resistance, nutritional value, or adaptation to specific soils or climates.
  • Conduct research to determine best methods of planting, spraying, cultivating, harvesting, storing, processing, or transporting horticultural products.
  • Consult with engineers or other technical personnel working on construction projects about the effects of soil problems and possible solutions to these problems.
  • Develop environmentally safe methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or pests.
  • Develop new or improved methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or insect pests.
  • Plan or supervise land conservation or reclamation programs for industrial development projects.
  • Plan or supervise waste management programs for composting or farming.
  • Study ways to improve agricultural sustainability, such as the use of new methods of composting.

  • Develop agricultural methods.
  • Research crop management methods.
  • Research sustainable agricultural processes or practices.