Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

• Plant Biology
• By Roy Chan

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What is Plant Biology?

• Studies
• Plants
• Algae
• Fungi
• plant biology deals with the responses of plant
  to environmental stresses, plant ecology,
  genetics, genomics, and evolution.

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Three Research Facilities

• 1) Greenhouse Facilities
• 2) Arboretum
• 3) Ecological Reserve

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Greenhouse Facility

• A10,000 square feet of greenhouse space
  facilitated under the School of Biological
  Sciences allows researcher to store plants in
  rooms to give them different temperatures to
  those needed colder atmosphere to survive.

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Arboretum

• UCI 14-acre garden and research facility on the
  north camps features extensive collections of
  South African plants for faculty and graduate
  student to experiment

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Ecological Reserve

• A 60 acres in size consists a number of
  endangered or threatened plant and animal species
  found on the preserve for teaching and research
  purposes only.

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Field Sites

• The UC Natural Reserve System,
• The Organization of Tropical Studies,
• The San Joaquin Fresh Water Marsh,
• The Burns Pinon Ridge Reserve,
• The Irvine Ranch Land Reserve,
• The Rocky Mountain Biological Lab,
• The Mountain Research Station.

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School Requirements

• Applicants must submit a completed application
  form, copies of all postsecondary transcripts,
  three letters of recommendation, and results of
  the Graduate Record Examination General Test and
  the Subject Test in Biology