Overview

Plant Breeding from Texas A&M University encompasses both conventional and molecular breeding techniques to modify specific target traits in fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape plants. The program encompasses basic breeding, genetic, biotechnology, molecular biology, production, processing and utilization of horticultural products. Our plant breeding faculty work with numerous horticultural commodities including vegetables, fruits, flowers and native plant species.

Careers

The program is designed to prepare students to become successful researchers in plant breeding.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Cytological and Histological Principles in Plant Breeding

Pedology

Crop Physiology

Integrated Farming Systems

Host Plant Resistance

Environmental Biophysics

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

32 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

College Station, United States

Disciplines

Horticulture and Crop Science View 97 other Masters in Horticulture and Crop Science in United States

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Academic requirements

GMAT

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Undergraduate GPR of 3.000 or substantially better, strong letters of support for admission to the graduate program from faculty mentors,

Well written letter of application,

Demonstrated competency in English via TOEFL scores or other testing instruments.

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An online completed application

Three Letters of Recommendation are required.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

17476 USD / year

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Out-of-State

17476 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

8000 USD / year

≈ 8000 USD / year

Living costs

College Station

United States

964 - 1485 USD / month

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