“Experience” Work

Hello All! If you’re interested in agronomy, crop, or plant research, I highly encourage joining a lab. If the word “lab” seems scary or sounds like a painful 3 hour class to you, don’t worry! Joining a lab means that you are associated with a Professor and the graduate and undergraduates that work for them. This means that you get to work on the project’s that that Professor has going on. Often times, you won’t have much one-on-one time with them as an undergrad, but the graduate students work as a good go between. Labs give you experience in all aspects of research, including breeding, harvesting, taking notes on traits, working in a lab setting, and working with potential future collogues. Saying that you are apart of a lab has weight to it, in both your career and future education.