Botany & Plant Pathology
Plant and microbial biology helps address challenges facing us in the 21st century and beyond…
Our research on plants and microbes helps: protect the environment, apply genetic knowledge to improve plants, manage natural resources, control weeds and diagnose plant diseases.
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Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
Lilly Hall of Life Sciences, Room 1-446
915 Mitch Daniels Boulevard
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-4615
botany@purdue.edu
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