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| | UF COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE TO OFFER WORLD'S FIRST "PLANT DOCTOR" GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Students enrolled in the new doctor of plant medicine degree program, believed to be the world's first, will be trained to diagnose any problems that affect plants and make recommendations to correct those ailments. |
 | | He said plant ailments can be caused by anything from disease pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses to insects, mites, nematodes, weeds, nutrient deficiencies, water and temperature extremes, toxic air and other pollutants, soil pH values, and vertebrate pests such as birds, gophers and field mice. |
 | | The program is open to students with a bachelor's degree in any of the biological sciences, a grade point average of 3.0 (on a scale of 4.0) and a score of at least 1000 on the Graduate Record Examination. |
| www.napa.ufl.edu /99news/plantphd.htm (629 words) |
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