植物与土壤科学系提供的研究生课程可授予植物和土壤科学理学硕士学位和哲学博士学位。该计划的目标是为学生提供完成学位所需的背景和技术，植物和土壤科学方面的进阶学习机会以及就业机会。此外，Worrilow Hall和Delaware Biotechnology Institute拥有现代化的研究设施（DBI），可供学生研究的特殊项目包括田野，先进的温室和生长室设施，放射性同位素室，闪烁计数器，气相色谱仪和液相色谱仪，X射线衍射仪，傅立叶变换红外光谱仪，跳压弛豫仪，原子吸收分光光度计，电感耦合等离子体光谱仪，低速
The Department of Plant and Soil Sciences offers graduate programs that lead to degrees of master of science and doctor of philosophy in plant and soil sciences. The objectives of the programs are to equip the student with the background and techniques necessary for degree completion, opportunities for advanced study in the plant and soil sciences, and job placement.<br>Special items available for student research include field, state-of-the-art greenhouse and growth chamber facilities, radioisotope room, scintillation counters, gas and liquid chromatographs, X-ray diffractometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, pressure-jump relaxation apparatus, atomic absorption spectrophotometers, inductively coupled plasma spectrometer, low- and high-speed centrifuges, microtomes, electrophoretic apparatus, cold rooms, atomic force and electron microscopes, carbon-nitrogen-sulfur analyzer, DNA sequencers, and a bioinformatics center