The study of pests and disease
In the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, we are discovering safer and healthier ways to protect our food, health, resources and homes from a variety of threats, such as pests and disease. We do this while also protecting our natural ecosystems, which insects, bacteria and microorganisms are essential to maintaining.
Meet Nick Mueller, a graduate from Auburn's undergraduate program in applied biotechnology.
Explore Professor and Extension specialist Xing Ping Hu's work in effective IPM (integrated pest management) among public housing authorities.
Learn how you can harness the power of science and nature to create strong, healthier, more sustainable agricultural products.
Degree Programs
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Minor | M.S. | M.Ag. | Ph.D.
Minor | M.S. | M.Ag. | Ph.D.
Neha Potnis, an associate professor in the department, continues this legacy as she works to find sustainable solutions to manage endemic bacterial plant diseases.
In an already stressful and trying growing season, researchers at Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension professionals have confirmed an invasive insect, the two-spot cotton leafhopper, in cotton fields in Alabama. The insect is also commonly known as the cotton jassid.
Auburn alumni Capt. Tolulope Morawo and Lt. Col. Steven “Mark” Pelham met against the odds: on Army Reserve deployment facing the New World Screwworm fly.
