Outline
The
college of Agriculture and Biotechnology is one of the leading
agricultural education and research institutions in China,
offering subjects majoring in Agronomy, Plant Protection,
Horticulture, Tea Sciences, Biophysics, Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, etc. Current undergraduate and graduate
enrollments are 529 and 591, respectively. There are 236
employees with 155 faculty members, including 3 academicians
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 66 professors and 75
associate professors. The 5 departments that offer both
undergraduate and graduate programs are Agronomy, Plant
Protection, Horticulture, Tea Sciences, and Applied Biology.
There are 8 Institutes established under the relevant
departments. In addition, the college has an affiliated
Experimental Farm. The college now hosts three national key
disciplines (Entomology, Vegetable Sciences, Tea Sciences),
four Key Disciplines at Provincial or Ministry level (Plant
Pathology, Biophysics, Crop Genetics and Breeding, Pomology),
a National Key Laboratory on Rice Biology, and two Key
Laboratories of the Ministry of Agriculture (Laboratory on
Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Laboratory on Horticulture and
Biotechnology). According to the report of the Qualification
Assessment of Graduate Program released by China Academic
Degree & Graduate Education Development Center, Horticulture
and Plant Protection ranked first and second, respectively,
among graduate programs of Horticulture and Plant Protection
in China. As an institution accredited to be funded by the
State “211” and “985” Key Disciplines Program,
the college
has been equipped with advanced facilities. Research
grants have been growing during the past five years and
reached 39 million (US$ 5 million) in 2004. Major funding
agencies including National Natural Science Foundation of
China (83 projects), Ministry of Science and Technology,
Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, Provincial
Department of Science and Technology. Over the years the
college has established extensive cooperative relationships
both at home and abroad. The college has enjoyed productive
collaboration in multiple research areas as well as joint
involvement in graduate student training with many
institutions. The college has been recognized as one of the
top R&D institutions on Agriculture in China based on its
outstanding students and faculty members, significant research
and development achievements, excellent facilities as well as
quality service to the society.
Present Leadership
Executive Dean:
Prof. Zhang Guoping
Chairman, Board of Director:
Prof. Lou Chengli
Deputy Deans:
Prof. Liang Yuerong, Prof.
Zhou Xueping, Prof. Yu Jingquan, Mr. Zhao Jianming, Prof. Ye
Gongyin
Undergraduate Education
Applied Biological Science with Specialty
of Agronomy, Horticulture, Tea Sciences, or Plant Protection;
Gardening and Landscape Designing.
Graduation Programs
The college offers Master’s and Ph.D.
degrees in the following fields: Crop Cultivation and Farming;
Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology; Entomology;
Pesticide Science; Environment Biology; Vegetable Sciences;
Pomology; Tea Sciences; Ornamental Horticulture; Biophysics;
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
The
Main Research Fields
1.
Institute of
Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences:
Nuclear Agricultural Sciences;
Plant Mutation Genetics and Breeding; Applied Biophysics and
Bio-informatics.
2.
Institute of Biotechnology:
Molecular
Plant Pathology; Plant Microbe Interaction; Plant Molecular
Biology; Biological Control and Applied microbiology.
3.
Institute of Seed Science and
Engineering:
Plant Molecular Breeding and Germplasm
Innovation; Bio-informatics
and Quantitative Genetics; Plant Genomics and Gene Manipulation;
Plant Development and Regulation; Crop Physiology and Molecular
Biology; Production System for Quality and Safety Produces; Seed
Science and Technology.
4.
Institute of Applied
Entomology:
Insect Systematics; Evolution and Gene Diversity; Insect Ecology
and Integrated Management of Insect Pests; Insect Molecular
Biology and Deployment of Functional Genes; Insect Pathology and
Microbial Control; Urban Entomology; Plant Quarantine and
Biological Invasion.
5.
Institute of Pesticide and
Environmental Toxicology:
Pesticide Pollution and Control; Ecological
Toxicology of Pesticide and Safety Assessment; Development and
Applying Techniques for Pesticides.
6.
Institute of Vegetable
Science:
Physiology and Biochemistry of Vegetables; Resources of
Germplasm; Genetics and Breeding of Vegetables; Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology in Vegetable Sciences; Growth and
Development of Vegetables and Regulating Technique.
7.
Institute of Pomology:
Biotech and
Molecular Breeding of Fruit Trees, Fruit Physiology and
Molecular Biology, Fruit Tree Eco-physiology and Environmental
Biology; Modern Techniques for fruit Production.
8.
Institute
of Tea Sciences:
Biotechnology and Application of Tea Resources;
Biochemistry
and Processing Engineering Of Tea; Management and Culture of Tea
Industry.
Contact us:
College
of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University
Hangzhou 310029, China
Tel: +86 - 571 – 86971258 (86971498)
Fax: +86 - 571 - 86971498
E-Mail:
yb.cab@zju.edu.cn
http://www.cab.zju.edu.cn
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