The Plant Pathology minor, administered by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, is designed to provide essential knowledge and training for careers that involve plant health management of agronomic crops, landscape/nursery plants, turfgrass and forest plants. (PLNTPTH-MN)

The minor is specifically targeted to Turfgrass Science, Crop Science, Landscape Horticulture, Forestry and Urban Forestry majors, although it is open to all students interested in plants, mycology, biology, microbiology and microbiology. Pursuing the Plant Pathology minor is also valuable for students interested in the biology of plant disease and plant-microbe interactions, such as majors in Biology, Plant Biology and Microbiology.