Department of Horticultural Science and Engineering
History and Mission
Horticultural science is defined as a collection of knowledge, art and profession of planting, caring, harvesting, postharvest and marketing techniques of various types of flowers and ornamental plants, fruits, vegetables, medicinal and spice plants. Horticulturist expert works in the line of breeding and improvement of crop production, technology, entrepreneurship and job creation in horticultural crops sector.
Department of horticultural science and engineering in Faculty of Agriculture, Persian Gulf University, consisted of a team of expert professors and active and experienced staff, along with Bachelor and Master students, deal with educational and research activities in three branches including fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants aiming to breed and improve the quality and quantity of horticultural crops. The department offers its experiences and achievements in biochemistry, plant anatomy, botany, plant physiology, genetic and breeding, plant nutrition, plant propagation, horticultural crops postharvest, storage and marketing to researchers and entrepreneurs.
Horticultural science is defined as a collection of knowledge, art and profession of planting, caring, harvesting, postharvest and marketing techniques of various types of flowers and ornamental plants, fruits, vegetables, medicinal and spice plants. Horticulturist expert works in the line of breeding and improvement of crop production, technology, entrepreneurship and job creation in horticultural crops sector.
Department of horticultural science and engineering in Faculty of Agriculture, Persian Gulf University, consisted of a team of expert professors and active and experienced staff, along with Bachelor and Master students, deal with educational and research activities in three branches including fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants aiming to breed and improve the quality and quantity of horticultural crops. The department offers its experiences and achievements in biochemistry, plant anatomy, botany, plant physiology, genetic and breeding, plant nutrition, plant propagation, horticultural crops postharvest, storage and marketing to researchers and entrepreneurs.
Department of Horticultural science, the first department of the faculty of agriculture of Persian Gulf University, was established in 1995 and at the present time, in addition to undergraduate activities in horticultural science, for having the most master's degree orientations in Persian Gulf University, including "Fruit trees", "Vegetables" and "Ornamental plants", it educates the most graduate students in these three orientations. The department with farms, orchards, greenhouses and equipped laboratories has provided a suitable space for education and research for horticultural science seekers and entrepreneurs.
Goals of the Department of Horticultural Science and Engineering
- Education and upgrading level of entrepreneurship and job creation for seekers of this field of agricultural science
- Novel strategies of education and research in horticultural science in the line of upgrading agriculture such as intelligent orchards and greenhouses, reducing water usage by hydroponic cultures, production of healthy and organic crops, biotechnology and plant tissue culture
- Changing and modifying the cultivation pattern with respect to the scientific educational programs for development of horticultural crops productions
Perspective of Department of Horticultural Science and Engineering
- Upgrading the scientific level of agriculture in the region
- Becoming a scientific and entrepreneurial hub of agriculture such as production of tissue culture plants, hydroponic cultivation, greenhouse crops and diversity and improvement of horticultural plants under conditions of environmental stresses
Strategic areas
All strategic goals of horticultural science and engineering are for empowering and improving the scientific level of graduates and farmers according to new findings and achievements in the direction of entrepreneurship and employment.
- Utilizing the production of tissue culture plants
- Development of new technologies in greenhouses and greenhouse products
- Improving horticultural production methods under stressful conditions
- Development of hydroponic culture methods
- Introducing new plants and trees in order to change the cultivation pattern
- Introduction and development of new achievements and equipment of horticultural sciences
The department of Horticultural Science and Engineering has seven specialized faculty members and four laboratory and farm experts and masters to implement the strategic plans of the department.
The faculty members of the department are as follows;
- Dr. Mohammad Hedayat; Olericulture and Plant Tissue Culture expert
- Dr. AbdolAli Hesami; Fruit Trees and Postharvest physiology expert
- Dr. Rahim Nikkhah; Small Fruits and Biotechnology Expert
- Dr. Sasan Rastgoo; Physiology and Breeding, and Plant Tissue Culture Expert
- Dr. Leila Karami; Plant biology cell and plant development expert
- Dr. Ali Hashemi; Biomechanic expert
- Dr. Malek Hossein Shahriyari; Plant nutrition expert
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Head of Department
Former Heads:
| Name | From | To | |
| 1 | Mohammad Hedayat | 1996 | 2000 |
| 2 | Saeed Ilkhani | 2001 | 2004 |
| 3 | MohammadAmin Kohanmoo | 2005 | 2006 |
| 4 | Abdolali Hesami | 2007 | 2008 |
| 5 | Sasan Rastgoo | 2009 | 2010 |
| 6 | Rahim Nikkhah | 2011 | 2012 |
| 7 | MalekHosein Shahriari | 2013 | 2014 |
| 8 | Ali Hashemi | 2015 | 2016 |
| 9 | Abdolali Hesami | 2017 | 2018 |
| 10 | Mohammad Hedayat | 2019 | 2024 |
| 11 | Ali Hashemi | 2024 | Present |
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