The field of horticulture science examines the planting, conservation, cultivation, the post-cultivation issues, improvement, and other related areas to horticultural plants (fruit, vegetables, ornamental plants, and medicinal plants). The goal of this major is to train individuals capable of working as an expert in different fields of production and regional planning, and also, as an instructor and researcher in research, analysis, and academic agriculture centers, or serve as an executive in production, cooperate, and private units of the agricultural and green-space sector.

The student admission in the master's degree of horticulture science is conducted in four subdisciplines of pomology, olericulture, floriculture, and herbalism, and at the Ph.D. level (since 2013), in pomology and (starting 2016) production and postharvest physiology of horticultural crops.

In Department of Horticulture Science, 10 faculty members (one full professor, five associate professors, and four assistant professors) are responsible for teaching the specialized courses and also, researching the production, modification, and postharvest procedures of horticultural crops. Also, five laboratory technicians and two gardeners assist the department in the experimental and applied aspects of holding classes, student projects, theses, and arrangements. The laboratory, research, and operation equipment of Department of Horticulture Science includes five laboratories, one grow-room, an experiment farm, a collection of olive cultivars, and a mushroom grow-room.

 

Laboratories

Quality Analysis Lab

Technical Officer: Mehrangiz Khoshbakht

Equipment: High speed refrigerated centrifuge, pH meter, Lab and analytical balances, Spectrophotometer, Flame photometer, Oven, Bain-marie, Incubator, -70 degree Freezer, Penetrometer

Horticultural Plants Physiology Lab

Technical Officer: Zohreh Amini

Equipment: Leaf water potential meter, Leaf area meter, Root area meter, Spectrophotometer, Centrifuge, Oven, TLC tank, -20 degree Freezer, Color meter

Chromatography Lab

Technical Officer: Marjan Moeinfar

Equipment: Gas chromatography (GC), High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Horticultural Plants Breeding

Technical Officer: Safdar Pourmombeini

Equipment: Clevenger, Rotary, Homogenizer, Lab and analytical balances, Leaf chamber analyzer

Tissue Culture

Technical Officer: Khalil Asadivafa

Equipment: Bain-marie, PCR, Lab and analytical balances, Electrophoresis, Autoclave, Hotplate, Vortex, pH meter, Laminar hood, Microfuge, Light box

Ornamental Plants and Plant Growth Regulators

Technical Officer: Daryoosh Pourghasemi

Equipment: Germinator, UC cabinet, Chemical hood

 

Faculty Members:

Name	Title & Field of Study	Position	Email
Noorollah Moallemi	Ph.D. in Pomology from University of Franche-Comté (France)	Professor	n.moallemi@scu.ac.ir
Nasser Alamzadeh Ansari	Ph.D. in Olericulture from Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Russia)	Associate Professor	ansari_n@scu.ac.ir
Esmaeil Khaleghi	Ph.D. in Pomology from Tarbiat Modares University (Iran)	Assistant Professor	Khaleghi@scu.ac.ir
Seyed Abdollah Eftekhari	Ph.D. in Vegetables Physiology and Breeding from Tehran University (Iran)	Associate Professor	eftekhari@scu.ac.ir
Mehrangiz Chehrazi	Ph.D. in Ornamental Plants from Tehran University (Iran)	Associate Professor	chehrazi.m@scu.ac.ir
Seyed Mohammad Hassan Mortazavi	Ph.D. in Pomology from Tarbiat Modares University (Iran)	Associate Professor	mortazavi_mh@scu.ac.ir
Moosa Mousavi	Ph.D. in Pomology from Tarbiat Modares University (Iran)	Assistant Professor	m.mousavi@scu.ac.ir
Mohammad Mahmoodi Soorestani	Ph.D. in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Tarbiat Modares University (Iran)	Associate Professor	m.mahmoodi@scu.ac.ir
Maryam Zolfaghari	Ph.D. in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Tehran University (Iran)	Assistant Professor	m.zolfaghri@scu.ac.ir
Shohreh Zivdar	Ph.D. in Pomology from Tarbiat Modares University (Iran)	Assistant Professor	zivdar_s@scu.ac.ir
Somayeh Esmaeili Khuygani	Ph.D. in Ornamental Plants from Shiraz University	Assistant Professor	s.esmaeili@scu.ac.ir
Edris Shabani	Ph.D. in Vegetables Physiology from University of Tabriz	Assistant Professor	edris.shabani@scu.ac.ir