🐻 Cornell Plant Sciences unofficial reading list 2026
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Sophomore level
Vascular Plant Systematics PLSCI 2480 (fa26)
- Plant Systematics by Michael G. Simpson
Junior level
Mushrooms of Field & Forest PLSCI 3190 (fa26)
- National Audubon Society Mushrooms of North America
Soil & Crop Management for Sustainability PLSCI 3210/5210 (fa26)
- Building Soils for Better Crops: Ecological Management for Healthy Soils by Magdoff & van Es
- Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations by David R. Montgomery
Senior level
Plant Biochemistry PLSCI 4620/6620 (fa26)
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants by Buchanan et al.