BOTANY How it effects our lives
BOTANY How it effects our lives. What is Botany? Study of plants Different Fields Agronomy Crop Production Phytochemistry Plant chemistry/products.
Jan 06, 2018
Agronomy – Crop Production Insecticides/Fertilizers/Higher Producing Crops Major successes World Population Continues to grow Need more crops in less space
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BOTANYHow it effects our lives
What is Botany? Study of plants Different Fields
Agronomy Crop Production
Phytochemistry Plant chemistry/products
Phytopharmacology Plants in medicine
Agronomy – Crop Production Insecticides/Fertilizers/Higher Producing
Crops Major successes
World Population Continues to grow Need more crops in less space
Corn Wheat Soybean0
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40
60
80
100
120
140
2012 12
120
40 38
1930 1995
Bush
els
Per
Acre
Phytochemistry – More than just food
Thousands of products derived from plants Clothes/Textiles Latex Shampoo/Cosmetics Turpentine Rubber/Plastics Inks/Paints/Dyes/Crayons Biodiesels
Phytopharmacology – Medicine Herbal Remedies in past Developed into investigative science Today hundreds of drugs derived from
plants Aspirin Narcotics Anticancerous drugs Caffeine Contraceptives Hundreds more
Botany Affects Us Everyday What we eat What we use
Medicine we take
Works Cited www.botany.org/bsa/careers/car-what.html www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Phytopharmacology www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib786/aib786d.p
df www.agronomy.org/about-agronomy medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
phytochemistry www.rain-tree.com/plantdrugs.htm
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