BOTANY

How 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

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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