1. BOTANY How it effects our lives

2. What is Botany?  Study of plants  Different Fields  Agronomy Crop Production  Phytochemistry Plant chemistry/products  Phytopharmacology Plants in medicine

3. Agronomy – Crop Production  Insecticides/Fertilizers/Higher Producing Crops  Major successes  World Population Continues to grow  Need more crops in less space

4. Phytochemistry – More than just food  Thousands of products derived from plants  Clothes/Textiles  Latex  Shampoo/Cosmetics  Turpentine  Rubber/Plastics  Inks/Paints/Dyes/Crayons  Biodiesels

5. 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

6. Botany Affects Us Everyday  What we eat  What we use Medicine we take

7. Works Cited  www.botany.org/bsa/careers/car-what.html www.botany.org/bsa/careers/car-what.html  www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Phytopharmacology www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Phytopharmacology  www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib786/aib786d.pdf www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aib786/aib786d.pdf  www.agronomy.org/about-agronomy www.agronomy.org/about-agronomy  medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/phytochemistry medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/phytochemistry  www.rain-tree.com/plantdrugs.htm www.rain-tree.com/plantdrugs.htm