Duration
2 years.
Eligibility
B Sc with CBZ with minimum 45% marks in aggregate.
Programme Contents
Phycology, lower plants, palaeobotany, plant physiology, Taxonomy of seed plants, Plant conservation, reproduction, Plant physiology and metabolism, cytology, genetics and plant breeding, genetic engineering, biodiversity and conservation, ecology, microbiology, biotechnology, tree biology.
Career Opportunities in Botany
Some of the botany career options are as given below
• Research Scientist
• Research Associate
• Teacher
• Horti and floriculture
• Remote Sensing and GIS
• Ecologist
• Science Writer
Botany, plant science(s), or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines including structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, chemical properties, and evolutionary relationships among taxonomic groups. Botany began with early human efforts to identify edible, medicinal and poisonous plants, making it one of the oldest sciences. Today botanists study over 550,000 species of living organisms.
As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical level through organelles, cells, tissues, organs, individuals, plant populations, and communities of plants. At each of these levels a botanist might be concerned with the classification (taxonomy), structure (anatomy and morphology), or function (physiology) of plant life.
The study of plants is vital because they are a fundamental part of life on Earth, which generates the oxygen, food, fibres, fuel and medicine that allow humans and other life forms to exist. Through photosynthesis, plants absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that in large amounts can affect global climate. Additionally, they prevent soil erosion and are influential in the water cycle. A good understanding of plants is crucial to the future of human societies as it allows us to:
• Produce food to feed an expanding population
• Understand fundamental life processes
• Produce medicine and materials to treat diseases and other ailments
• Understand environmental changes more clearly
