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A biotechnologist is typically a scientist with a Ph.D. degree in a life science, such as botany, biology, biochemistry or microbiology. A biotechnologist may have only a Master's degree, but she probably works under other senior biotechs as a lab assistant. A biotechnologist studies living organisms for research purposes, such as... more »
The Butterfly House in St. Louis is considered a very magical place. Visitors are able to walk through a pristine garden while butterflies float along the breezy air. Sometimes, the butterflies land on the visitors. It’s also a great place for interns, because students can work up close with butterflies and the plants while... more »
A surveyor is a person who measures distances, directions and angles between points, creating maps based on this data. He is looking for official boundaries when he is out in the field measuring. A surveyor uses GPS, global positioning systems, to measure the distances. Once he is finished working in the "field" and taking the... more »
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Botany is defined as the scientific study of plants. With subdisciplines that include agronomy, horticulture, bryology and plant pathology, there... more »
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Botany, plant science(s), phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the scientific study of plant life and development. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study plants, algae, and fungi including: structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, chemical properties, and evolutionary relationships between the different groups. Botany began with tribal efforts to identify edible, medicinal and poisonous plants, making botany one of the oldest sciences. From this ancient interest in plants, the scope of botany has increased to include the study of over 550,000 species of living organisms.
Scope and importance of botany
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.
Historically all living things were grouped as animals or plants, and botany covered all organisms not considered animals. Some organisms once included in the field of botany are no longer considered to belong to the plant kingdom – these include fungi (studied in mycology), lichens (lichenology), bacteria (bacteriology), viruses (virology) and single-celled algae, which are now grouped as part of the Protista. However, attention is still given to these groups by botanists, and fungi, lichens, bacteria and photosynthetic protists are usually covered in introductory botany courses.
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 read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany
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