Importance of Botany

Some of the critically important reasons for the study of plants are listed below:

1. Development of agriculture.
2. Ensuring food security for the growing world population.
3. Crop improvement and disease resistance to ensure high yield.
4. Discovery of new compounds used for drug development.
5. Understanding plant ecology helps to mitigate climate change and conservation.
6. Preservation of plant species helps to preserve the whole ecosystem.
7. Development of biofuels for sustainable energy.
8. Development in plant biotechnology helps to increase organic agriculture with high yields. 
9. Knowledge of botany helps to develop and enhance the urban environment that improves overall quality of life. 
10. Botany forms the basis of our understanding of plant biology, ecology, and evolution which forms the foundation of many scientific disciplines.

Botany is the branch of biology that deals with the study of plants. Botany helps us to understand plant structure, function, and aspects of plants. Botany is the study of the structure, development, reproduction, and growth of plants and plant-like organisms. The people who study botany are known as Botanists. The study of botany has its importance in many fields like Agriculture, Medicine, Horticulture, etc. Botany is further specialized into fields that deal with different aspects of plants such as Taxonomy, which is related to the classification of plants, Ecology which is all about how a plant interacts with its environment and so on.