"What is Economic Botany?"

"Simply put, Economic Botany is the interaction of people with plants. The word is based on two Greek roots ethnos (race: people: cultural group) and botanikos (of herbs) and can mean the plant lore of a race or people as well as the study of that lore." Source: http://botany.org/planttalkingpoints/economic_botany.php. Accessed 23 November 09. Read more.

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Jim Seago, Botanist, Roots Expert...Web Portal

• http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/biology/faculty/seago.html

Dr. Seago's Research and Teaching Specialties

• Plant anatomy and development;
  
• Root apical meristems;
  
• Structural adaptations of plants to wetland habitats,
  
• especially, invasive versus native plants;
  
• Trees and shrubs of Oswego, NY;
• The roles of research in undergraduate classes and programs;
• Fostering future botanists and mentoring junior researchers.
  

Classes taught

Plant Kingdom; Plants and Society; Environmental and Population Biology; Evolution; Trees and Shrubs; Research in Plant Development, among others, including but not limited to, Botany Seminar

Awards

• 2004 Merit Award of the Botanical Society of America for Outstanding Contributions to the Botanical Sciences: Source: www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bsamerit.php#04
• 2006 Centennial Award of the Botanical Society of America in Honor of Exemplary Service to the Plant Sciences. Source: www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/centennial.php

Dr. Seago, Colleagues and Students