What do plant biologists do?
- Study the form, function, diversity, reproduction, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere. Ecologists, botanists, and taxonomists can be plant biologists, as well as plant pathologists. People working with algae and fungi are often trained as or called plant biologists (even though, technically, those groups arena’t plants).
Where are they employed?
- Environmental and pollution control companies
- County, state, or federal government agencies (USDA, NRCS, Forest Service) or Secondary school teaching
- Nature organizations, public botanical gardens, agricultural industries
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Degree
Bachelor of Science