What are the employment options for botany graduate students?

What are the employment options for botany graduate students?

Analysis on the employment prospect of postgraduate entrance examination for botany major;

Botany is a basic subject with a high level of research. It is an ancient subject that studies the classification, morphology, physiology, genesis, inheritance and evolution of plants. It is mainly divided into five research directions: plant taxonomy, plant morphology, plant genetics, plant physiology and plant ecology. Botany is of great significance in scientific research and application. In scientific research, it belongs to the basic discipline; In application, it can make great contributions to environmental protection, agricultural production and the development of medicinal plants.

Graduates majoring in botany will have different employment status according to their research direction. Generally speaking, most of them are engaged in teaching and scientific research. But you don't have to engage in botanical research. Botanical knowledge can also be used in other scientific research fields. For example, some garden units, pharmaceutical companies, seed companies and government departments will recruit this professional talent.

Compared with emerging disciplines such as cell biology, there are many universities with higher level of botany research in China. Taking Sun Yat-sen University as an example, botany is a national key discipline and is in a leading position in domestic scientific research. This subject is an important part of the State Key Laboratory of Pest Control and Resource Utilization and the Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering of the Ministry of Education.

Generally speaking, the prospect is still very broad, and the employment probability is very high.