Question

Branch of botany connected with food, fiber and wood yielding plants is

• A. Ethnobotany
• B. Palaeobotany
• C. Economic botany
• D. Phycology

Answer 1

The correct option is C Economic botany

Branch of botany connected with food, fiber and wood yielding plants is called as economic botany. In this plants are used for economical purpose. Ethnobotany is concerned with the medical, religious uses of plants through the traditional knowledge of a local people. Branch of botany dealing with plant fossils is called as palaeobotany. Phycology is the study of algae.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Economic botany'.