Plants are very useful to humans for many different purposes. The chemical and structural components that humans find useful in plants often have important ecological functions. Many plants have toxic chemicals that humans have learned to detoxify in a number of ways. However plant chemicals can be beneficial to both the plant health and human health and this has implications for agriculture and human diet. This episode presents a range of questions about plant usefulness along with answers using specific examples of human interactions with plants.
Production Credits
Presented by:
Themes and Content by:
- Isabella Abbott
- Al Keali'i Chock
- Will McClatchey
- Mylien T. Nguyen
- Tamara Ticktin
- David Webb
Special Presentations and Content by:
- Tony A.B. Cunningham
- Catherine Davenport
- Orou Gaoue
- Lisa X. Gollin
- Y. Han Lau
- Spencer Leinweber
- Mark Merlin
- Levon ‘ohai
- Joseph Ostraff
- Melinda Ostraff
- Orlo Steele
- Clay Trauernicht
- Art Whistler
- Namaka Whitehead
- Kawika Winter
Post Production Critique by:
- Al Keali'i Chock
- Momi Kamahele
- Kiope Raymond
- Botany 105 Students (Fall 2005)
Camera Work by:
- David Reedy
- David Strauch
- Michael B. Thomas
Video and Sound Editing by:
- Markus Faigle
- David Reedy
- David Strauch
- Michael B. Thomas
Audio Production by:
- Will McClatchey
- David Reedy
Consulting by:
- Edo Biagoni
- Kim Bridges
- Pauline Chinn
- Valerie McClatchey
- Hae Okimoto
- Nelda Quinsell
- Ingelia White
Funding provided by:
- University of Hawai'i, Department of Botany
- University of Hawai'i, Information Technology Services
- University of Hawai'i, College of Natural Sciences
- University of Hawai'i, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
- National Center for Academic Transformation
- University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Chancellor
Inspiration from:
- Isabella Abbott
- Michael Balick
- Brad Bennett
- Brent Berlin
- Paul Cox
- Memory Elvin-Lewis
- Timothy Johns
- Beatrice Krauss
- Walter Lewis
- Richard Evans Schultes
- Gail Wagner
- The Society for Economic Botany