Botany and Plant sciences appear to be synonyms. But at present they are two different terms in Agrovoc. Botany (Term code 1023) and Plant sciences (5981).
Could there be some reason for giving them separately?
One possibility is that Plant sciences could be that part of botany dealing with higher plants while Phycology(Algology) and Mycology deal with algae and fungi respectively.
Another possibility is that Plant sciences includes botany and perhaps other subjects as are applicable to plants. (examples could be chemistry concerning the extraction and distillation of plant products, pharmacology concerning the use of plant constituents for medicines etc.)
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According to my search Plant Sciences can be kept as NT under Biology. Biology can be kept as NT under Life sciences. Following is the definition and reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany
Botany, plant science(s), phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the scientific study of plant life and development. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study plants, algae, and fungi including: structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, and chemical properties and evolutionary relationships between the different groups.
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