Branches of botany

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Botany is a natural science concerned with the study of plants. The main branches of botany (also referred to as "plant science") are commonly divided into three groups: core topics, concerned with the study of the fundamental natural phenomena and processes of plant life, the classification and description of plant diversity; applied topics which study the ways in which plants may be used for economic benefit in horticulture, agriculture and forestry; and organismic topics which focus on plant groups such as algae, mosses or flowering plants.

Video Branches of botany

Core topics

• Cytology - cell structure, chromosome number
• Epigenetics - Control of gene expression
• Paleobotany - Study of fossil plants and plant evolution
• Palynology - Pollen and spores
• Plant biochemistry - Chemical processes of primary and secondary metabolism
• Phenology - timing of germination, flowering and fruiting
• Phytochemistry - Plant secondary chemistry and chemical processes
• Phytogeography - Plant Biogeography, the study of plant distributions
• Phytosociology - Plant communities and interactions
• Plant anatomy - Structure of plant cells and tissues
• Plant ecology - Role and function of plants in the environment
• Plant evolutionary developmental biology - Plant development from an evolutionary perspective
• Plant genetics - Genetic inheritance in plants
• Plant morphology - Structure of plants
• Plant physiology - Life functions of plants
• Plant reproduction - Processes of plant reproduction
• Plant systematics - Classification and naming of plants
• Plant taxonomy - Classification and naming of plants

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Applied topics

• Agronomy - Application of plant science to crop production
• Arboriculture - Culture and propagation of trees
• Biotechnology - Use of plants to synthesize products
• Dendrology - Study of woody plants, shrubs, trees and lianas
• Economic botany - Study of plants of economic use or value
• Ethnobotany - Plants and people. Use and selection of plants by humans
• Forestry - Forest management and related studies
• Horticulture - cultivation of garden plants
• Marine botany - Study of aquatic plants and algae that live in seawater
• Micropropagation - rapid propagation of plants using cell and tissue culture
• Pharming (genetics) - Genetic engineering of plants to produce pharmaceuticals
• Plant breeding - Breeding of plants with desirable genetic characters
• Plant pathology (Phytopathology) - Plant diseases
• Plant propagation - propagation of plants from seed, bulbs, tubers, cuttings and grafting
• Pomology - Fruit and nuts

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Organismal topics

• Agrostology - Grasses
• Batology - Brambles
• Bryology - Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
• Lichenology - Lichens
• Mycology, or fungology - Fungi
• Orchidology - Orchids
• Phycology, or algology - Algae
• Pteridology - Fern and their allies
• Rhodology - Roses
• Synantherology - Compositae

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References

Source of article : Wikipedia