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'''Botany''', from the Greek ''botaniké'', also refered as '''phytology''', '''plant science''' or '''plant biology''' is the [[Scientific method|scientific study]] of plant, algae and fungi [[life|lives]]. Botany is a branch of [[biology]] and one or the man earliest sciences. | |||
Botany encompass many disciplines that study plant behavior, evolution, diseases, their relationships with each other and with the man, such as as [[agronomy]], [[bryology]], [[ethnobotany]], [[forestry]], [[horticulture]], [[lichenology]], [[paleobotany]], [[palynology]], [[phycology]], [[phytochemistry]], [[phytopathology]], [[microbiology]], and also anything plant related within other disciples like [[anatomy]], [[ecology]], [[genetics]], [[morphology]], [[physiology]], [[systematics]] and [[taxonomy]]. | |||
Revision as of 09:12, 10 March 2009
Botany, from the Greek botaniké, also refered as phytology, plant science or plant biology is the scientific study of plant, algae and fungi lives. Botany is a branch of biology and one or the man earliest sciences.
Botany encompass many disciplines that study plant behavior, evolution, diseases, their relationships with each other and with the man, such as as agronomy, bryology, ethnobotany, forestry, horticulture, lichenology, paleobotany, palynology, phycology, phytochemistry, phytopathology, microbiology, and also anything plant related within other disciples like anatomy, ecology, genetics, morphology, physiology, systematics and taxonomy.