Branches of botany
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Applied topics
- Agronomy – Application of plant science to crop production
- Arboriculture – Culture and propagation of trees
- Astrobotany - The study of plants in space
- 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
- Floristics - The study of plants in a specific geographical region.
- 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
- Seed technology - Seed technology is the science dealing with the methods of improving physical and genetical characteristics of seed.
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Core topics
- Cytology – cell structure
- 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 – the 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
Organismal topics
Groups of organisms — clades, grades and guilds
- Agrostology – Poaceae
- Bryology – Bryophytes
- Citrology – Citrus
- Dendrology – trees
- Lichenology – lichens
- Mycology – fungi
- Orchidology – Orchidaceae
- Phycology – algae
- Pteridology – ferns
- Synantherology – Asteraceae
Study of chronological dating using plants
- Acanthochronology – Cactaceae
- Dendrochronology – Wood
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