Fields of botany Flashcards
Parts or structures of plants
Plant Morphology
External characters of plants and their parts
Macromorphology or Gross anatomy
minute or microscopic structure of plants and their parts
micromorphology or plant histology
plant cells and their contents
plant cytology
3 types of Morphology
macromorphology, micromorphology, and plant cytology
deals with the stages of growth, differentiation, and development of plant body
plant embryology
various vital activities of the plant
plant physiology
identification of plants
plant taxonomy
study of environment of plants and their communities
plant ecology
study of genes and heredity
plant genetics
diseases of plants, their symptoms, causal agent, and management
plant pathology
distribution of plants
plant geography
study of fungi or mycetes
mycology
historical plants traceable in their fossil remains
phytopaleontology
botany of mosses and liverworts
bryology
botany of algae
algology
history, selection, identification, valuation, and preservation of crude drugs
pharmacognosy
deals with crop plants
agronomy
cultivation of garden or orchard plants
horticulture
management of forests and timber plants
forestry
development of improved varieties of plants
plant breeding