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What are the types of botanist ?


pandyamahima03 21st Nov, 2020
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Yash Kamal Chaturvedi 21st Nov, 2020

Hey friend!

Botany is a biological study of plants or multicellular organisms that carry out photosynthesis. As a biology division, botany is often referred to as plant science or plant biology.

- Agriculture and Crop Science: This is an agricultural science in the area of crop production and land conservation.

- Algology and Phycology: This is the Algae Research.

- Bacteriology: This is the study of bacteria (also considered to be part of microbiology).

- Bryology: This is a study of mosses and liverworms.

- Mycology: This is a fungus research.

- Paleobotany: This is a study of the fossils of plants.

- Anatomy of plants and physiology: This is an analysis of the form and role of the plant.

- Biology of plant cells: This is an analysis of cell structure and function.

- Genetics of Plants: This is a genetic inheritance analysis of plants.

- Pathology of Plants: This is the study of plant diseases.

- Pteridology: This is the study of ferns and their relatives

All the best friend!

Zeenat Saba 21st Nov, 2020

Hii,

Botanist is an expert in or student of the scientific study of plants.

Many botanists concentrate on specific types of plants . These concentrations include the field of bryology, the study of mosses ; phycology, the study of algae; and pteridology, the study of ferns. All of these specialties focus on the biology, ecology and evolution of members of the plant world.

Subdisciplines of  Botany

  • Agronomy and Crop Science. This is an agricultural science dealing with field crop production and soil management.
  • Algology and Phycology. This is the study of algae.
  • Bacteriology.
  • Bryology.
  • Mycology.
  • Paleobotany.
  • Plant Anatomy and Physiology.
  • Plant Cell Biology.

Hope this will help you,

All the very best!!

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