HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is Botany? Botany is the scientific study of plants-how plants function, what they look like, how they are related to each other, where they grow, how people make use of plants, and how plants evolved.

Detailed explanation-2: -Plant science encompasses ‘Botany’ from the Greek word (botanē) meaning pasture or fodder, in that it involves the observation of plant growth and characteristics and investigation into the relationship between plants and their environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Botany is the branch of Biology that deals with the study of plants.” The term ‘botany’ is derived from an adjective ‘botanic’ that is again derived from the Greek word ‘botane’. One who studies ‘botany’ is known as a ‘botanist’. Botany is one of the world’s oldest natural sciences.

Detailed explanation-4: -ANATOMY-microscopic plant structure (cells and tissues). BIOCHEMISTRY-chemical aspects of plant life processes. Includes the chemical products of plants (PHYTOCHEMISTRY). BIOPHYSICS-application of physics to plant life processes.