KBC Offline Quiz (December 7, 2021): What is the scientific study of plant life known as?

Physics

Botany

Chemistry

Psychology

Answer: Botany

Botany is the study of
plants, ranging from the smallest ferns to the largest of trees. Also known as
plant science and plant biology, botany studies the characteristics, structure,
and processes of plant life. Botany further studies plant diseases as well. Findings
from the study of plants has helped agriculture, forestry, and horticulture.

It
is said that Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and Aristotle’s
disciple founded botany. His treatises, all written in Greek back in 300 BC,
have been preserved as Latin manuscripts. He mainly classified plants as
shrubs, herbs, and trees.

Pedanius Dioscorides, was also well-known Greek botanical writer. His work
described more than 600 kinds of plants, and their important growth and
medicinal properties. Dioscorides classified plants as aromatic, medicinal and
culinary.

There
are four disciplines of botany, namely, systematics, ecology, physiology, and
morphology.

Systematics
deals with identifying and classifying plants to help botanists easily identify
among the large diversity plant species. Ecology involves studying organisms
and their physical environment like soil, air, water, sunlight etc. Physiology
refers to studying the functions of plants. Finally, morphology studies the structure
and forms of plants.

Botany
is a popular study offered in Bachelor of Science and gives way to careers such
as ecologist, horticulturist, molecular biologist, farming consultant, plant biochemist
and more.

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