Important Branches of Botany

Name of the Study - Description

Agronomy - The study of application of plant science to crop production.

Bryology - The study of  mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.

Economic Botany - The study of plants of economic use of value.

Ethnobotany - The study of relationship between humans and plants.

Forestry - The study of forest management and related studies.

Horticulture - The study of cultivated plants.

Lichenology - The study of lichens.

Paleobotany - The study of fossil plants.

Palynology - The study of pollen and spores.

Phycology - The study of algae.

Phytopathology - The study of plant diseases.

Plant anatomy - The study of cell and tissue structures.

Plant ecology - The study of the role of plants in the environment.

Plant genetics - The study of genetic inheritance in plants.

Plant morphology - The study of structure and life cycles of plants.

Plant physiology - The study of life functions of plants.

Plant systematics - The study of classification and naming of plants.