Description

The life Sciences have acquired icreasing importance and relevance. The concept of Plant Sciences, is very broad in scope and may included all braches of knowledge concerned with plants like Agriculture, Forestry, Pharmaceutical medical Plants, etc. However, this book is mainly concerned with botany in a broad sense including fungi, bacteria and viruses: although the last three may sometimes be treated as separate groups. This dictionary includes 3850 entries including a supplement. It lays emphasis on the interrelationship of botany with allied subjects and latest developments like biotechnology, genomics, environmental sciences, plant diversity, Conservation, etc.

The life Sciences have acquired icreasing importance and relevance. The concept of Plant Sciences, is very broad in scope and may included all braches of knowledge concerned with plants like Agriculture, Forestry, Pharmaceutical medical Plants, etc. However, this book is mainly concerned with botany in a broad sense including fungi, bacteria and viruses: although the last three may sometimes be treated as separate groups. This dictionary includes 3850 entries including a supplement. It lays emphasis on the interrelationship of botany with allied subjects and latest developments like biotechnology, genomics, environmental sciences, plant diversity, Conservation, etc.