BRANCHES IN BIOLOGY

BRANCHES IN BIOLOGY :-

• Algology or phycology = study of algae.
• Mycology or Mycetology = Study of fungi
• Bryology = Study of Bryophytes
• Pteridology = Study of Pteridophytes
• Bacteriology = Study of Bacteria
• Virology = Study of Viruses
• Pomology = Study of fruits yielding plants
• Palynology = Study of Study of pollen grain
• Anthology = Study of flower
• Agrostology = Study of grasses & lawns
• Dendrology or Xylology = Study of shrubs & tree
• Dendrochronology = Determination of age of the trees by counting annual rings
• Exobiology = Study of living organism outer space
• Edaphology or pedology = Study of fossils
• Ethanobotany = Study of plants of tribal or primitive people use or relationship between humans & plants
• Biochemistry = Branch deal with chemical nature & chemical behavior of living matter
• Biophysics = Principles of physics applied to biology
• Biometrics = Applying principles of mathematics and statistics to biological data
• Lichenology = Study of lichen
• Microbiology = Study of microscopic organism
• Phenology = Study of seasonal changes in plants
• Photobiology = Study of light effect on living organism
• Serology = Study of serum & antigen-antibody interactions
• Spermology = Study of seeds
• Toxicology = Toxins production & their effects
• Trophology = Study of nutrient
• Xylotomy = Study of wood or xylem vessels
• Plant Pathology or phytopathology  = Study of plant disease, their cause, symptoms & methods of control
• Agronomy = Dealing with cultivation of field crops for food & industry
• Silviculture or foresty = study & utilization of forests & forest product for economic purposes
• Pharmacology = Study of Action of drugs
• Bonsai = Art of growing dwarf plant
• Topiary = Art of pruning plants so as to obtained desired shape
• Bioinformatics = Union of computer & biotechnology science
• Micropropagation = In vitro production of large number of plantlets in short duration
• Aerobiology = Study of organism present in air
• Actinobiology = Study of radiation on living being
• Karyology = Sudy of nucleus
• Molecular biology = Study of physiochemical organization of biomolecules
• Limnology = Study of freshwater ecology
• Oncology = Study of tumor
• Parasitology = Study of Parasitism
• Teratology = Study of abnormal embryonic development
• Gerontology = Study of process of ageing
• Auxanology = Study of growth.
• Ethology – the study of animal behavior.
• Entomology – the study of insects.
• Herpetology – the study of reptiles and amphibians.
• Ichthyology – the study of fish.
• Mammalogy – the study of mammals