Lysenko thought that altering the surroundings in which plants grew could almost immediately create new species.
Propagation can be accomplished by methods in which plants are induced to regenerate missing parts, usually adventitious roots or shoots.
The herbals were replaced in the 17th-century by floras, books in which plants were studied for their own sake.
Known colloquially as "vertical" farming, the approach in which plants are grown in water instead of soil has grown significantly over the past 20 years.
Lear's bionic vegetables were botany's reductio ad absurdum, the last tarantellas of a century in which plants had been just about the most interesting things on the planet.
All of that bounty was grown without pesticides, part of a hydroponic system in which plants grow in water without using soil.
Layering, orlayerage, Method of propagation in which plants are induced to regenerate missing parts from parts that are still attached to the parent plant.
The ancient Greeks developed a classification about 300 bce in which plants were grouped according to their general form that is, as trees, shrubs, undershrubs, and vines.
Still, the case is likely to spur more concern about the technology in which plants are genetically engineered to produce enzymes to be used in manufacturing, human proteins or antibodies to be used as drugs.
This means conserving wild places, such as forests, in which plants and animals can thrive and evolve, as well as conservation by farmers through the cultivation of diverse breeds and plant varieties.
Dr. Hunter of Cornell envisions crops grown in hydroponic gardens, in which plants are suspended in troughs like rain gutters, and water and fertilizer are trickled slowly over their roots.
