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** [[Photosynthesis]], the process that turns [[carbon dioxide]] from the air into [[food]] using [[sunlight]]
** [[Photosynthesis]], the process that turns [[carbon dioxide]] from the air into [[food]] using [[sunlight]]
** [[Apoptosis]], what makes a [[cell]] "decide" to die. This study area has been important for [[cancer]] research.
** [[Apoptosis]], what makes a [[cell]] "decide" to die. This study area has been important for [[cancer]] research.
== Notable botanists ==
* [[Julien Reverchon]]
== Botanist Media ==
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File:Myris fragr Fr 080112-3294 ltn.jpg|The fruit of ''[[Myristica fragrans]]'', a species native to [[Indonesia]], is the source of two valuable spices, the red aril ([[mace (spice)|mace]]) enclosing the dark brown [[nutmeg]].
File:Cork Micrographia Hooke.png|An engraving of the cells of [[Cork oak|cork]], from [[Robert Hooke]]'s ''[[Micrographia]]'', 1665
File:Echeveria glauca II.jpg|''Echeveria glauca'' in a Connecticut greenhouse. Botany uses Latin names for identification; here, the specific name ''glauca'' means blue.
File:ETH-BIB-Kurs in Alpenbotanik-Ans 08784-01-031.tif|Class of alpine botany in Switzerland, 1936
File:Apfe-auf-Naehrboden.jpg|Micropropagation of transgenic plants
File:Neuchâtel Herbarium - Athyrium filix-femina - NEU000003080.tif|Botany involves the recording and description of plants, such as this herbarium specimen of the lady fern ''[[Athyrium filix-femina]]''.
File:Brown rice.jpg|The food we eat comes directly or indirectly from plants such as rice.
File:Chromatography.jpg|Example of paper chromatography of chlorophyll (extracted by spinach leaves) with organic solvent
File:Medicago italica root nodules 2.JPG|The [[root nodule|nodules]] of ''[[Medicago italica]]'' contain the [[nitrogen fixation|nitrogen fixing]] bacterium ''[[Sinorhizobium meliloti]]''. The plant provides the bacteria with nutrients and an [[hypoxia (environmental)|anaerobic]] environment, and the bacteria [[nitrogen fixation|fix nitrogen]] for the plant.{{sfn|Campbell|Reece|Urry|Cain|2008|p=794}}
File:Venus Fly Trap Eating Compilation Scott's Revenge On The Caterpillars.ogv|Venus's fly trap, ''Dionaea muscipula'', showing the touch-sensitive insect trap in action
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