Dr. Hardev Ram
Botany
August 2022
The study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how they are influenced by seasonal and inter-annual changes in climate, as well as habitat factors, is known as phenology (such as altitude). What is the effect of air temperature on plants, especially on their flowering and fruiting. It will be studied. Phenology is a scientific discipline that is responsible for studying the effect of the environment on the life cycles, specific recurrent phenomena of plants and animals. All this is due to the production of substances called hormones. In addition to hormones, vitamins are also made in plants, which are equally necessary and beneficial for animals and humans. Plants also have mobility. They travel in the direction of light. Phenology study the dates by which the different stages of plant development begin. In this way, they are recorded in chronological order and observations are made to analyze interactions with other living beings.
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