People who study plants are called botanists.

研究植的被叫作植。

Botany is the scientific study of plants.

植是研究植的科。

So botany is the study of plant life, and zoology is the study of animal life.

botany是研究植的科，zoology是研究动的科。

But we're still figuring out whether plants react to the vibrations of sounds.

但我们仍在研究植是否会对声音的振动做出反应。

Well, botanists have a number of tools at their disposal to help them study plant evolution.

植有很多工具可以帮助他们研究植的进化。

That's Dr. Martha Weiss, a biologist and professor at Georgetown University, who studies plant-insect interactions.

乔敦大的生和教授玛莎·魏斯博士，她研究植与昆虫的相互作用。

But the idea of doing botany in a public house was utterly disgraceful and horrifying to the elite classes.

但是在公共场所研究植的想法对于精英阶层来说完全是可耻和恐怖的。

How do you spend forty-two years on one species of plant? I asked.

“怎么研究一种植要花42年？”我问。

The plants we study don't have to be alive to give us clues, either.

我们研究的植也不一定是活的才能给我们线索。

Those whose specialty is plants define a berry as a simple, fleshy fruit with a thin wall and many seeds.

专门研究植的将浆果定义为皮薄多籽而果肉丰富的单一果类。

As Luther Burbank grew older, he began to work very carefully with all kinds of plants.

路德·伯班克长大以后，他开始潜心研究各种植。

It's the science of plants' structure and their function, the way their parts work and how their genetic traits pass on.

这是一门研究植结构和功能的科，研究植各部分的工作方式，以及它们的基因特征是如何传递的。

Gert Kema is a plant scientist who studies bananas.

格特·凯玛是一位研究香蕉的植科。

People have been studying plants and even coffee for several decades now.

几十年来，们一直在研究植甚至咖啡。

Recent studies have found positive effects.

最近的研究发现了植起到的积极作用。

Scientists says a general lack of interest in plants creates problems.

缺乏对植的研究兴趣是主要原因。

The study is in the journal Trends in Plant Science.

这项研究发表在《植科趋势》期刊上。

The research is in the journal Trends in Plant Science.

这项研究发表在《植科趋势》期刊上。

Some biologists study plants and other biologists study animals.

一些生研究植，另一些生研究动。

And plant ecology, or the study of relationships among plants, organisms, and their environments, is a huge field.

植生态——或者说研究植、生及其环境之间的关系——是一个巨大的领域。