Botany: A Blooming History — Season 1, Episode 3: Hidden World
Documentary • 59 min • 1 season, 3 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
For 10,000 years or more, humans created new plant varieties for food by trial and error and a touch of serendipity. Then 150 years ago, a new era began. Pioneer botanists unlocked the patterns found in different types of plants and opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics.
About Botany: A Blooming History
Series which tells the story of how people came to understand the natural order of the plant world, and how the quest to discover how plants grow uncovered the secret to life on the planet.