Plant Biochemistry provides students and researchers in the plant sciences with a concise, Up- to-date account of the biochemical basic of the major metabolic processes in plants, written by experts in the field.

The coverage of the subject is divided into four sections:

·         The plant cell – describing both molecular components and function.

·         Primary metabolism – including the pathways of carbohydrates, lipid, nitrogen, nucleic acid and metabolism as well as gene regulation.

·         Special metabolism – chapters on phenolics, isoprenoids and d secondary nitrogen compounds.

·         The plant and the environment – discussions of pathology, ecology and biotechnology at the molecular level.