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This book deals with the plant science with a concise, Up-to-date account of the biochemical basis of the major metabolic processes in plant, written by experts in the field. The coverage of the subject is divided into four sections:1. The plant cell-describing both molecular components and function. 2. Primary metabolism-including the pathways of carbohydrate, lipid, nitrogen, nucleic acid and protein metabolism as well as gene regulation. 3. Special metabolism-chapter on phenolics, isoprenoids and secondary nitrogen compounds. 4. The plant and the environment-discussion of pathology, ecology and biotechnology at the molecular level.