Plant Science, like the biological sciences in general, hasundergone seismic shifts in the last thirty or so years. Of coursescience is always changing and metamorphosing, but these shiftshave meant that modern plant science has moved away from itsprevious more agricultural and botanical context, to become a corebiological discipline in its own right. However the sheer amount ofinformation that is accumulating about plant science, and thedifficulty of grasping it all, understanding it and evaluating itintelligently, has never been harder for the new generation ofplant scientists or, for that matter, established scientists. Andthat is precisely why this Handbook of Plant Science hasbeen put together.  Discover modern, molecular plant sciences as they linktraditional disciplines! Derived from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of LifeSciences! Thorough reference of up-to-the minute, reliable,self-contained, peer-reviewed articles ? cross-referencedthroughout! Contains 255 articles and 48 full-colour pages, written bytop scientists in each field! The Handbook of Plant Science is an authoritative sourceof up-to-date, practical information for all teachers, students andresearchers working in the field of plant science, botany, plantbiotechnology, agriculture and horticulture.