Plant Biochemistry

The biochemistry and structural biology of plant cell wall deconstruction.

Editorial: International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO) World Congress 2014

1 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physical Biosciences Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2 Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 3 Agricultural and Plant Biochemistry and Proteomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universit...

Editorial: Frontiers of Sulfur Metabolism in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Response

1 Botanical Institute and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Department of Botany, Raja Peary Mohan College, University of Calcutta, Uttarpara, India, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department o...

Soil Biochemistry

Soil biochemistry is one of the branches of soil science dealing with the formation and decomposition of soil organic matter, biochemical reactions of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, metals and xenobiotics in soils, and biochemistry of the plant-root rhizosphere. This chapter is divided into eleven sections, the first of which provides a definition of soil biochemistry and its scope of in...

Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using plant extract: Mini-review

In this review, we examine the greenest nanoparticles of zero-valent metals, metal oxides and metal salts, with emphasis on recent developments routes. Products from nature or those derived from natural products, such as extracts of several plants or parts of plants, tea, coffee, banana, simple amino acids, as well as wine, table sugar and glucose, have been used as reductants and as capping ag...

Plant science called up to provide food security

The fundamental understanding of plant biochemistry, physiology and genetics, along with insights into ecology, plant evolution and the domestication of common crop species will have to serve agricultural applications to ensure that the growing population of our rapidly changing planet will have sufficient food in the coming decades. Michael Gross reports.