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Over the past decade, there has been a resurgence of interest in growing fruit and vegetables in the garden and on the allotment. Part of the driving force is an increased awareness of the health benefits that can be derived from fruit and vegetables. This book concludes with a section on further reading, a glossary of terms used in plant chemistry, and a list of the common fruit and vegetables grouped in their plant families. 300 pp.

This book will make fascinating reading for the chemist with an interest in gardening as well as the gardener with a general interest in the scientific processes involved in the garden.

The aim of this book is to describe some aspects of the chemistry and chemical ecology which are found in the garden. In the garden there are numerous interactions between plants, the soil and with other organisms in which chemistry plays a central mediating role. The discussion concerns several of the chemically and ecologically interesting compounds that are produced by common ornamental garden plants and vegetables and by the predators that...