This comprehensive reference covers the basic knowledge of the regulation of biosynthesis of various amino acids in plants and the application of this knowledge to the discovery of novel inhibitors of amino acid biosynthesis and for enhancing the nutritional value of plant products. With over 3100 references, tables, and drawings, Plant Amino Acids is suitable for plant physiologists; biochemists and molecular biologists; plant breeders; soil and crop scientists; agricultural engineers; agronomists and agrobiologists; biotechnologists; weed scientists; phytochemists; nutritionists; and undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.