Die Unbedenklichkeit von Nahrungsmitteln und der Schutz der Umwelt haben nie eine größere Rolle gespielt als heute. Daher ist es unabdingbar, möglichst genau Bescheid zu wissen über die pflanzliche Verstoffwechslung von Agrarchemikalien sowie deren Überreste, die gegebenenfalls in der Pflanze verbleiben. Experten der agrarchemischen Industrie aus der ganzen Welt handeln primären Metabolismus, Pflanzenmetabolismus und gebundene Reste in diesem Buch umfassend und auf dem neuesten Stand ab.

Terry Roberts obtained his BSc in Chemistry and PhD at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He then went to Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio to do research in organic chemistry before taking a Research Associateship at the University of St Andrews. He joined Shell Research at Sittingbourne in 1969 to work on metabolism of pesticides in plants and soils, and subsequently took responsibility for metabolism, residues chemistry, environmental fate and ecotoxicology activities. In 1990 he joined Corning Hazleton Ltd and is currently Director of Agrochemical and Environmental Services. Terry Roberts is the author of many research papers and reviews on agrochemical environmental topics and of a book entitled Radiochromatography . He is a Fellow of the Society of Chemistry and Secretary to the Applied Chemistry Division of IUPAC. He has recently been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the new Wiley series on "Agrochemicals and Plant Protection".