Journal covers the following interest areas and sub-areas in plant science: plant cytology and histology plant anatomy and morphology systematics, taxonomy and classification plant physiology and ecophysiology plant genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry ecology and biogeography of plants phytocenology evolutionary biology, plant phylogeny and paleobotany plant diversity and conservation biology experimental and applied plant science: new methods in experimental botany; biology of medicinal plants; ethnobotany; biological effects of active substances from plants; phytomedicine; new plant products, active substances and secondary metabolites; plant drug development; agricultural plants; plants derived food; horticultural plants; phytopathology; plant biotechnology; interactions between plants and other organisms; the importance of plants in the environment; the use of plants in biological control; crop protection and pesticides