The course covers the synthesis, storage and functional properties of the primary plant products. The focus is mainly on photosynthesis; the chloroplast structure, the light harvesting systems of Photosystem I & Photosystem II, cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphrylation for the synthesis of ATP and reducing equivalents, the fixation of carbon dioxide in the Calvin Benson cycle of Carbon-3 & Carbon-4 plants. Other topics include the role of RUBISCO in Calvin cycle, the regulation of sucrose and starch synthesis, the synthesis of structural molecules such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, pectins and lipids, glucose synthesis and its effect on glycolysis, Krebs cycle and gluconeogenesis in plant. Mineral and nitrogen metabolism will also be discussed.