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Plants produce volatile compounds for communication within the environment. They play essential roles in pollinator and seed-disperser attraction, defense against pathogens, signaling, and stress response. With contributions from distinguished leading scientists in the field, this book provides up-to-date accomplishments in floral scent research.
List of contents
Part 1: Chemistry of plant volatiles 1. Practical approaches to plant volatile collection and analysis 2. Analysis of internal pools of plant volatiles 3. Bioassay-guided semiochemical discovery in volatile-mediated specialized plant-pollinator interactions with a practical guide to fast-track progress 4. The Chemical diversity of floral scent 5. Vegetative and fruit volatiles for human consumption Part 2: Biochemistry, molecular biology, and evolution of plant volatiles 6. The role of transcriptome analysis in shaping the discovery of plant volatile genes: past, present, and future 7. Flux distribution dynamics at the interface of central carbon metabolism and terpenoid volatile formation 8. Floral scent metabolic pathways and their regulation 9. Biosynthesis and regulation of vegetative plant volatiles 10. Biosynthesis and regulation of fruit volatiles 11. Biosynthesis and regulation of below-ground signaling molecules 12. Evolution of scent genes 13. Volatiles in glands 14. Emission and perception of plant volatiles Part 3: Plant-plant, plant-insect and plant-microbial interactions 15. Floral volatiles for pollinator attraction and speciation in sexually deceptive orchids 16. Behavioral responses to floral scent: experimental manipulations and multimodal plant-pollinator communication 17. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles as a source of information in plant-insect networks 18. Belowground plant volatiles: plant-plant, plant-herbivore and plant-microbial interactions 19. Tree volatiles: effects of biotic and abiotic factors on emission and biological roles Part 4: Commercial Aspects of Plant Volatiles 20. Metabolic engineering of plant volatiles: floral scent, flavors, defense
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Eran Pichersky, Natalia Dudareva
Summary
Plants produce volatile compounds for communication within the environment. They play essential roles in pollinator and seed-disperser attraction, defense against pathogens, signaling, and stress response. With contributions from distinguished leading scientists in the field, this book provides up-to-date accomplishments in floral scent research.
