ABSTRACT
Plant volatiles—compounds emitted from plant organs to interact with the surrounding environment—play essential roles in attracting pollinators and defending against herbivores and pathogenes, plant-plant signaling, and abiotic stress responses. Biology of Plant Volatiles, with contributions from leading international groups of distinguished scientists in the field, explores the major aspects of plant scent biology.
Responding to new developments in the detection of the complex compound structures of volatiles, this book details the composition and biosynthesis of plant volatiles and their mode of emission. It explains the function and significance of volatiles for plants as well as insects and microbes whose interactions with plants are affected by these compounds. The content also explores the biotechnological and commercial potential for the manipulation of plant volatiles.
Features:
- Combines widely scattered literature in a single volume for the first time, covering all important aspects of plant volatiles, from their chemical structures to their biosynthesis to their roles in the interactions of plants with their biotic and abiotic environment
- Takes an interdisciplinary approach, providing multilevel analysis from chemistry and genes to enzymology, cell biology, organismal biology and ecology
- Includes up-to-date methodologies in plant scent biology research, from molecular biology and enzymology to functional genomics
This book will be a touchstone for future research on the many applications of plant volatiles and is aimed at plant biologists, entomologists, evolutionary biologists and researchers in the horticulture and perfume industries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|95 pages
Chemistry of Plant Volatiles
section II|171 pages
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Evolution of Plant Volatiles
chapter 6|19 pages
The Role of Transcriptome Analysis in Shaping the Discovery of Plant Volatile Genes
section III|107 pages
Volatiles in Plant–Plant, Plant–Insect and Plant–Microbial Interactions
chapter 16|29 pages
Behavioral Responses to Floral Scent
chapter 18|14 pages
Belowground Plant Volatiles
chapter 19|15 pages
Tree Volatiles
section IV|27 pages
Genetic Improvements of Plant Volatiles