Background Floral scent is one of the important strategies for ensuring fertilization and for
determining seed or fruit set. Research on plant scents has hampered mainly by the …

Floral scent plays a crucial role in the reproductive process of many plants. Humans have
been fascinated by floral scents throughout history, and have transported and traded floral …

The fragrance of Clarkia breweri (Onagraceae), a California annual plant, includes three
benzenoid esters: benzylacetate, benzylbenzoate, and methylsalicylate. Here we report that …

We used arrays of artificial flowers with and without fragrance to determine the importance of
olfactory and visual cues in attracting insects to a floral mimic. The mimic is a fungus …

Many plants synthesize the volatile phenylpropene compounds eugenol and isoeugenol to
serve in defense against herbivores and pathogens and to attract pollinators. Clarkia …

Previous studies have shown diurnal oscillation of scent emission in rose flowers with a
peak during the day (Helsper in Planta 207: 88–95, 1998; Picone in Planta 219: 468–478 …

Floral displays constitute signals conveyed to potential pollinators by pigments and
fragrance compounds, which are secondary metabolites biosynthesized through a limited …

Terpenoids, one of the most important plant volatiles, mediate the communication between
plants and pollinators, herbivores as well as pathogens. Recently, researchers have shown …

Benzenoid and terpenoid volatiles are the major compounds contributing to the unique floral
scent of Jasminum auriculatum. Biosynthesis and emission of specialized scent metabolites …

Electroantennograms (EAGs) from field‐collected male Sphinx perelegans hawkmoths were
recorded in response to 10 individual floral scent compounds identified from Clarkia breweri …