Volatile compounds act as a language that plants use for their communication and
interaction with the surrounding environment. To date, a total of 1700 volatile compounds …

Plants synthesize and emit a large variety of volatile organic compounds with terpenoids
and fatty-acid derivatives the dominant classes. Whereas some volatiles are probably …

Flowers have a high risk of pathogen attack because of their rich nutrient and moisture
content, and high frequency of insect visitors. We investigated the role of (E)‐β …

The terpenoids constitute the largest family of natural products; over 22,000 individual
compounds of this class have been described (Connolly and Hill, 1991), and the number of …

The chemical composition of floral scents has been extensively investigated for hundreds of
years because of the commercial value of floral volatiles in perfumery. More recently, several …

For the past 40 years, the ecology and evolution of plant secondary metabolites have been
major foci of investigation. We use one class of secondary metabolites, the terpenes, as a …

Terpenoids are important for plant survival and also possess biological properties that are
beneficial to humans. Here, we describe the state of the art in terpenoid metabolic …

Flowers of Clarkia breweri, an annual plant from the coastal range of California, emit a
strong sweet scent of which S-linalool, an acyclic monoterpene, is a major component …

The literature is reviewed and new evidence presented that pollen produces odors, which
serve multiple functions in pollination and defense. Pollen odor, which originates from …

The aromas of fruits, vegetables, and flowers are mixtures of volatile metabolites, often
present in parts per billion levels or less. We show here that tomato (Lycopersicon …