Plant Volatile Organic Compounds: Revealing the Hidden Interactions

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植物挥发性有机化合物：揭示隐藏的相互作用

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Plant-Basel 期刊

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https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/4/507

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茶学研究专题

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学术文献

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英语

原文发布日期：

2025-02-07

摘要：

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), classified as secondary or specialized metabolites, are essential for plant health. Plant volatiles are intricate, multi-faceted signals frequently utilized by pollinators alongside other cues, such as color. Although the entire plant, from roots to seeds to stems to leaves and fruits, produces VOCs, the flowers release the most significant quantity and number of these compounds.  Scent is a powerful tool for floral visitors. They can use it to gauge the quantity of reward in flowers, identify which flowers to visit, or send signals chemically similar to those pollinating insects employed in other environments. Plants emit VOCs subterraneously to sense their surrounding community, strategize for or evade competition with adjoining flora, and serve as alert signals to proximate plants under specific circumstances. Furthermore, climate change (e.g., increased temperatures, drought stress, raised CO2, and O3) has significantly affected plant quality and the interactions between plants and their environment, both subterranean and aerial. There is still much mystery surrounding the functions of these compounds in plant interactions, biotic stress, and abiotic stress. Several reviews and research articles in this Special Issue focused on the function of plant volatiles in different plant and human lifecycles.