The formation and function of plant volatiles: Perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-243

  Pichersky, Eran ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BENZOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TERPENES;

EID: 0036011085     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(02)00251-0     Document Type: Review

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