Biology of floral scent [Libro electrónico] / edited by Natalia Dudareva, Eran Pichersky

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Chemistry of floral scent.. Detection and identification of floral scent compounds; Dorothea Tholl and Ursula S.R. Röse.. The Chemical Diversity of Floral Scent; Jette T. Knudsen and Jonathan Gershenzon.. Biochemistry and molecular biology of floral scent.. Floral scent metabolic pathways: Their regulation and evolution; Natalia Dudareva and Eran Pichersky.. Biosynthesis of volatile terpenes in the flowers of the model plant; Arabidopsis thaliana; Dorothea Tholl and Eran Pichersky.. An integrated genomics approach to identifying floral scent genes in rose; Alexander Vainstein, Efrain Lewinsohn, and David Weiss.. Cell biology and physiology of floral scent.. Localization of the synthesis and emission of scent compounds within the flower; Uta Effmert, Diana Buss, Diana Rohrbeck, and Birgit Piechulla.. Examination of the processes involved in the emission of scent volatiles from flowers; Reinhard Jetter.. Plant-insect interactions and pollination ecology.. Relationship between floral fragrance composition and type of pollinator; Heidi E.M. Dobson.. Floral scent and butterfly pollinators; Susanna Andersson.. Floral scent and pollinator attraction in sexually deceptive orchids; Manfred Ayasse.. Detection and coding of flower volatiles in nectar-foraging insects; Mikael A. Carlsson and Bill S. Hansson.. Learning-Based recognition and discrimination of floral odors; Brian H. Smith, Geraldine A. Wright, and Kevin C. Daly.. Behavioral responses to floral scent: Experimental manipulations and the interplay of sensory modalities; Robert A. Raguso.. Commercial aspects of floral scent.. Molecular engineering of floral scent; Joost Lücker, Harrie A. Verhoeven, Linus H.W. van der Plas, and Harro J. Bouwmeester

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As with nearly all living creatures, humans have always been attracted and intrigued by floral scents. Yet, while we have been manufacturing perfumes for at least 5000 years to serve a myriad of religious, sexual, and medicinal purposes, until very recently, the limitation of our olfactory faculty has greatly hindered our capacity to clearly and objectively measure scent. Today, thanks to advances in practical methodologies and affordable instrumentation, we are now able to collect, separate, and identify volatile compounds with aromatic impact. These advances are leading to much intensive investigation that has already resulted in many highly insightful and useful discoveries. Biology of Floral Scent provides the first comprehensive treatment of the biology of floral scents. It reviews the impressive research being done across several disciplines, incorporating molecular biology, enzymology, chemistry, entomology, genetic engineering, and functional genomics. Organized into a single volume for the first time, this landmark work covers every major aspect of floral scent research including. *Function and significance in the interactions between plants and pollinators. *Composition and enzymology. *Evolutionary aspects. *Commercial applications, including the use of recently identified scent genes to genetically engineer flowers to produce new scents. Meeting the needs of plant scientists, cell and molecular biologists, natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, and entomologists, as well as students in these fields, this work provides the background, findings, and insight that will stimulate new research to further advance an understanding of floral scent biology. eng

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