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

Pichersky, E.; Gershenzon, J.

doi:10.1016/S1369-5266(02)00251-0

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

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Gershenzon, J.
Department of Biochemistry, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society;

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Pichersky, E., & Gershenzon, J. (2002). The formation and function of plant volatiles: perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 5(3), 237-243. doi:10.1016/S1369-5266(02)00251-0.

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Abstract

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 common to almost all plants, others are specific to only one or a few related t