Abstract
Plants have exploited the language of small chemicals for interacting with their environment more extensively than any other types of living organisms. An amazing diversity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by plants play essential roles in their reproduction, defense, and communication, and influence atmospheric chemistry and climate. Plant VOCs are also used by humans as flavors, fragrances, biofuels, insecticides and pharmaceuticals. To date, the chemistry of plant volatiles is well understood, however, little is known about the biosynthesis of this diverse group of compounds and their release from the cell to the atmosphere. Presented results will show how the integration of metabolic profiling, functional genomic approach, targeted metabolic engineering with metabolic flux analysis and modeling can provide a comprehensive understanding of the regulation of flux through VOC metabolic networks. This presentation will also cover different aspects of volatile emission: from function in protecting plant reproductive organs via natural fumigation to promoting stigma development and seed yield. This presentation will also discuss molecular mechanisms responsible for deploying VOC from plant cells into the atmosphere.Support or Funding InformationThis work was supported by Grant IOS‐16555438 from the National Science Foundation and by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hatch project 177845.This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2019 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal.
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