Elucidating the Metabolism of Plant Terpene Volatiles: Alternative Tools for Engineering Plant Defenses?

摘要: Plants produce a diversity of volatile organic compounds that have important ecological functions. When emitted from plants upon herbivore damage, volatiles serve as direct defense or attract natural enemies herbivores, response known “indirect defense.” Terpene metabolites constitute predominant group plant with recognized function in defense. The possibility developing alternative pest control strategies based on these defenses has fueled novel attempts to metabolically engineer emissions and enhance their effectiveness We address recent advances this area an emphasis homoterpene volatiles. show the Arabidopsis model serves resource, which provides molecular genetic tools investigate manipulate biosynthesis terpenes, especially homoterpenes, decipher roles responses.