Plant-Mediated Volatile Emissions upon Abiotic Stress in Forests: Relationships with Photosynthetic Traits
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecophysiology and Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2023) | Viewed by 249
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant environmental stress physiology; plant ecophysiology; chemical ecology
Interests: ornamental horticulture; floral scent; volatile organic compounds; terpene; stress-induced volatile
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the 1960s, the observation of blue haze and tropospheric ozone pollution in many forested regions prompted plant scientists to think about plant emissions, and how these emissions influence the chemistry and dynamics of our atmosphere. These objectives and the relevant scientific studies eventually led to the birth of the interdisciplinary research field of plant volatiles or biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) in the biosphere–atmosphere component of the Earth system. Previously, plant physiologists speculated that certain volatile organic compounds released from plants primarily contributed to the formation of blue haze in the atmosphere. Since then, they went on to explore how individual and groups of plant volatiles influence the Earth’s atmospheric chemistry and dynamics, and the relationship between plant BVOC emissions and photosynthesis. As the substrates for the biosynthesis of certain BVOCs are provided by photosynthesis, there is also a strong relationship between some BVOC emissions and photosynthesis. Nowadays, it widely accepted that plant BVOC emissions significantly contribute to the changes in atmospheric chemistry and dynamics. Besides strong constitutive BVOC emission from forest plant species, several abiotic stresses such as heat, drought, and cold stresses, substantially induce the emission of BVOCs from many forest species, previously categorized as non-emitters. This indicates that there is still a lack of knowledge on how BVOCs are regulated by abiotic stresses and this makes our current BVOC models and inventories relatively less predictive. Therefore, this Special Issue will highlight the recent advances and cutting-edge research trends on plant volatiles released from forest species upon different abiotic stresses, and the relationship between photosynthesis and BVOC emissions. We invite review and research papers on all related topics, with particular attention focused on the following:
1. The emission of BVOC from forest plant species upon different abiotic stresses, and the underlying mechanisms responsible for the emission responses.
2. The emission of BVOCs from forest plant species and the relationship between photosynthetic traits and the emission responses.
Dr. Arooran Kanagendran
Dr. Yifan Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- BVOCs
- abiotic stress
- photosynthesis
- terpenoids
- atmospheric chemistry
