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- Plant volatiles play a crucial role in tritrophic interactions by providing information to insects, but their reliability may be compromised during transport.
- A study utilizing a wind tunnel indicated that the amounts of volatiles collected near the source formed a rough cone shape and generally decreased with distance, causing differences in volatile profiles.
- Higher wind speeds improved the spatial consistency of volatile distribution, revealing that the ratios of compounds in odor plumes can vary significantly even over short distances.
Article Abstract
For plant volatiles to mediate interactions in tritrophic systems, they must convey accurate and reliable information to insects. However, it is unknown whether the ratio of compounds in plant volatile blends remains stable during wind transmission. In this study, volatiles released from an odor source were collected at different points in a wind tunnel and analyzed. The variation in the amounts of volatiles collected at different points formed a rough cone shape. The amounts of volatiles collected tended to decrease with increasing distance from the odor source. Principal component analyses showed that the volatile profiles were dissimilar among different collection points. The profiles of volatiles collected nearest the odor source were the most similar to the released odor. Higher wind speed resulted in a clearer spatial distribution of volatile compounds. Thus, variations in the ratios of compounds in odor plumes exist even during transport over short distances.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9007946 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09450-z | DOI Listing |
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