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Curr Opin Plant Biol

Title:		Many different flowers make a bouquet: Lessons from specialized metabolite diversity in plant-pollinator interactions
Author(s):		Wong DCJ; Pichersky E; Peakall R;
Address:		"Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Electronic address: darren.wong@anu.edu.au. Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia"
Journal Title:		Curr Opin Plant Biol
Year:		2023
Volume:		20230116
Issue:
Page Number:		102332 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102332
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-0356 (Electronic) 1369-5266 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Flowering plants have evolved extraordinarily diverse metabolites that underpin the floral visual and olfactory signals enabling plant-pollinator interactions. In some cases, these metabolites also provide unusual rewards that specific pollinators depend on. While some metabolites are shared by most flowering plants, many have evolved in restricted lineages in response to the specific selection pressures encountered within different niches. The latter are designated as specialized metabolites. Recent investigations continue to uncover a growing repertoire of unusual specialized metabolites. Increased accessibility to cutting-edge multi-omics technologies (e.g. genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome) is now opening new doors to simultaneously uncover the molecular basis of their synthesis and their evolution across diverse plant lineages. Drawing upon the recent literature, this perspective discusses these aspects and, where known, their ecological and evolutionary relevance. A primer on omics-guided approaches to discover the genetic and biochemical basis of functional specialized metabolites is also provided"
Keywords:		*Pollination/physiology Flowers/genetics Plants/genetics *Magnoliopsida Floral colour Floral reward Flower Molecular basis Omics Plant volatiles Pollination Specialized metabolites;
Notes:		"MedlineWong, Darren C J Pichersky, Eran Peakall, Rod eng Review England 2023/01/19 Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2023 Jun; 73:102332. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102332. Epub 2023 Jan 16"