| Title: | Improving our chemistry: challenges and opportunities in the interdisciplinary study of floral volatiles |
| Author(s): | Raguso RA; Thompson JN; Campbell DR; |
| Address: | "Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, 215 Tower Road, Ithaca, 14853, NY, USA. rar229@cornell.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1460-4752 (Electronic) 0265-0568 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The field of chemical ecology was established, in large part, through collaborative studies between biologists and chemists with common interests in the mechanisms that mediate chemical communication in ecological and evolutionary contexts. Pollination is one highly diverse and important category of such interactions, and there is growing evidence that floral volatiles play important roles in mediating pollinator behaviour and its consequences for plant reproductive ecology and evolution. Here we outline next-generation questions emerging in the study of plants and pollinators, and discuss the potential for strengthening collaboration between biologists and chemists in answering such questions" |
| Keywords: | Biological Evolution Ecology Flowers/*physiology Interdisciplinary Studies Molecular Structure Plants/chemistry Pollination/*physiology Reproduction *Volatile Organic Compounds; |
| Notes: | "MedlineRaguso, R A Thompson, J N Campbell, D R eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Review England 2015/04/18 Nat Prod Rep. 2015 Jul; 32(7):893-903. doi: 10.1039/c4np00159a" |
