| Title: | Sexual and temporal variations in floral scent in the subdioecious shrub Eurya japonica Thunb |
| Author(s): | Wang H; Zheng P; Aoki D; Miyake T; Yagami S; Matsushita Y; Fukushima K; Nakagawa M; |
| Address: | School of Life Science Shandong University Jinan China. Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences Nagoya University Nagoya Japan. Structural Materials Research Institute National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Nagoya Japan. Faculty of Education Gifu University Gifu Japan |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2045-7758 (Print) 2045-7758 (Electronic) 2045-7758 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In many flowering plants, floral scents are a significant trait for visitors, playing an important role in attracting pollinators and/or detracting herbivores. The evolution of flowering plants from hermaphroditism to dioecy is often accompanied by sexual dimorphism in floral scent. In this study, floral scents emitted by different sexual morphs of the subdioecious shrub Eurya japonica Thunb. were collected using a dynamic headspace method, and sexual and temporal variations were evaluated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Two volatiles, alpha-pinene and linalool, were identified as the major components of floral scents in females, hermaphrodites, and males. The males emit higher amounts of floral scents, particularly alpha-pinene, compared to females or hermaphrodites. Floral scents emitted by males generally decrease as flowers enter senescence, whereas those from females or hermaphrodites do not significantly differ. Intraspecific variations in floral scents of subdioecious species provided by this study would contribute to better understanding of sexual dimorphism in floral scent" |
| Keywords: | Gc-ms dynamic headspace method floral scent sexual dimorphism subdioecious shrub; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEWang, Hui Zheng, Peiming Aoki, Dan Miyake, Takashi Yagami, Sachie Matsushita, Yasuyuki Fukushima, Kazuhiko Nakagawa, Michiko eng England 2018/09/27 Ecol Evol. 2018 Jul 22; 8(16):8266-8272. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4378. eCollection 2018 Aug" |
