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Chapter 30, Problem 4DAA
Volatile Secondary Metabolites in Plant Stress Responses In 2007, researchers Casey Delphia, Mark Mescher, and Consuelo De Moraes (pictured at left) published a study on the production of different volatile chemicals by tobacco plants in response to predation by two types of insects: western flower thrips and tobacco budworms. Their results are shown in FIGURE 30.20.
| Volatile Compound Produced | Treatment | |||||
| C | T | W | WT | HV | HVT | |
| Myrcene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 |
| β-Ocimene | 0 | 433 | 15 | 121 | 4.299 | 5.315 |
| Linatod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 178 |
| indole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 142 |
| Nicotine | 0 | 0 | 233 | 160 | 390 | 538 |
| β-Etemene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 102 |
| β-Caryophyllene | 0 | 100 | 40 | 124 | 3.704 | 6.166 |
| α-Humutene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 209 |
| Sesquiterpene | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 268 |
| α-Farnesene | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 457 |
| Caryophyltene oxide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 166 |
| Total | 0 | 555 | 288 | 406 | 9.423 | 13.563 |
FIGURE 30.20 Volatile (airborne) compounds produced by tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum) in response to predation by Different inserts. Plants were untreated (C), attacked by thrips (T), mechanically wounded (W). mechanically wounded and attacked by thrips (WT), attacked by budworms (HVJ, or attacked by budworms and thrips (HVTJ. Values are nanograms/day.
4. Are any chemicals produced in response to predation by budworms, but not in response to predation by thrips?
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