BVOCs and global change

• Published in: Trends in plant science Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 133 - 144
• Main Authors: Peñuelas, Josep, Staudt, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; chemical constituents of plants; chemistry; Climate Change; Continental interfaces, environment; Ecology, environment; Ecosystem; environmental factors; Environmental Sciences; global change; Humans; Life Sciences; metabolism; plant ecology; plant-water relations; Plants; Plants - chemistry; Plants - metabolism; Sciences of the Universe; soil-plant-atmosphere interactions; Symbiosis; volatile organic compounds; Volatile Organic Compounds - chemistry; Volatile Organic Compounds - metabolism

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) produced by plants are involved in plant growth, reproduction and defense. They are emitted from vegetation into the atmosphere and have significant effects on other organisms and on atmospheric chemistry and physics. Here, we review current knowledge on t...