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Distribution and Differential Expression of (E)-4,8-Dimethyl-1,3,7-Nonatriene in Leaf and Floral Volatiles of Magnolia and Liriodendron Taxa

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Analyses of volatiles emitted from artificially damaged leaves attached to branches of seven Magnolia taxa revealed the presence of (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (Z)-3-hexenol (the green odor compounds), and several mono- and sesquiterpenes, e.g., (Z)- and (E)-β-ocimene and caryophyllene. An herbivore-induced leaf volatile, (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene, known as a predator attractant in agricultural plants, was emitted 4–6 hr after leaves were damaged in M. hypoleuca. The damaged leaves of M. grandiflora, however, immediately released (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene. Undamaged leaves of Magnolia species examined did not emit volatile compounds. In addition, detached flowers of six Magnolia taxa and Liriodendron tulipifera also emit (E)-4,8-dimemyl-1,3,7-nonatriene as a floral volatile (up to 30% in some species); the chemical was also emitted from the intact flowers of M. heptapeta and M. salicifolia.

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    Hiroshi Azuma & Shoichi Kawano

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    Leonard B. Thien

  3. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, 770, Japan

    Masao Toyota & Yoshinori Asakawa

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Azuma, H., Thien, L.B., Toyota, M. et al. Distribution and Differential Expression of (E)-4,8-Dimethyl-1,3,7-Nonatriene in Leaf and Floral Volatiles of Magnolia and Liriodendron Taxa. J Chem Ecol 23, 2467–2478 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000006660.84363.1b

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