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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/45961| Title: | Understanding plant volatiles for environmental awareness : chemical composition in response to natural light cycles and wounding |
| Authors: | Whitecloud, Simone S. VerMeulen, Holly H. Lichtner, Franz J. Podpora, Nadia A. Cooke, Timothy J. Williams, Christopher R. Musty, Michael. MacAllister, Irene E. Dorvee, Jason R. |
| Keywords: | Biosensor Environmental awareness Gases from plants--Detection; GC-FID Plants--Effect of stress on Plant volatiles TD-GC-MS Thermal desorption PoraPak Q |
| Publisher: | Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Report (Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC/CRREL TR-22-25 |
| Abstract: | Plants emit a bouquet of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in response to both biotic and abiotic stresses and, simultaneously, eavesdrop on emit-ted signals to activate direct and indirect defenses. By gaining even a slight insight into the semantics of interplant communications, a unique aware-ness of the operational environment may be obtainable (e.g., knowledge of a disturbance within). In this effort, we used five species of plants, Arabidopsis thaliana, Panicum virgatum, Festuca rubra, Tradescantia zebrina, and Achillea millefolium, to produce and query VOCs emitted in response to mechanical wounding and light cycles. These plants provide a basis for further investigation in this communication system as they span model organisms, common house plants, and Arctic plants. The VOC com-position was complex; our parameter filtering often enabled us to reduce the noise to fewer than 50 compounds emitted over minutes to hours in a day. We were able to detect and measure the plant response through two analytical methods. This report documents the methods used, the data collected, and the analyses performed on the VOCs to determine if they can be used to increase environmental awareness of the battlespace. |
| Description: | Technical Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | ERDC/CRREL TR-22-25 |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/45961 http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45961 |
| Size: | 53 pages / 2.03 MB |
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| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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