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Dynamics of the enhanced emissions of monoterpenes and methyl salicylate, and decreased uptake of formaldehyde, by Quercus ilex leaves after application of jasmonic acid

TitleDynamics of the enhanced emissions of monoterpenes and methyl salicylate, and decreased uptake of formaldehyde, by Quercus ilex leaves after application of jasmonic acid
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2006
AuthorsFilella, I., Penuelas J., & Llusia J.
JournalNew Phytologist
Volume169
Pagination135-144
Accession Number16390425
KeywordsCarbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide: metabolism, Cyclopentanes, Cyclopentanes: pharmacology, Dehydration, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde: metabolism, jasmonic acid (JA), light, methyl salicylate, Monoterpenes, Monoterpenes: metabolism, net photosynthetic rates, Oxylipins, photosynthesis, Plant Leaves, Plant Leaves: drug effects, Plant Leaves: metabolism, Quercus, Quercus ilex (holm oak), Quercus: drug effects, Quercus: metabolism, Salicylates, Salicylates: metabolism, Stomatal conductance, Temperature, VOC (volatile organic compound)
Abstract

* • Jasmonic acid (JA) is a signalling compound with a key role in both stress and development in plants, and is reported to elicit the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Here we studied the dynamics of such emissions and the linkage with photosynthetic rates and stomatal conductance. * • We sprayed JA on leaves of the Mediterranean tree species Quercus ilex and measured the photosynthetic rates, stomatal conductances, and emissions and uptake of VOCs using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry and gas chromatography after a dark–light transition. * • Jasmonic acid treatment delayed the induction of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance by approx. 20 min, and decreased them 24 h after spraying. Indications were found of both stomatal and nonstomatal limitations of photosynthesis. Monoterpene emissions were enhanced (20–30%) after JA spraying. Jasmonic acid also increased methyl salicylate (MeSa) emissions (more than twofold) 1 h after treatment, although after 24 h this effect had disappeared. Formaldehyde foliar uptake decreased significantly 24 h after JA treatment. * • Both biotic and abiotic stresses can thus affect plant VOC emissions through their strong impact on JA levels. Jasmonic acid-mediated increases in monoterpene and MeSa emissions might have a protective role when confronting biotic and abiotic stresses.