Plant Volatiles and Plant Communication: Science Online Special Collection

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This week on the Science Web sites, a special collection of articles explores the complex and fascinating cloud of volatile compounds with which plant communicate with the outside world. Reviews and Perspectives in Science delve into the evolution, function, and biochemistry of plant volatiles, and the complex volatile signaling implicit in everything from a glass of wine to a ripe tomato. (An audio interview with one of the Review authors is featured on the 10 February Science Podcast.) A set of features and a Teaching Resource on the Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment examine additional aspects of plant signaling on the molecular level. The Science of Aging Knowledge Environment looks into the nature of age-related olfactory loss. And ScienceCareers.org offers a special set of articles on careers in plant science.

In Science

INTRODUCTION

The Invisible Bouquet: P. J. Hines

PERSPECTIVES

The Molecular Basis for Wine Grape Quality -- A Volatile Subject: S. T. Lund and J. Bohlmann
Flowers and Fungi Use Scents to Mimic Each Other: R. Kaiser

REVIEWS

Biosynthesis of Plant Volatiles: Nature's Diversity and Ingenuity: E. Pichersky, J. P. Noel, N. Dudareva
Volatile Signaling in Plant-Plant Interactions: "Talking Trees" in the Genomics Era: I. T. Baldwin, R. Halitschke, A. Paschold, C. C. von Dahl, C. A. Preston
Plant Volatile Compounds: Sensory Cues for Health and Nutritional Value?: S. A. Goff and H. J. Klee

In Science's Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment

EDITORIAL GUIDE

Focus Issue -- Plant Communication: N. R. Gough
Plants use both volatile and soluble signals for internal and external communication.

PERSPECTIVE

How Sensitive Is a Nose?: R. G. Vogt
Molecular insight into vertebrate odor perception may also provide insight into the evolution of olfactory sensitivity.

TEACHING RESOURCE

Model of the TIR1 Pathway for Auxin-Mediated Gene Expression: M. Laskowski
The auxin receptor TIR1 stimulates degradation of Aux/IAA proteins to alleviate transcriptional repression.

CONNECTIONS MAP OVERVIEWS

Arabidopsis Jasmonate Signaling Pathway: A. Gfeller, R. Liechti, E. E. Farmer
The response to jasmonate involves large-scale transcriptional reprogramming to regulate plant defense and male fertility.
Jasmonate Signaling Pathway: R. Liechti, A. Gfeller, E. E. Farmer
Jasmonates mediate many of plants' transcriptional responses to wounding and pathogenesis.
Jasmonate Biochemical Pathway: R. Liechti and E. E. Farmer
Jasmonate Biochemical Pathway

In Science's Science of Aging Knowledge Environment

PERSPECTIVE

Olfactory Loss in Aging: N. E. Rawson
Why does perception of volatile stimuli decline with age?

In ScienceCareers.org

FEATURE INDEX

Fruitful Pursuits -- Plant Science Research Careers: C. Taylor
Young plant biologists talk about what makes them thrive.

ARTICLES

UK: Plant Science -- Success in Symbiosis: M. Mertl
Giles Oldroyd explains his work on complex symbiotic interactions.
Canada: The Greener Side of Math -- A Statistician in the Plant Science World: A. Fazekas
Pierre Dutilleul is building bridges between math and plant science.

MiSciNet: Plant Science -- A Minority Perspective: R. Arnette
Two plant scientists of color share their perspectives.
US: Plant Science -- Model Builder: J. Kling
How do plants that survive in total darkness respond to excess light?
US: Plant Science -- The Big Picture: C. Parks
One scientist is drawing a picture of how chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved.