ReviewAnnals of botany2008
Isoprene emission from plants: why and how.
Review in Annals of botany, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 173 papers.
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- Diurnal Variations in Photochemical Energy Utilization and Osmotic Adjustments in Black Poplar Leaves Under Progressive Water Stress.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Tree selection in urban greening shapes air quality for global cities.Science advances · 2026Article
- How isoprene connects plants to global climate.Nature chemistry · 2026Article
- Coupling of high-resolution mass spectrometer and photosynthesis system for comprehensive leaf volatile metabolite profiling.Plant methods · 2026Article
- Structural diversity of isoprene synthases in mosses from multiple terpenoid synthase lineages.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of Isoprene Decoupling in Poplar: Precursor Dynamics and VOC Fluxes Under Acute Thermal Exposure and Elevated COPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Shaping the Plant Specialized Metabolites Through Modern Breeding Technique.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Review
- Role of Biologically Active Compounds of Plants in Improving Their Self-Resistance to Adverse Abiotic Factors.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2026Review
- Biogenic volatile organic compound emission characteristics of dominant tree species in temperate broad-leaved Korean pine forests in Northeast China.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Divergence in isoprenoid emissions among subtropical broadleaf trees: linking photosynthesis, leaf economics, and volatile defense for forest management.Forestry research · 2026Article
- Volatile Organic Compound Emissions FromEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Cryptic isoprene emission of soybeans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Identifying and quantifying membrane interactions of the protein human cis-prenyltransferase.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025Article
- Isoprene Production by Sphagnum Moss Is Balanced by Microbial Uptake, as Revealed by Selective Inhibitors.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- A Review of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds from Plants: Research Progress and Future Prospects.Toxics · 2025Review
- Isoprene deters insect herbivory by priming plant hormone responses.Science advances · 2025Article
- Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Tire Wear Particles (TWPs) in Road Dust Using a Novel Mode of Operation of TGA-GC/MS.Environmental science & technology letters · 2025Article
- Biodegradation of isoprene by soil Actinomycetota from coffee-tea integrated plantations in a tropical evergreen forest.Current research in microbial sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSome, but not all, plants emit isoprene. Emission of the related monoterpenes is more universal among plants, but the amount of isoprene emitted from plants dominates the biosphere-atmosphere hydrocarbon exchange. SCOPE: The emission of isoprene from plants affects atmospheric chemistry. Isoprene reacts very rapidly with hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere making hydroperoxides that can enhance ozone formation. Aerosol formation in the atmosphere may also be influenced by biogenic isoprene. Plants that emit isoprene are better able to tolerate sunlight-induced rapid heating of leaves (heat flecks). They also tolerate ozone and other reactive oxygen species better than non-emitting plants. Expression of the isoprene synthase gene can account for control of isoprene emission capacity as leaves expand. The emission capacity of fully expanded leaves varies through the season but the biochemical control of capacity of mature leaves appears to be at several different points in isoprene metabolism.
conclusionsThe capacity for isoprene emission evolved many times in plants, probably as a mechanism for coping with heat flecks. It also confers tolerance of reactive oxygen species. It is an example of isoprenoids enhancing membrane function, although the mechanism is likely to be different from that of sterols. Understanding the regulation of isoprene emission is advancing rapidly now that the pathway that provides the substrate is known.
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