Ebook: Biology, Controls and Models of Tree Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane. Furthermore, condensation of photo-oxidation products of BVOCs leads to formation of secondary organic aerosols with profound implications for the earth's solar radiation budget and climate. Trees represent the plant life form that most contributes to BVOC emissions, which gives global forests a unique role in regulating atmospheric chemistry.
Written by leading experts in the field, the focus is on recent advancements in understanding the controls on plant-driven BVOC emissions, including efforts to quantitatively predict emissions using computer models, particularly on elicitation of emissions under biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular mechanisms of volatile synthesis and emission and the role of emissions in plant stress tolerance.

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The book deals with a highly relevant interdisciplinary topic: tree-atmosphere interactions. Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane. Furthermore, condensation of photo-oxidation products of BVOCs leads to formation of secondary organic aerosols with profound implications for the earth's solar radiation budget and climate. Trees represent the plant life form that most contributes to BVOC emissions, which gives global forests a unique role in regulating atmospheric chemistry.
This book, written by leading experts in the field, focuses on recent advancements in understanding the controls on plant-driven BVOC emissions, including efforts to quantitatively predict emissions using computer models. Particular emphasis is on elicitation of emissions under biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular mechanisms of volatile synthesis and emission and the role of emissions in plant stress tolerance. Potentials and limitations of genetic engineering of volatile emissions are also covered. This book addresses all biological scales of organization from molecules to globe and makes a major leap in summarizing and synthesizing the existing information.
The main goal of the book is to provide state-of-the-art summary of the exciting field of tree volatile emissions and offer a perspective for future investigations. The book is intended to serve as an invaluable resource for graduate students starting a thesis project on tree volatile emissions as well as serves as a contemporary source of reference for teachers, scientists and professional within and outside the exciting field of plant-driven volatile emissions.

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The book deals with a highly relevant interdisciplinary topic: tree-atmosphere interactions. Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane. Furthermore, condensation of photo-oxidation products of BVOCs leads to formation of secondary organic aerosols with profound implications for the earth's solar radiation budget and climate. Trees represent the plant life form that most contributes to BVOC emissions, which gives global forests a unique role in regulating atmospheric chemistry.
This book, written by leading experts in the field, focuses on recent advancements in understanding the controls on plant-driven BVOC emissions, including efforts to quantitatively predict emissions using computer models. Particular emphasis is on elicitation of emissions under biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular mechanisms of volatile synthesis and emission and the role of emissions in plant stress tolerance. Potentials and limitations of genetic engineering of volatile emissions are also covered. This book addresses all biological scales of organization from molecules to globe and makes a major leap in summarizing and synthesizing the existing information.
The main goal of the book is to provide state-of-the-art summary of the exciting field of tree volatile emissions and offer a perspective for future investigations. The book is intended to serve as an invaluable resource for graduate students starting a thesis project on tree volatile emissions as well as serves as a contemporary source of reference for teachers, scientists and professional within and outside the exciting field of plant-driven volatile emissions.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Diversification of Volatile Isoprenoid Emissions from Trees: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives....Pages 1-20
BVOC-Mediated Plant-Herbivore Interactions....Pages 21-46
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Volatile Messengers in Trees....Pages 47-93
Genetic Engineering of BVOC Emissions from Trees....Pages 95-118
Molecular and Pathway Controls on Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions....Pages 119-151
Metabolic and Gene Expression Controls on the Production of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds....Pages 153-179
The Roles of Stomatal Conductance and Compound Volatility in Controlling the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Leaves....Pages 181-208
The Role of Volatile Organic Compounds in Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses: Responses and Mechanisms....Pages 209-235
Flooding-Driven Emissions from Trees....Pages 237-252
Modification of BVOC Emissions by Changes in Atmospheric [CO2] and Air Pollution....Pages 253-284
Multitrophic Signalling in Polluted Atmospheres....Pages 285-314
Leaf-Level Models of Constitutive and Stress-Driven Volatile Organic Compound Emissions....Pages 315-355
Scaling BVOC Emissions from Leaf to Canopy and Landscape: How Different Are Predictions Based on Contrasting Emission Algorithms?....Pages 357-390
Upscaling Biogenic Volatile Compound Emissions from Leaves to Landscapes....Pages 391-414
Scaling Emissions from Agroforestry Plantations and Urban Habitats....Pages 415-450
Global Modelling of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions....Pages 451-487
Climate Feedbacks Linking the Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Concentration, BVOC Emissions, Aerosols and Clouds in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 489-508
State-of-the-Art of BVOC Research: What Do We Have and What Have We Missed? A Synthesis....Pages 509-528
Back Matter....Pages 529-547

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The book deals with a highly relevant interdisciplinary topic: tree-atmosphere interactions. Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane. Furthermore, condensation of photo-oxidation products of BVOCs leads to formation of secondary organic aerosols with profound implications for the earth's solar radiation budget and climate. Trees represent the plant life form that most contributes to BVOC emissions, which gives global forests a unique role in regulating atmospheric chemistry.
This book, written by leading experts in the field, focuses on recent advancements in understanding the controls on plant-driven BVOC emissions, including efforts to quantitatively predict emissions using computer models. Particular emphasis is on elicitation of emissions under biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular mechanisms of volatile synthesis and emission and the role of emissions in plant stress tolerance. Potentials and limitations of genetic engineering of volatile emissions are also covered. This book addresses all biological scales of organization from molecules to globe and makes a major leap in summarizing and synthesizing the existing information.
The main goal of the book is to provide state-of-the-art summary of the exciting field of tree volatile emissions and offer a perspective for future investigations. The book is intended to serve as an invaluable resource for graduate students starting a thesis project on tree volatile emissions as well as serves as a contemporary source of reference for teachers, scientists and professional within and outside the exciting field of plant-driven volatile emissions.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Diversification of Volatile Isoprenoid Emissions from Trees: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives....Pages 1-20
BVOC-Mediated Plant-Herbivore Interactions....Pages 21-46
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Volatile Messengers in Trees....Pages 47-93
Genetic Engineering of BVOC Emissions from Trees....Pages 95-118
Molecular and Pathway Controls on Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions....Pages 119-151
Metabolic and Gene Expression Controls on the Production of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds....Pages 153-179
The Roles of Stomatal Conductance and Compound Volatility in Controlling the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Leaves....Pages 181-208
The Role of Volatile Organic Compounds in Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses: Responses and Mechanisms....Pages 209-235
Flooding-Driven Emissions from Trees....Pages 237-252
Modification of BVOC Emissions by Changes in Atmospheric [CO2] and Air Pollution....Pages 253-284
Multitrophic Signalling in Polluted Atmospheres....Pages 285-314
Leaf-Level Models of Constitutive and Stress-Driven Volatile Organic Compound Emissions....Pages 315-355
Scaling BVOC Emissions from Leaf to Canopy and Landscape: How Different Are Predictions Based on Contrasting Emission Algorithms?....Pages 357-390
Upscaling Biogenic Volatile Compound Emissions from Leaves to Landscapes....Pages 391-414
Scaling Emissions from Agroforestry Plantations and Urban Habitats....Pages 415-450
Global Modelling of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions....Pages 451-487
Climate Feedbacks Linking the Increasing Atmospheric CO2 Concentration, BVOC Emissions, Aerosols and Clouds in Forest Ecosystems....Pages 489-508
State-of-the-Art of BVOC Research: What Do We Have and What Have We Missed? A Synthesis....Pages 509-528
Back Matter....Pages 529-547
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