Tag Archives: isoprene
New paper published – Disproportionate photosynthetic decline and inverse relationship between constitutive and induced volatile emissions upon feeding of Quercus robur leaves by large larvae of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
Text by Lauri Laanisto Another paper by Ülo´s former postdoc Lucian, who does a lot of small experiments, where they measure all sorts of factors that could affect organic volatile emissions in plants. This time the focus is on the … Continue reading
New publication – Spectacular oscillations in plant isoprene emission explain the enigmatic CO2 response
Text by Lauri Laanisto Well, I do love a paper which says both spectacular and enigmatic in its title! That should be quite a hook for news agencies? Ok. As the one sentence summary says: Oscillations in isoprene emission demonstrate … Continue reading
New paper out – Scaling of photosynthesis and constitutive and induced volatile emissions with severity of leaf infection by rust fungus (Melampsora larici-populina) in Populus balsamifera var. suaveolens
Text by Lauri Laanisto In addition to the role of abiotic stress in regulating the emissions of volatile organic compunds in plants, members of our lab also study biotic stress factors. For example leaf fungi. This is just one little … Continue reading
Musings – cultural VOCs and global isoprene patterns
Text by Lauri Laanisto Measuring volatile organic compounds (VOC), finding their pathways and translating the signals behind them is one of the main focus of our work group. Among the most common VOCs is isoprene, which, when emitted to atmosphere, … Continue reading
New paper published – Acclimation of isoprene emission and photosynthesis to growth temperature in hybrid aspen: resolving structural and physiological controls
Text by Lauri Laanisto First of all a quote from Ülo: “Isoprenoids constitute a versatile pathway of compounds that play major roles as integral components of foliage photosynthetic apparatus..”. It´s from a previous blog post about the hybrid aspen´s isoprenoid-related … Continue reading
ENVIRON PhD seminar on 10th of September
All are invited to our first seminar on this academic year: on 10th of September, at 13.00 – 13:45, in the room 2C5, Metsamaja, Kreutzwaldi 5 (entrance in D-corpus, II floor). Our exchange PhD-students, Sabrina Garcia and Vinicius Fernandes de … Continue reading
