Floral scent has an important role in the reproductive processes of many plants and a considerable economic value in guaranteeing yield and quality of many crops. It also enhances the aesthetic properties of ornamental plants and cut flowers. Many floral scent volatiles fall into the terpenoid or phenylpropanoid/benzenoid classes of compounds. Although the biochemistry of floral scent is still ...

GC-MS analyses of nocturnal and diurnal floral volatiles from nine tobacco species (Nicotiana; Solanaceae) resulted in the identification of 125 volatiles, including mono- and sesquiterpenoids, benzenoid and aliphatic alcohols, aldehydes and esters. Fragrance chemistry was species-specific during nocturnal emissions, whereas odors emitted diurnally were less distinct. All species emitted greate...

In plants, benzoic acid (BA) is believed to be synthesized from Phe through shortening of the propyl side chain by two carbons. It is hypothesized that this chain shortening occurs via either a beta-oxidative or non-beta-oxidative pathway. Previous in vivo isotope labeling and metabolic flux analysis of the benzenoid network in petunia (Petunia hybrida) flowers revealed that both pathways yield...

‎let $d_{n,m}=big[frac{2n+1-sqrt{17+8(m-n)}}{2}big]$ and‎ ‎$e_{n,m}$ be the graph obtained from a path‎ ‎$p_{d_{n,m}+1}=v_0v_1 cdots v_{d_{n,m}}$ by joining each vertex of‎ ‎$k_{n-d_{n,m}-1}$ to $v_{d_{n,m}}$ and $v_{d_{n,m}-1}$‎, ‎and by‎ ‎joining $m-n+1-{n-d_{n,m}choose 2}$ vertices of $k_{n-d_{n,m}-1}$‎ ‎to $v_{d_{n,m}-2}$‎. ‎zhang‎, ‎liu and zhou [on the maximal eccentric‎ ‎connectivity ind...