Measuring volatile emissions from moss gametophytes: A review of methodologies and new applications

Mosses inhabit nearly all terrestrial ecosystems and engage in important interactions with nitrogen‐fixing microbes, sperm‐dispersing arthropods, and other plants. It is hypothesized that these interactions could be mediated by biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). Moss BVOCs may play fundame...

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Published in:Applications in plant sciences 2022-03, Vol.10 (2), p.e11468-n/a
Main Authors: Brennan, Danlyn L., Kollar, Leslie M., Kiel, Scott, Deakova, Timea, Laguerre, Aurélie, McDaniel, Stuart F., Eppley, Sarah M., Gall, Elliott T., Rosenstiel, Todd N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arthropods
Automation
biogenic volatile organic compounds
Biosphere
bryophytes
Chromatography
Design
Emissions
Females
Flowers & plants
Gametophytes
Gas detectors
GC‐RGD
GC‐ToF‐MS
Laboratories
Mosses
Organic compounds
Physiology
Plant sciences
PTR‐ToF‐MS
Review
Terrestrial ecosystems
VOCs
Volatile organic compounds
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Summary:Mosses inhabit nearly all terrestrial ecosystems and engage in important interactions with nitrogen‐fixing microbes, sperm‐dispersing arthropods, and other plants. It is hypothesized that these interactions could be mediated by biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). Moss BVOCs may play fundamental roles in influencing local ecologies, such as biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere communications, physiological and evolutionary dynamics, plant–microbe interactions, and gametophyte stress physiology. Further progress in quantifying the composition, magnitude, and variability of moss BVOC emissions, and their response to environmental drivers and metabolic requirements, is limited by methodological and analytical challenges. We review several sampling techniques with various analytical approaches and describe best practices in generating moss gametophyte BVOC measures. We emphasize the importance of characterizing the composition and magnitude of moss BVOC emissions across a variety of species to better inform and stimulate important cross‐disciplinary studies. We conclude by highlighting how current methods could be employed, as well as best practices for choosing methodologies.
ISSN:2168-0450
2168-0450
DOI:10.1002/aps3.11468