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Floral Volatiles in Parasitic Plants of the Orobanchaceae. Ecological and Taxonomic Implications

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2016
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Title
Floral Volatiles in Parasitic Plants of the Orobanchaceae. Ecological and Taxonomic Implications
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Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2016
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2016.00312
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Peter Tóth, Anna K. Undas, Francel Verstappen, Harro Bouwmeester

Abstract

The holoparasitic broomrapes, Orobanche spp. and Phelipanche spp. (Orobanchaceae), are root parasites that completely depend on a host plant for survival and reproduction. There is considerable controversy on the taxonomy of this biologically and agronomically important family. Flowers of over 25 parasitic Orobanchaceae and a number of close, parasitic and non-parasitic, relatives emitted a complex blend of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), consisting of over 130 VOCs per species. Floral VOC blend-based phylogeny supported the known taxonomy in internal taxonomic grouping of genus and eliminated the uncertainty in some taxonomical groups. Moreover, phylogenetic analysis suggested separation of the broomrapes into two main groups parasitizing annual and perennial hosts, and for the annual hosts, into weedy and non-weedy broomrapes. We conclude that floral VOCs are a significant tool in species identification and possibly even in defining new species and can help to improve controversial taxonomy in the Orobanchaceae.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 2%
Serbia 1 2%
Unknown 43 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 27%
Researcher 9 20%
Student > Master 7 16%
Other 2 4%
Student > Postgraduate 2 4%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 8 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 51%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Engineering 3 7%
Environmental Science 2 4%
Psychology 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 10 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 April 2016.
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#3,127,783
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Outputs from Frontiers in Plant Science
#1,587
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#52,254
of 299,392 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Plant Science
#33
of 516 outputs
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