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. 2006 Sep-Oct;1(5):243–250. doi: 10.4161/psb.1.5.3279

Table 2.

Amounts (ng/day; mean ± SE) of volatiles released on day four by tobacco plants*

Treatment

Compound C HV R S W
1. α-pinene 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 23.7 ± 15 4.11 ± 4.11
2. β-pinene 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 6.41 ± 6.41 14.93 ± 1.24 7.95 ± 4.87
3. myrcene 0 ± 0 9.63 ± 6.15 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
4. (E)-β-ocimene 0 ± 0 3094 ± 1427 158.9 ± 48 141.9 ± 65.2 49 ± 8.31
5. linalool 0 ± 0 126.3 ± 66.3 12.2 ± 7.89 19.72 ± 5.88 0 ± 0
6. indole 0 ± 0 110 ± 61 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
7. nicotine 0 ± 0 120.8 ± 74 878 ± 215 227.2 ± 72.2 91.8 ± 56.2
8. β-elemene 0 ± 0 74.6 ± 47.6 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
9. β-caryophyllene 0 ± 0 1964 ± 661 365 ± 90.5 129.4 ± 45.9 110.4 ± 38.7
10. α-humulene 0 ± 0 63.5 ± 23.3 4.72 ± 4.72 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
11. unidentified sesquiterpene 0 ± 0 258 ± 151 7.11 ± 7.11 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
12. (E,E)-α-farnesene 0 ± 0 554 ± 338 3.86 ± 3.86 5.02 ± 5.02 0 ± 0
13. caryophyllene oxide 0 ± 0 77.8 ± 25.2 0 ± 0 0 ± 0 0 ± 0
*

Receiving the following treatments: unwounded control plants (C), mechanical wounding (W), mechanical wounding plus the application of H. virescens regurgitant (R), mechanical wounding plus the application of H. virescens homogenized salivary glands (S), and H. virescens feeding (HV) (n = 5).