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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Bio Protoc. 2015 Feb 5;5(3):e1391. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1391

Table 1. TD-GC-MS settings for leaf and flower headspace analysis.

A. TD sampling and injection
TD block 200 °C
TD line 230 °C
GC interface 230 °C
Sampling N2 flow at 60 ml/min for 8 min at 230 °C
Cryotrap cold temp. -20 °C
Cryotrap heat temp. 230 °C for 10 min

   B. GC separation

Carrier gas He at 40 cm/sec
Split ratio 1 to 20
Leaf headspace
Column Rtx-5MS, 30 m long, 0.25 mm i. d., 0.25 μm film thickness
Oven program 40 °C for 5 min, ramp to 185 °C with 5 °C/min, ramp to 280 °C with 30 °C/min, hold for 0.83 min
Total run time 38 min
   Flower headspace
Column ZB-Wax Plus, 30 m long, 0.25 mm i.d., 0.25 μm film thickness
Oven program 60 °C for 1 min, ramp to 150 °C at 30 °C/min, ramp to 200 °C at 10 °C/min, ramp to 230 °C at 30 °C/min, hold for 1 min
Total run time 11 min

   C. MS detection

Transfer line temperature 240 °C
Ion source temperature 220 °C
Scan range Full scan from 33 to 400 m/z
Scan speed 0.3 sec/full scan