TABLE 2.
Major transcription factors that regulate VOC production.
| Transcription factor | Compounds | Species | References |
| ODO1 (MYB) | Benzenoids | Petunia (P. hybrid) | Verdonk et al., 2005 |
| EOBI (MYB) | Phenylpropanoids/Benzenoids | Petunia (P. hybrid) | Spitzer-Rimon et al., 2012 |
| EOBII (MYB) | Phenylpropanoids/Benzenoids | Petunia (P. hybrid) | Spitzer-Rimon et al., 2010; Colquhoun et al., 2011a; Van Moerkercke et al., 2011 |
| PhMYB4 | Phenylpropanoids | Petunia (P. hybrid) | Colquhoun et al., 2011b |
| PAP1 (MYB) | Phenylpropanoids/Benzenoids | Petunia (P. hybrid) | Xie et al., 2006; Zvi et al., 2008 |
| PhERF6 | Benzenoids | Petunia (P. hybrid) | Liu et al., 2017 |
| RhMYB1 | Involved generally in floral scent biosynthesis | Rose (R. hybrida) | Yan et al., 2011 |
| LhODO1 (MYB) | Phenylpropanoids/Benzenoids | Lilies (Lilium spp.) | Yoshida et al., 2018 |
| HcMYB3- 6 | Involved generally in floral scent production | Butterfly ginger (H. coronarium) | Yue et al., 2015 |
| HcMYB | Terpenoids and benzenoids | Butterfly ginger (H. coronarium) | Abbas et al., 2021b |
| HcARF5 | β-ocimene | Butterfly ginger (H. coronarium) | Abbas et al., 2021a |
| MYC2 | Sesquiterpenes | Arabidopsis (A. thaliana) | Hong et al., 2012 |
| CsMYB1 | Phenylpropanoids/Benzenoids and esters | Cymbidium cultivar “Sael Bit” (Cymbidium goeringii) | Ramya et al., 2019 |
| PbbHLH4, PbbHLH6, PbbZIP4, PbERF1, PbERF9, and PbNAC1 | Monoterpenes | The Beautiful Phalaenopsis (Phalaenopsis bellina) | Chuang et al., 2017 |
| CpMYC2 | Monoterpenes (linalool) | Wintersweet (C. praecox L.) | Aslam et al., 2020 |
| CpbHLH13 | Sesquiterpene (β-caryophyllene) | Wintersweet (C. praecox L.) | Aslam et al., 2020 |
| OfWRKY | Monoterpenes | Sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans) | Ding et al., 2020 |
| OfERF61 | β-ionone | Sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans) | Han et al., 2019 |
| CrWRKY1 | Terpenoid indole alkaloid | Madagascar periwinkle (C. roseus) | Suttipanta et al., 2011 |
| CoWRKY | Linalool | C. osmophloeum | Lin et al., 2014 |
| AabZIP1 | Sesquiterpene (artimisinin) | Wormwood (A. annua) | Zhang et al., 2015 |
| VviWRKY40 | Monoterpenoid glycosylation | Wine grapes (V. vinifera) | Li et al., 2020 |
| CitERF71 | E-geraniol | Sweet orange (C. sinensis) | Li et al., 2017 |
| AaNAC2, AaNAC3, AaNAC4 | Monoterpene | kiwifruit (A. arguta) | Nieuwenhuizen et al., 2015 |