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Rapid Collection of Floral Fragrance Volatiles using a Headspace Volatile Collection Technique for GC-MS Thermal Desorption Sampling

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December 10th, 2019

December 10th, 2019

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Title

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Flower Selection and Material Preparation

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Volatile Collection

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GC-MS

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Results: The Collected Volatiles

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Conclusion

Transcript

Because floral fragrance is critical for attracting pollinators, this method could be used to better understand or even enhance pollination of native flower species. With this method, fragrance volatiles are sampled using a non-destructive method

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Here, we present a protocol for collecting the floral fragrance volatiles from blooming flowers, using a non-destructive sampling procedure.

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