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Springe Verlag just released the book “Biology, Controls and Models of Tree Volatile Organic Compound Emissions” edited by Prof. Ülo Niinemets (Estonian University of Life Sciences) and by Prof. Russell K. Monson (University of Arizona).

Plant-driven volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions play a major role in atmospheric chemistry, including ozone and photochemical smog formation in the troposphere, and they extend the atmospheric lifetime of the key greenhouse gas, methane. Furthermore, condensation of photo-oxidation products of BVOCs leads to formation of secondary organic aerosols with profound implications for the earth's solar radiation budget and climate. Trees represent the plant life form that most contributes to BVOC emissions, which gives global forests a unique role in regulating atmospheric chemistry.

“This book, written by leading experts in the field, focuses on recent advancements in understanding the controls on plant-driven BVOC emissions, including efforts to quantitatively predict emissions using computer models. Particular emphasis is on elicitation of emissions under biotic and abiotic stresses, molecular mechanisms of volatile synthesis and emission and the role of emissions in plant stress tolerance. Potentials and limitations of genetic engineering of volatile emissions are also covered, “ explained Prof. Ülo Niinemets.

This book covers all biological scales of organization from molecular to globe and makes a major leap in summarizing and synthesizing the existing information. Ülo Niinemets added that the book is an invaluable resource for graduate students starting a thesis project on tree volatile emissions as well as serves as a contemporary source of reference for teachers, scientists and professional within and outside the field of plant-driven volatile emissions.

For more information: Prof. Ülo Niinemets, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of Estonian University of Life Sciences,

Department of Plant Physiology, phone: (+372) 731 3140, e-mail: ylo.niinemets@emu.ee

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/forestry/book/978-94-007-6605-1

Niinemets, Ülo and Monson, Russell K. (Eds.) “Biology, Controls and Models of Tree Volatile Organic Compound Emissions”, Springer Verlag, Berlin, XV+547 pp (hardcover and e-book)