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The use of the ‘omics techniques in environmental research has become common-place. The most widely implemented of these include metabolomics, proteomics, genomics, and transcriptomics. In recent years, a similar approach has also been taken with the analysis of volatiles from biological samples, giving rise to the so-called ‘volatilomics’ in plant analysis. Developments in direct infusion mass spectrometry (DI-MS) techniques have made it possible to monitor the changes in the composition of volatile flux from parts of plants, single specimens, and entire ecosystems in real-time. The application of these techniques enables a unique insight into the dynamic metabolic processes that occur in plants. Here, we provide an overview of the use of DI-MS in real-time volatilomics research involving plants.

Authors

• dr inż. Tomasz Majchrzak link open in new tab ,
• dr inż. Wojciech Wojnowski link open in new tab ,
• dr inż. Małgorzata Rutkowska link open in new tab ,
• prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Wasik link open in new tab