Genetic Modification of Volatile Metabolism in Plants

Plants can synthesize and release diverse blends of volatile organic compounds throughout their life cycles.These volatiles play an important role in plant growth and development,metabolic regulation,defense against to pests,plant-plant interactions and plant-environment communications.This review described the physiological functions,regulation of biosynthetic pathways of plant volatile compounds and their commercial applications.The paper focused on technique strategies for genetic engineering of plant volatile metabolism and the advance in this field.The current challenges and future perspectives of metabolic engineering for industrial-scale production of plant volatiles was also discussed.