Abstract
Monoterpenes synthesized and released by emitting vegetation can be taken up by neighboring
non-emitting plants, but the uptake capacity of non-emitting species has not been
studied extensively. We investigated the foliar uptake potential of the hydrophobic
monoterpene limonene in 13 species of contrasting leaf structure and lipid content
to determine the structural and chemical controls of monoterpene uptake. Leaf dry
mass per unit area (M
A,D) varied 6.5-fold, dry to fresh mass ratio (D
F) 2.7-fold, lipid content per dry mass (L
M) 2.5-fold and per unit area (L
A) 4.6-fold across the studied species. Average foliar limonene uptake rate (U
A) from air at saturating limonene partial pressures varied from 0.9 to 6 nmol m−2 s−1, and limonene leaf to air partition coefficient (K
FA, ratio of limonene content per dry mass to limonene partial pressure) from 0.7 to
6.8 µmol kg−1 Pa−1. U
A and K
FA scaled positively with leaf lipid content, and were independent of D
F, indicating that variation in leaf lipid content was the primary determinant of species
differences in monoterpene uptake rate and K
FA. Mass-based limonene uptake rates further suggested that thinner leaves with greater
surface area per unit dry mass have higher uptake rates. In addition, limonene lipid
to air partition coefficient (K
LA = K
FA/L
M) varied 19-fold, indicating large differences in limonene uptake capacity at common
leaf lipid content. We suggest that the significant uptake of hydrophobic monoterpenes
when monoterpene ambient air concentration is high and release when the concentration
is low should be included in large-scale monoterpene emission models.
Key words
Lipid content - monoterpene uptake - monoterpenes in non-emitting species - partition
coefficients.
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S. M. Noe
Department of Plant Physiology
University of Tartu
Riia 23
51010 Tartu
Estonia
Email: snoe@ut.ee
Guest Editor: F. Loreto
