Tagging petunias for volatiles extraction (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Tagging petunias for volatiles extraction

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Xing-Qi Huang, a postdoctoral scientist in the Dudareva laboratory, tags a petunia that will bloom in the next 24 hours. Researchers select flowers that have just bloomed to extract volatiles at their peak.

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Purdue Agricultural Communications/Tom Campbell

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