Maes K, Vercammen J, Pham-Tuan H, Sandra P, Debergh P C
Department of Plant Production-Horticulture, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Phytochem Anal. 2001 May-Jun;12(3):153-8. doi: 10.1002/pca.579.
Various factors controlling the recoveries of volatile organic compounds in vitro headspace analysis of tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 'Moneymaker'), sampled using solid phase micro-extraction, were evaluated and optimised. The variations in composition of the headspaces were determined as a function of time, and following in vitro wounding of the plant.