odor collection at agave flowers (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

odor collection at agave flowers

Caption

To collect the nocturnal odor of agave flowers, individual flower umbels on the up to five-meter-high inflorescence are enclosed in foil bags at sunset and connected to a mobile odor collection system.

Credit

Sonja Bisch-Knaden, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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