We analyzed the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from different soils by using the PTR-MS-TOF technique under laboratory conditions and compared them with soil chemical biochemical activities. The emitted VOCs were related to soil microbial biomass, soil respiration and some soil enzyme activities so as to evaluate if size and activity of soil microbial communities influenced the soil ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-compounds that easily evaporate at room temperature. Toxins are biologically produced poisons; mycotoxins are those toxins produced by microscopic fungi. All fungi emit blends of VOCs; the qualitative and quantitative composition of these volatile blends varies with the species of fungus and the environmental situation in which the fungus is grown. T...

In recent years, the “coal to electricity” project (CTEP) using clean energy instead of coal for heating has been implemented by Beijing government cope with air pollution. However, VOC pollution after CTEP was rarely studied in suburbs Beijing. To fill this exigency, 116 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were observed during nonheating (P1) and (P2) periods suburban The results showed that tot...

[1] Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted during plant litter decomposition, and such VOCs can have wide‐ranging impacts on atmospheric chemistry, terrestrial biogeochemistry, and soil ecology. However, we currently have a limited understanding of the relative importance of biotic versus abiotic sources of these VOCs and whether distinct types of litter emit different types and quantiti...

Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technique, the dispersion contours and the exposure rate of Flexographic printing workers to VOCs in a printing department is evaluated. Firstly, VOCs distribution is determined in the printing room due to the existing ventilation system. Through next steps, 4 scenarios for lowering VOCs concentration and its exposure rate to workers are analyzed. Concen...

There is an increasing interest in the potential of exhaled biomarkers, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), to improve accurate diagnoses and management decisions in pulmonary diseases. The objective of this manuscript is to systematically review the current knowledge on exhaled VOCs with respect to their potential clinical use in asthma, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas...

It is important to study the response of plant pathogens to the antibiosis traits of biocontrol microbes to design the efficient biocontrol strategies. In this study, we evaluated the role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by a biocontrol strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR-9 on the growth and virulence traits of tomato wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum (RS). The VOCs of SQR-9 ...

Question UCR -Carter GT -Russell MCNC -Arunachulam Reviewer's Comments 1 What is the hypothesis that we want to test? It is possible to develop a means to quantify differences in ozone impacts of the major classes of emitted VOCs sufficiently well that these relative ozone impact quantifications can be effectively used in VOC regulations to reduce ambient ozone levels. For this to be the case, ...