Establishment of an efficient screening system to isolate rice mutants deficient in green leaf volatile formation

Green leaf volatiles (GLVs) are involved in defense responses of plants against wide range of stresses. In order to investigate the ecological significances of GLVs in rice plants, we started screening of rice mutants that showed abnormalities in GLV formation. For this, we established an efficient system to quantify the amounts of GLVs. With the system their amounts can be analyzed within 20 min.