Correction: Insects (Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan)) change the stereochemical configuration of 1-phenylethanol emitted from tea (Camellia sinensis) flowers.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1039/C7RA03219F.]. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry.

The authors regret that incorrect versions of Fig. 4 and 6 were included in the original article. The correct versions of Fig. 4 and 6 are presented below.

Fig. 4

Effect of Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan) attacks on (R)-/(R + S)-1PE-Pri ratio and expression levels of CsGT1, CsGT2, and CsPri in C. sinensis flowers. (A) Schemes of transformation between (R)-/(S)-1PE-Pri and (R)-/(S)-1PE. 1PE, 1-phenylethanol; 1PE-Pri, 1PE-β-primeveroside; GT, glycosyltransferases; Pri, β-primeverosidase. (B) Effect of T. hawaiiensis attacks on (R)-/(R + S)-1PE-Pri in C. sinensis flowers. Control, undamaged flowers. Insect, T. hawaiiensis-damaged flowers. The ratio of (R)-1PE-Pri to (R + S)-1PE-Pri in control was set as 1. (C–E) Effect of T. hawaiiensis attacks on expression levels of CsPri, CsGT1, and CsGT2 in C. sinensis flowers. Transcript abundance was calculated based on the difference in cycle threshold (Ct) values between target gene and internal reference gene transcripts by the normalized relative quantitation 2−ΔΔ method. The expression level in control was set as 1. Significant differences between control and insect are indicated (*p ≤ 0.05). Data represent the mean value ± standard deviation of three independent experiments performed in triplicate.

Fig. 6

Proposed schematic model of change in ratio of (R)-1PE to (S)-1PE emitted from C. sinensis flowers exposed to insect attacks. AP, acetophenone; 1PE, 1-phenylethanol; 1PE-Gly, glycosides of 1-phenylethanol; JA, jasmonic acid; AOS, allene oxide synthase.

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