Airborne volatiles of three chrysanthemum cultivars were collected fro
m foliage by headspace extraction and trapping the volatiles on Tenax
GC adsorbent, and releasing the trapped volatiles into a GC-MS by heat
ing the Tenax trap. Forty three compounds were identified, with 24 bei
ng present in Hero, 36 in Purple Anne and 21 in Surfine. The most abun
dant compound in all three cultivars was (Z)3-hexen-1-ol acetate. Fift
y three per cent of the identified compounds were monoterpenes.