Theses
Department of Molecular Ecology
Thesis - PhD (75)
2024
Thesis - PhD
Using natural variation in Nicotiana attenuata to elucidate its defense response against herbivory. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
Thesis - PhD
Elucidation of triterpene functions in Nicotiana attenuata and insights into the metabolic basis of growth-defense trade-offs. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2024)
2023
Thesis - PhD
Terpenes in the ectomycorrhizal association between Norway spruce (Picea abies), or Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Tricholoma vaccinum. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2023)
2022
Thesis - PhD
Specificity and regulation of chemical defenses in black poplar (Populus nigra, L.) against insect herbivores. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2022)
2021
Thesis - PhD
The circadian timing system in Nicotiana attenuata: A functional connection between the circadian clock and hormone signaling in plant-insect interactions. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2021)
2020
Thesis - PhD
Determining the context and scale at which functional traits increase Nicotiana attenuata yields. Dissertation, 230 pp., Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2020)
Thesis - PhD
Long-term effects of the circadian clock on plant fitness in the face of abiotic and biotic stress. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2020)
2019
Thesis - PhD
Understanding the regulatory basis of defense signaling in plants:The role of Argonautes in modulating defense responses in Nicotiana attenuata. Dissertation, 141 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2019)
2018
Thesis - PhD
Cytokinins shape plant-herbivore interactions in Nicotiana attenuata. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
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Coping with variable herbivore community: ecological consequences of temporal dynamics and tissue-specific defense in Nicotiana attenuata. Dissertation, 189 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
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Nonrandom mating in Nicotiana attenuata and the paternal influence on seed metabolomes and pathogen resistance. Dissertation, 116 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
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A hidden mystery: root adaptive responses to environmental factors in Nicotiana attenuata. Dissertation, 170 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2018)
2017
Thesis - PhD
Variation in two hormonal regulators of growth and defense, jasmonates and cytokinins, determines herbivore interactions and consequences for the host plant Nicotiana attenuata. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
Thesis - PhD
Comparative Nicotiania genomics shed lights on the evolution of adaptive traits in plants. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
Thesis - PhD
Regulation and evolution of alternative splicing in plants. Dissertation, II, 255 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
Thesis - PhD
Defense mechanisms of the wild tobacco plant, Nicotiana attenuata, against its native pathogens. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
Thesis - PhD
Phyto-hormonal regulation of local and systemic defense and photosynthetic-responses to herbivore perception in Nicotiana attenuata. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2017)
2016
Thesis - PhD
Tissue and population-level diversity in plant secondary metabolism: a systematic exploration using MS/MS structural analysis. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2016)
Thesis - PhD
Probing the herbivore’s responses to plant defenses using plant mediated RNAi. Dissertation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2016)
Thesis - PhD
Nicotiana attenuata microbiome characterization and plant bacterial interactions from single isolates to consortia. Dissertation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2016)