Publications of the Institute

Amado, D.; Koch, E. L.; Cordeiro, E. M. G.; Araujo, W. A.; Garcia, A. A. F.; Heckel, D. G.; Montejo-Kovacevich, G.; North, H. L.; Corrêa, A. S.; Jiggins, C. D. et al.; Omoto, C.: The genetic architecture of resistance to flubendiamide insecticide in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). PLOS ONE 20 (1), e0318154 (2025)

Becker, C.; Steingass, C. B.; Vogel, H.; Reineke, A.: Change your diet: How CO₂, plant phenology and genotype alter grapevine quality and affect performance and larval transcriptome of an insect herbivore. Molecular Ecology (2025)

Brunetti, A. E.; Saravia, A. M.; Barrionuevo, J. S.; Delgado, J. A.; Vargas, V. J.; Faivovich, J.: Parental care of underwater egg clutches in Andean water frogs (Anura: Telmatobiidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology = Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 103, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)

Dwivedi, S.; Garde, R.; Schuster, S.: How hosts and pathogens choose the strengths of defense and counterdefense: a game-theoretical view. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12, 1379868 (2025)

Florean, M.; Schultz, H.; Wurlitzer, J.; O’Connor, S. E.; Köllner, T. G.: Independent evolution of plant natural products: Formation of benzoxazinoids in Consolida orientalis (Ranunculaceae). Journal of Biological Chemistry 301 (1), 108019 (2025)

Furch, A. C. U.; Zimmermann, M. R.; Noll, G. A.; Wrobel, L. S.; Scholz, S. S.; Buxa-Kleeberg, S. V.; Hafke, J. B.; Fliegmann, J.; Mithöfer, A.; Ehlers, K. et al.; Haufschild, T.; Nötzold, J.; Koch, A. M.; Teutemacher, V. G. F.; Maaß, J.-P.; Prüfer, D.; Oelmüller, R.; Peiter, E.; Kogel, K.-H.; van Bel, A. J. E.: Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in the vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance. Science Advances (accepted)

Grzech, D.; Smit, S. J.; Alam, R. M.; Boccia, M.; Nakamura, Y.; Hong, B.; Barbole, R.; Heinicke, S.; Kunert, M.; Seibt, W. et al.; Grabe, V.; Caputi, L.; Lichman, B. R.; O’Connor, S. E.; Aharoni, A.; Sonawane, P. D.: Incorporation of nitrogen in antinutritional Solanum alkaloid biosynthesis. Nature Chemical Biology 21, pp. 131 - 142 (2025)

Guo, K.; Tang, X.; Liu, Y.-C.; Cheng, H.-Z.; Liu, H.; Fan, Y.-Z.; Qi, X.-Y.; Xu, R.; Kang, J.-J.; Li, D.-S. et al.; Wang, G.-D.; Gershenzon, J.; Liu, Y.; Li, S.-H.: From monocyclization to pentacyclization: A versatile plant cyclase produces diverse sesterterpenes with anti-liver fibrosis potential. Advanced Science, 2415370 (2025)

He, X.; Wang, Y.; Munawar, A.; Zhu, J.; Zhong, J.; Zhang, Y.; Guo, H.; Zhu, Z.; Baldwin, I. T.; Zhou, W.: Manipulating stomatal aperture by silencing StSLAC1 affects potato plant–herbivore–parasitoid tritrophic interactions under drought stress. New Phytologist 245 (5), pp. 2133 - 2149 (2025)

Kamarozaman, A. S.; Latip, J.; Syah, Y. M.; Paetz, C.; Asakawa, Y.; Kentaro, Y.: Oligostilbenoids from Vatica lowii King (Dipterocarpaceae) and their chemotaxonomic significance. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 120, 104966 (2025)

Kimbadi Lombe, B.; Zhou, T.; Caputi, L.; Ploss, K.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthetic origin of the methoxy group in quinine and related alkaloids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (5), e202418306 (2025)

Kirsch, R.; Okamura, Y.; García-Lozano, M.; Weiss, B.; Keller, J.; Vogel, H.; Fukumori, K.; Fukatsu, T.; Konstantinov, A. S.; Montagna, M. et al.; Moseyko, A. G.; Riley, E. G.; Slipinski, A.; Vencl, F. V.; Windsor, D. M.; Salem, H.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Pauchet, Y.: Symbiosis and horizontal gene transfer promote herbivory in the megadiverse leaf beetles. Current Biology 35, pp. 1 - 15 (2025)

Li, C.; Colinas, M.; Wood, J. C.; Vaillancourt, B.; Hamilton, J. P.; Jones, S. L.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.; Buell, C. R.: Cell-type-aware regulatory landscapes governing monoterpene indole alkaloid biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus. New Phytologist 245 (1), pp. 347 - 362 (2025)

Li, J.; Liu, X.; Xiao, W.; Huangfu, J.; Schuman, M. C.; Baldwin, I. T.; Lou, Y.: Nymphal feeding suppresses oviposition-induced indirect plant defense in rice. Nature Communications 16, 508 (2025)

Ma, B.; Chang, H.; Guo, M.; Ai, D.; Wang, J.; Chen, R.; Liu, X.; Ren, B.; Hansson, B. S.; Wang, G.: Yeast-derived volatiles orchestrate an insect-yeast mutualism with oriental armyworm moths. Nature Communications 16, 1479 (2025)

Moreira-Soto, R. D.; Hansson, B. S.; Knaden, M.: Oviposition dynamics and niche utilization in two sympatric Drosophila species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 51, 21 (2025)

Oktay, C.; Shiko, G.; Liebl, M.; Feistel, F.; Mußbach, S.; Körber, K. L.; Barth, E.; Huber, L.; Antony, A.; Oelmüller, R. et al.; Reichelt, M.; Ossetek, K. L.; Müller, C.; Furch, A. C. U.; Klein, J.: Arabidopsis thaliana accumulates dehydroepiandrosterone after infection with phytopathogenic fungi – effects on plants and fungi. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 109570 (2025)

Pal Mahadevan, V.; Galagovsky, D.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Preference for and resistance to a toxic sulfur volatile opens up a unique niche in Drosophila busckii. Nature Communications 16, 767 (2025)

Stathaki, A.; Alam, R. M.; Köllner, T. G.; O’Connor, S. E.: Engineering of insect juvenile hormone III biosynthesis in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana. Metabolic Engineering 88, pp. 77 - 84 (2025)

Stein Åslund, M.; Reichelt, M.; Zhang, K.; Castaño, C.; Stenlid, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Elfstrand, M.: Scots pines with tolerance to Melampsora pinitorqua and Diplodia sapinea show distinct metabolic profiles. Plant, Cell and Environment 48 (2), pp. 1479 - 1493 (2025)