Varghese, M.; Kumar, R.; Sharma, A.; Lone, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Bisht, N. C.: Isopropylmalate synthase regulatory domain removal abolishes feedback regulation at the expense of leucine homeostasis in plants. Plant Physiology 197 (2), kiaf041 (2025)

Varma, M.; Winter, G.; Ebeling, A.; Lehmann, A.; Cabon, L.; Gimenez, O. M. P.; Pratap, N.; Schielzeth, H.: Few genetic loci control the green-brown color polymorphism in the meadow grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (accepted)

Voegeli, B.; Sommer, S.; Knaden, M.; Wehner, R.: Vector-based navigation in desert ants: the significance of path-integration vectors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 211, pp. 209 - 220 (2025)

Vogel, H.; Rügen, N.; Wielsch, N.; Twyman, R. M.; Tonk-Rügen, M.; Vilcinskas, A.: Molecular basis of the explosive defence response in the bombardier beetle Brachinus crepitans. Royal Society Open Science 12 (5), 241823 (2025)

Walther, C.; Vallet, M.; Reichelt, M.; Giri, P.; Rothe, B.; Medina van Berkum, P.; Gershenzon, J.; Unsicker, S.: A fungal endophyte alters poplar leaf chemistry, deters insect feeding and shapes insect community assembly. Ecology Letters 28 (2), e70007 (2025)

Weiss, B.; Shalom, S. R.; Dolgova, A.; Teh, L. S.; Kaltenpoth, M.; Dale, C.; Chiel, E.: Maternal symbiont transmission via envenomation in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni. Current Biology 35 (8), pp. 1693 - 1705 (2025)

Xiao, J.; Nakamura, Y.; Wu, Z.; Fu, W.; Chen, Y.; Lou, Y.; Baldwin, I. T.; Boland, W.; Li, R.: A synthetic jasmonate receptor agonist uncouples the growth–defense trade-off in rice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (24), e2505675122 (2025)

Yepes Vivas, S. A.; Popp, M.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Schnitzler, J.-P.; Unsicker, S.: Deciphering organ-specific chemical changes following insect herbivory in Populus nigra using comparative metabolomics. Plant Biology (2025)

Zaman, R.; Jain, A.; Hammerbacher, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Kandasamy, D.: Both synergism and interaction diversity explain the mixtures of defensive monoterpenes in spruce oleoresin. Functional Ecology (2025)

Zhang, J.; Liu, W.; Chang, H.; Wang, Q.; Yuan, J.; Liu, L.; Liu, C.; Zhang, Y.; Ru, C.; Yan, S. et al.; Hansson, B. S.; Wang, G.: Methyl eugenol regulates mating behavior in oriental fruit flies by enhancing lek attractiveness. National Science Review 12 (3), nwae294 (2025)

Zhao, W.; Wang, F.; Li, P.; Li, L.; Ernst, L.; Huang, L.; Tian, M.; Lv, W.; Xu, S.; Liu, F. et al.; Lin, G.; Lyu, H.; Paetz, C.; Feng, X.; Chen, Y.: Two O-acyltransferases from the diterpene biosynthetic gene cluster of Euphorbia lathyris contribute to the structural diversity of medicinal macrocyclic diterpenoid esters biosynthesis. The Plant Journal 121 (4), e70003 (2025)

Zschoche, N.; Schober, S.; Walther, K.; Chadeayne, A. R.; Gressler, M.; Bartram, S.; O’Connor, S. E.; Hoffmeister, D.: Clade III synthases add cyclic and linear terpenoids to the Psilocybe metabolome. ChemBioChem: A European Journal of Chemical Biology (accepted)

Amyntas, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Scheu, S.; Klarner, B.; Ilieva-Makulec, K.; Madaj, A.-M.; Gauzens, B.; Li, J.; Potapov, A. M.; Rosenbaum, B. et al.; Bassi, L.; Medina van Berkum, P.; Brose, U.: Soil community history strengthens belowground multitrophic functioning across plant diversity levels in a grassland experiment. Nature Communications 15, 10029 (2024)

Azizah, M.; Pohnert, G.: 2-Homoectoine: An additional member of the ectoine family from phyto- and bacterioplankton involved in osmoadaptation. Journal of Natural Products 87 (1), pp. 50 - 57 (2024)

Bai, Y.; Liu, X.; Baldwin, I. T.: Using synthetic biology to understand the function of plant specialized metabolites. Annual Review of Plant Biology 75, pp. 24.1 - 24.25 (2024)

Baleba, S. B. S.; Jiang, N.-J.; Hansson, B. S.: Temperature-mediated dynamics: Unravelling the impact of temperature on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles, mating behaviour, and life history traits in three Drosophila species. Heliyon 10 (17), e36671 (2024)

Baños Quintana, A. P.; Gershenzon, J.; Kaltenpoth, M.: The Eurasian spruce bark beetle Ips typographus shapes the microbial communities of its offspring and the gallery environment. Frontiers in Microbiology 15, 1367127 (2024)

Baraniecka, P.; Seibt, W.; Groten, K.; Kessler, D.; McGale, E.; Gase, K.; Baldwin, I. T.; Pannell, J. R.: Prezygotic mate selection is only partially correlated with the expression of NaS-like RNases and affects offspring phenotypes. New Phytologist 242 (6), pp. 2832 - 2844 (2024)

Basile, S.; Stříbrská, B.; Kalyniukova, A.; Hradecký, J.; Synek, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Jirošová, A.: Physiological and biochemical changes of Picea abies (L.) during acute drought stress and their correlation with susceptibility to Ips typographus (L.) and I. duplicatus (Sahlberg). Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 7, 1436110 (2024)

Beran, F.; Heckel, D. G.: Escalation by duplication: Milkweed bug trumps Monarch butterfly. Molecular Ecology 33 (14), e17443 (2024)