Publications of Danny Kessler

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)

Boccia, M.; Kessler, D.; Seibt, W.; Grabe, V.; Rodriguez Lopez, C. E.; Grzech, D.; Heinicke, S.; O’Connor, S. E.; Sonawane, P. D.: A scaffold protein manages the biosynthesis of steroidal defense metabolites in plants. Science 386 (6728), pp. 1366 - 1372 (2024)

Bai, Y.; Yang, C.; Halitschke, R.; Paetz, C.; Kessler, D.; Burkard, K.; Gaquerel, E.; Baldwin, I. T.; Li, D.: Natural history–guided omics reveals plant defensive chemistry against leafhopper pests. Science 375 (6580), eabm2948 (2022)

Kessler, D.; Bing, J.; Haverkamp, A.; Baldwin, I. T.: The defensive function of a pollinator‐attracting floral volatile. Functional Ecology 33 (7), pp. 1223 - 1232 (2019)

Bing, J.; Kessler, D.: Pollination: Solar flower power. eLife 6, e33591 (2017)

Ferrieri, A. P.; Machado, R. A. R.; Arce, C. C. M.; Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.; Erb, M.: Localized micronutrient patches induce lateral root foraging and chemotropism in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59 (10), pp. 759 - 771 (2017)

Yon, F.; Kessler, D.; Joo, Y.; Cortés Llorca, L.; Kim, S.-G.; Baldwin, I. T.: Fitness consequences of altering floral circadian oscillations for Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59 (3), pp. 180 - 189 (2017)

Yon, F.; Kessler, D.; Joo, Y.; Kim, S.-G.; Baldwin, I. T.: Fitness consequences of a clock pollinator filter in Nicotiana attenuata flowers in nature. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59 (11), pp. 805 - 809 (2017)

Zhou, W.; Kügler, A.; McGale, E.; Haverkamp, A.; Knaden, M.; Guo, H.; Beran, F.; Yon, F.; Li, R.; Lackus, N. et al.; Köllner, T. G.; Bing, J.; Schuman, M. C.; Hansson, B. S.; Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.; Xu, S.: Tissue-specific emission of (E)-a-bergamotene helps resolve the dilemma when pollinators are also herbivores. Current Biology 27 (9), pp. 1336 - 1341 (2017)

Haverkamp, A.; Yon, F.; Keesey, I.; Mißbach, C.; König, C.; Hansson, B. S.; Baldwin, I. T.; Knaden, M.; Kessler, D.: Hawkmoths evaluate scenting flowers with the tip of their proboscis. eLife 5, e15039 (2016)

Kessler, D.; Kallenbach, M.; Diezel, C.; Rothe, E.; Murdock, M.; Baldwin, I. T.: How scent and nectar influence floral antagonists and mutualists. eLife 4, e07641 (2015)

Lin, W.; Sosso, D.; Chen, L.-Q.; Gase, K.; Kim, S.-G.; Kessler, D.; Klinkenberg, P. M.; Gorder, M.K.; Hou, B.-H.; Qu, X.-Q. et al.; Carter, C.J.; Baldwin, I. T.; Frommer, W.B.: Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9. Nature 508, pp. 546 - 549 (2014)

Rothe, E.; Schöttner, M.; Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.: Determination of nectar nicotine concentration in N. attenuata. Bio-protocol 3 (8), pp. 1 - 4 (2013)

Schuman, M. C.; Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.: Ecological observations of native Geocoris pallens and G. punctipes populations in the Great Basin Desert of southwestern Utah. Psyche: A Journal o Entomology; Cambridge Entomological Club, New York, NY: Hindawi 2013, 465108 (2013)

Seo, P. J.; Wielsch, N.; Kessler, D.; Svatoš, A.; Park, C.-M.; Baldwin, I. T.; Kim, S.-G.: Natural variation in floral nectar proteins of two Nicotiana attenuata accessions. BMC Plant Biology 13, 101 (2013)

Kessler, D.: Context dependency of nectar reward-guided oviposition. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 144 (1), pp. 112 - 122 (2012)

Kessler, D.; Bhattacharya, S.; Diezel, C.; Rothe, E.; Gase, K.; Schöttner, M.; Baldwin, I. T.: Unpredictability of nectar nicotine promotes outcrossing by hummingbirds in Nicotiana attenuata. The Plant Journal 71 (4), pp. 529 - 538 (2012)

Kessler, D.; Diezel, C.; Clark, D.; Colquhoun, T.; Baldwin, I. T.: Petunia flowers solve the defense/apparency dilemma of pollinator attraction by deploying complex floral blends. Ecology Letters 16 (3), pp. 299 - 306 (2012)

Diezel, C.; Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.: Pithy protection: Nicotiana attenuata’s Jasmonic acid-mediated defenses are required to resist stem-boring weevil larvae. Plant Physiology 155 (4), pp. 1936 - 1946 (2011)

Kessler, D.; Baldwin, I. T.: Back to the past for pollination biology. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 14 (4), pp. 429 - 434 (2011)