Publications of Dineshkumar Kandasamy

Yuvaraj, J. K.; Kandasamy, D.; Roberts, R. E.; Hansson, B. S.; Gershenzon, J.; Andersson, M. N.: Eurasian spruce bark beetle detects lanierone using a highly expressed specialist odorant receptor, present in several functional sensillum types. BMC Biology 22, 266 (2024)

Kandasamy, D.; Zaman, R.; Nakamura, Y.; Tao, Z.; Hartmann, H.; Andersson, M. N.; Hammerbacher, A.; Gershenzon, J.: Conifer-killing bark beetles locate fungal symbionts by detecting volatile fungal metabolites of host tree resin monoterpenes. PLoS Biology 21 (2), e3001887 (2023)

Lehmanski, L. M. A.; Kandasamy, D.; Andersson, M. N.; Netherer, S.; Alves, E. G.; Huang, J.; Hartmann, H.: Addressing a century-old hypothesis – do pioneer beetles of Ips typographus use volatile cues to find suitable host trees? New Phytologist 238 (5), pp. 1762 - 1770 (2023)

Netherer, S.; Kandasamy, D.; Jirosová, A.; Kalinová, B.; Schebeck, M.; Schlyter, F.: Interactions among Norway spruce, the bark beetle Ips typographus and its fungal symbionts in times of drought. Journal of Pest Science 94, pp. 591 - 614 (2021)

Tanin, S. M.; Kandasamy, D.; Krokene, P.: Fungal interactions and host tree preferences in the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 695167 (2021)

Biedermann, P.; Müller, J.; Grégoire, J.-C.; Gruppe, A.; Hagge, J.; Hammerbacher, A.; Hofstetter, R. W.; Kandasamy, D.; Kolarik, M.; Kostovcik, M. et al.; Krokene, P.; Sallé, A.; Six, D. L.; Turrini, T.; Vanderpool, D.; Wingfield, M. J.; Bässler, C.: Bark beetle population dynamics in the Anthropocene: Challenges and solutions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34 (10), pp. 914 - 924 (2019)

Hammerbacher, A.; Kandasamy, D.; Ullah, C.; Schmidt, A.; Wright, L.; Gershenzon, J.: Flavanone-3-hydroxylase plays an important role in the biosynthesis of spruce phenolic defenses against bark beetles and their fungal associates. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 208 (2019)

Huang, J.; Kautz, M.; Trowbridge, A. M.; Hammerbacher, A.; Raffa, K. F.; Adams, H. D.; Goodsman, D. W.; Xu, C.; Meddens, A. J. H.; Kandasamy, D. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Seidl, R.; Hartmann, H.: Tree defence and bark beetles in a drying world: carbon partitioning, functioning and modelling. New Phytologist 225 (1), pp. 26 - 36 (2019)

Kandasamy, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Andersson, M. N.; Hammerbacher, A.: Volatile organic compounds influence the interaction of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) with its fungal symbionts. The ISME Journal 13 (7), pp. 1788 - 1800 (2019)

Zhao, T.; Kandasamy, D.; Krokene, P.; Chen, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: Fungal associates of the tree-killing bark beetle, Ips typographus, vary in virulence, ability to degrade conifer phenolics and influence bark beetle tunneling behavior. Fungal Ecology 38, pp. 71 - 79 (2019)

Kandasamy, D.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: Volatile organic compounds emitted by fungal associates of conifer bark beetles and their potential in bark beetle control. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42 (9), pp. 952 - 969 (2016)

Wadke, N.; Kandasamy, D.; Vogel, H.; Lah, L.; Wingfield, B. D.; Paetz, C.; Wright, L.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: The bark-beetle-associated fungus, Endoconidiophora polonica, utilizes the phenolic defense compounds of its host as a carbon source. Plant Physiology 171 (2), pp. 914 - 931 (2016)

Zaman, R.; Jain, A.; Hammerbacher, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Kandasamy, D.: A rationale for chemical defense mixtures in spruce oleoresin: most monoterpenes are highly toxic to either bark beetles or to their symbiotic fungi, but not both. Research Square (2024)

Kandasamy, D.: Chemical interactions between the spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), its host tree (Piceae abies), and its fungal associates. Dissertation, 213 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2019)