Publications

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)

Dam, M. I.; Ding, B.-J.; Brauburger, K.; Wang, H.-L.; Powell, D.; Groot, A. T.; Heckel, D. G.; Löfstedt, C.: Sex pheromone biosynthesis in the Oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta involves delta8 desaturation. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 180, 104307 (2025)

Fruitet, E.; de Fouchier, A.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Multiple CRISPR/Cas9 modifications of an esterase reveal its role in influencing acetate esters in the pheromone blend of a moth. Insect Molecular Biology (2025)

Fruitet, E.; Jong, R. D.; Blankers, T.; Groot, A. T.; Burdfield-Steel, E.: Resource limitation reveals that high acetate levels in Heliothis subflexa sex pheromone blend are associated with reduced fitness. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, voaf126 (2025)

Heckel, D. G.: Built-in redundant killing by Bt Cry1Ab toxin delays insect resistance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (24), e2507583122 (2025)

Oehlmann, C.; Neulichedl, P.; Heckel, D. G.; Wennmann, J. T.; Zelger, R.; Jehle, J. A.; Janik, K.: Chromosomal influence on variation in the timing of diapause termination in Cydia pomonella. Journal of Insect Physiology 167, 104904 (2025)

Pormetter, L.; Pfalz, M.; Kagho, M. D.; Klahn, P.; Vogel, H.; Kroymann, J.; Wittstock, U.: Glucosinolate diversity in seven field-collected Brassicaceae species. PLOS ONE 20 (11), e0336172 (2025)

Sell, M. P.; Paetz, C.; Feistel, F.; Heckel, D. G.; Pauchet, Y.: Metabolism of epoxidised withanolides by a generalist and a specialist insect species. ChemistryOpen, e202500359 (2025)

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

Gikonyo, M. W.; Ahn, S.-J.; Biondi, M.; Fritzlar, F.; Okamura, Y.; Vogel, H.; Köllner, T. G.; Şen, I.; Hernández-Teixidor, D.; Lee, C.-F. et al.; Letsch, H.; Beran, F.: A radiation of Psylliodes flea beetles on Brassicaceae is associated with the evolution of specific detoxification enzymes. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, qpad197, pp. 127 - 145 (2024)

Güney, G.; Cedden, D.; Hänniger, S.; Hegedus, D. D.; Heckel, D. G.; Toprak, U.: Peritrophins are involved in the defense against Bacillus thuringiensis and nucleopolyhedrovirus formulations in Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 166, 104073 (2024)

Liu, Z.; Liao, C.; Zou, L.; Jin, M.; Shan, Y.; Quan, Y.; Yao, H.; Zhang, L.; Wang, P.; Liu, Z. et al.; Wang, N.; Li, A.; Liu, K.; Heckel, D. G.; Wu, K.; Xiao, Y.: Retrotransposon-mediated disruption of a chitin synthase gene confers insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa toxin. PLOS Biology 22 (7), e3002704 (2024)

Medina van Berkum, P.; Schmöckel, E.; Bischoff, A.; Carrasco-Farias, N.; Catford, J. A.; Feldmann, R.; Groten, K.; Henry, H. A. L.; Bucharova, A. L.; Hänniger, S. et al.; Luong, J. C.; Meis, J.; Oetama, V. S.; Pärtel, M.; Power, S. A.; Villellas, J.; Welk, E.; Wingler, A.; Rothe, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Reichelt, M.; Roscher, C.; Unsicker, S.: Plant geographic distribution influences chemical defences in native and introduced Plantago lanceolata populations. Functional Ecology 38 (4), pp. 883 - 896 (2024)

Badenes-Pérez, F. R.: Plant glucosinolate content and host-plant preference and suitability in the small white butterfly (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and comparison with another specialist Lepidopteran. Plants 12 (11), 2148 (2023)

Badenes-Pérez, F. R.; Heckel, D. G.: Intraspecific and interstage similarities in host-plant preference in the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Horticulturae 9 (1), 39 (2023)

de Fouchier, A.; Fruitet, E.; Lievers, R.; Kuperus, P.; Emerson, J.; Gould, F.; Heckel, D. G.; Groot, A. T.: Lipases and carboxylesterases affect moth sex pheromone compounds involved in interspecific mate recognition. Nature Communications 14, 7505 (2023)

Jin, M.; Shan, Y.; Peng, Y.; Wang, W.; Zhang, H.; Liu, K.; Heckel, D. G.; Wu, K.; Tabashnik, B. E.; Xiao, Y.: Downregulation of a transcription factor associated with resistance to Bt toxin Vip3Aa in the invasive fall armyworm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (44), e2306932120 (2023)

Mazumdar, T.; Hänniger, S.; Shukla, S. P.; Murali, A.; Bartram, S.; Heckel, D. G.; Boland, W.: 8-HQA adjusts the number and diversity of bacteria in the gut microbiome of Spodoptera littoralis. Frontiers in Microbiology 14, 1075557 (2023)

Salvia, R.; Scieuzo, C.; Boschi, A.; Pezzi, M.; Mistri, M.; Munari, C.; Chicca, M.; Vogel, H.; Cozzolino, F.; Monaco, V. et al.; Monti, M.; Falabella, P.: An overview of ovarian calyx fluid proteins of Toxoneuron nigriceps (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): An integrated transcriptomic and proteomic approach. Biomolecules 13 (10), 1547 (2023)

Shin, N. R.; Okamura, Y.; Kirsch, R.; Pauchet, Y.: Genome sequencing provides insights into the evolution of gene families encoding plant cell wall-degrading enzymes in longhorned beetles. Insect Molecular Biology 32 (5), pp. 469 - 483 (2023)