Publications of the Institute

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)

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 (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)

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)

Zhou, T.; Park, Y.; Fu, J.; Hapeta, P.; Klemm, C.; Ledesma‑Amaro, R.: Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica for the production and secretion of the saffron ingredient crocetin. Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 18, 1 (2025)

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)

Bellande, K.; Roujol, D.; Chourre, J.; GALL, S. L.; Martinez, Y.; Jauneau, A.; Arico, D.; Mithöfer, A.; Burlat, V.; Jamet, E. et al.; Canut, H.: Receptor kinase LecRK-I.9 regulates cell wall remodelling during lateral root formation in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany (accepted)

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