Male (left) and female (right) moths of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis. The caterpillars of this pest mainly attack the stems of maize plants.

Publications of Stefan Pentzold

Journal Article (18)

2021
Journal Article
Oetama, V. S.; Pentzold, S.; Boland, W.: The fate of chlorophyll in phytophagous insects goes beyond nutrition. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C: Journal of Biosciences 76 (1-2), pp. 1 - 9 (2021)
2019
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Marion-Poll, F.; Grabe, V.; Burse, A.: Autofluorescence-based identification and functional validation of antennal gustatory sensilla in a specialist leaf beetle. Frontiers in Physiology 10, 343 (2019)
2018
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Grabe, V.; Ogonkov, A.; Schmidt, L.; Boland, W.; Burse, A.: Silencing cuticular pigmentation genes enables RNA FISH in intact insect appendages. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 (18), jeb185710 (2018)
Journal Article
Tritsch, C.; Stuckas, H.; Martens, J.; Pentzold, S.; Kvist, L.; Lo Valvo, M.; Giacalone, G.; Tietze, D. T.; Nazarenko, A. A.; Päckert, M.: Gene flow in the European coal tit, Periparus ater (Aves: Passeriformes): low among Mediterranean populations but high in a continental contact zone. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124 (3), pp. 319 - 338 (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, D.; Pentzold, S.; Kunert, M.; Groth, M.; Brandt, W.; Pasteels, M.; Boland, W.; Burse, A.: A subset of chemosensory genes differs between two populations of a specialized leaf beetle after host plant shift. Ecology and Evolution 8 (16), pp. 8055 - 8075 (2018)
2017
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Burse, A.; Boland, W.: Contact chemosensation of phytochemicals by insect herbivores. Natural Product Reports 34 (5), pp. 478 - 483 (2017)
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Pentzold, S.; Jensen, M. K.; Matthes, A.; Olsen, C. E.; Petersen, B. L.; Clausen, H.; Møller, B. L.; Bak, S.; Zagrobelny, M.: Spatial separation of the cyanogenic beta-glucosidase ZfBGD2 and cyanogenic glucosides in the haemolymph of Zygaena larvae facilitates cyanide release. Royal Society Open Science 4, 170262 (2017)
2016
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Förschler, M. I.; Tietze, D. T.; Randler, C.; Martens, J.; Päckert, M.: Geographic variation in coal tit song across continents and reduced species recognition between Central European and Mediterranean populations. Vertebrate Zoology 66 (2), pp. 191 - 199 (2016)
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Pentzold, S.; Zagrobelny, M.; Khakimov, B.; Engelsen, S. B.; Clausen, H.; Petersen, B. L.; Borch, J.; Møller, B. L.; Bak, S.: Lepidopteran defence droplets - a composite physical and chemical weapon against potential predators. Scientific Reports 6, 22407 (2016)
2015
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Zagrobelny, M.; Bjarnholt, N.; Kroymann, J.; Vogel, H.; Olsen, C. E.; Møller, B. L.; Bak, S.: Metabolism, excretion and avoidance of cyanogenic glucosides in insects with different feeding specialisations. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 66, pp. 119 - 128 (2015)
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Randler, C.; Pentzold, S.; Pentzold, C.: Foraging behaviour of insectivorous migrants and a resident songbird at a stopover site. Biologia 70 (1), pp. 141 - 149 (2015)
2014
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Zagrobelny, M.; Roelsgaard, P. S.; Møller, B. L.; Bak, S.: The multiple strategies of an insect herbivore to overcome plant cyanogenic glucoside defence. PLoS One 13 (9), e91337 (2014)
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Zagrobelny, M.; Rook , F.; Bak, S.: How insects overcome two-component plant chemical defence: plant β-glucosidases as the main target for herbivore adaptation. Biological Reviews 89 (3), pp. 531 - 551 (2014)
Journal Article
Zagrobelny, M.; Olsen, C. E.; Pentzold, S.; Fürstenberg-Hägg, J.; Jørgensen, K.; Bak, S.; Møller, B. L.; Motawia, M. S.: Sequestration, tissue distribution and developmental transmission of cyanogenic glucosides in a specialist insect herbivore. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 44, pp. 44 - 53 (2014)
2013
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Tritsch, C.; Martens, J.; Tietze, D. T.; Giacalone, G.; Valvo, M. L.; Nazarenko, A. A.; Kvist, L.; Päckert, M.: Where is the line? Phylogeography and secondary contact of western Palearctic coal tits (Periparus ater: Aves, Passeriformes, Paridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 252 (3), pp. 367 - 382 (2013)
2011
Journal Article
Pentzold, S.; Pentzold, C.; Randler, C.: Bird and plant companion species predict breeding and migrant habitats of the genus Oenanthe. Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 38, pp. 287 - 293 (2011)
2010
Journal Article
Randler, C.; Pentzold, S.; Teichmann, C.: Weather conditions and sexual differences affect the foraging behaviour of the insectivorous Cyprus wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca. Vertebrate Zoology 60 (2), pp. 175 - 181 (2010)
Journal Article
Randler, C.; Teichmann, C.; Pentzold, S.: Breeding habitat preference and foraging of the Cyprus wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and niche partitioning in comparison with migrant Oenanthe species on Cyprus. Journal of Ornithology 151, pp. 113 - 121 (2010)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2014
Thesis - PhD
Pentzold, S.: Insect counter-adaptations to plant cyanogenic glucosides. Dissertation, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science (2014)

Conference Paper (2)

2010
Conference Paper
Pentzold, S.; Tritsch, C.; Martens, J.; Päckert, M.: Go east, go west? Differenzierung westpaläarktischer Tannenmeisen Periparus ater anhand mitochondrieller DNA-Sequenzen und Bioakustik. Vogelwarte 48, pp. 361 - 362 (2010)
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