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 Daniel Giddings Vassão

Journal Article (46)

2025
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Huber, B.; Luciani, M.; Abualhassan, A. M.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Fernandes, R.; Devièse, T.: Metabolic profiling reveals first evidence of fumigating drug plant Peganum harmala in Iron Age Arabia. Communications Biology 8, 720 (2025)
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Sun, R.; Römhild, S.; Nakamura, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Rothe, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Multiple glutathione-S-transferases detoxify diverse glucosinolate-based defenses of Brassicales plants in a generalist lepidopteran herbivore (Spodoptera littoralis). Communications Biology 8, 931 (2025)
2023
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Fiedler, S.; Langner, M.; Oertel, R.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Nitschke, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Hundsdoerfer, A. K.: First insights into herbivore-plant interaction of the spurge hawkmoth and Euphorbia cyparissias. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1197194 (2023)
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Fricke, J.; Schalk, F.; Kreuzenbeck, N. B.; Seibel, E.; Hoffmann, J.; Dittmann, G.; Conlon, B. H.; Guo, H.; de Beer, Z. W.; Giddings Vassão, D. et al.; Gleixner, G.; Poulsen, M.; Beemelmanns, C.: Adaptations of Pseudoxylaria towards a comb-associated lifestyle in fungus-farming termite colonies. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 733 - 747 (2023)
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Huber, B.; Hammann, S.; Loeben, C. E.; Jha, D. K.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Larsen, T.; Spengler, R. N.; Fuller, D. Q.; Roberts, P.; Boivin, T. D. .: Biomolecular characterization of 3500-year-old ancient Egyptian mummification balms from the Valley of the Kings. Scientific Reports 13, 12477 (2023)
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Sun, R.; Hong, B.; Reichelt, M.; Luck, K.; Mai, D. T.; Jiang, X.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Metabolism of plant-derived toxins from its insect host increases the success of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. The ISME Journal 17, pp. 1693 - 1704 (2023)
2022
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Guo, H.; Daniel, J.-M.; Seibel, E.; Burkhardt, I.; Conlon, B. H.; Görls, H.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Dickschat, J. S.; Poulsen, M.; Beemelmanns, C.: Insights into the metabolomic capacity of Podaxis and isolation of podaxisterols A-D, ergosterol derivatives carrying nitrosyl cyanide-erived modifications. Journal of Natural Products 85 (9), pp. 2159 - 2167 (2022)
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Huber, B.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Roberts, P.; Wang, Y. V.; Larsen, T.: Chemical modification of biomarkers through accelerated degradation: Implications for ancient plant identification in archaeo-organic residues. Molecules 27 (10), 3331 (2022)
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Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Römhild, S.; Raguschke, B.; Wielsch, N.; Hupfer, Y.; Reichelt, M.; Svatoš, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Alternative transcript splicing regulates UDP-glucosyltransferase-catalyzed detoxification of DIMBOA in the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Scientific Reports 12, 10343 (2022)
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Sontowski, R.; Guyomar, C.; Poeschl, Y.; Weinhold, A.; van Dam, N. M.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Mechanisms of isothiocyanate detoxification in larvae of two belowground herbivores, Delia radicum and D. floralis (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Frontiers in Physiology 13, 874527 (2022)
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Wang, P.; G. Vassão, D.; Raguschke, B.; Furlong, M. J.; Zalucki, M. P.: Balancing nutrients in a toxic environment: the challenge of eating. Insect Science 28 (1), pp. 289 - 303 (2022)
2021
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Chen, J.; Ullah, C.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection triggers changes in primary and secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytopathology 111 (3), pp. 559 - 569 (2021)
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Easson, M. L. A. E.; Malka, O.; Paetz, C.; Hojná, A.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; van Brunschot, S.; Feldmesser, E.; Campbell, L.; Colvin, J. et al.; Winter, S.; Morin, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Activation and detoxification of cassava cyanogenic glucosides by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Scientific Reports 11, 13244 (2021)
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Jeschke, V.; Zalucki, J. M.; Raguschke, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Heckel, D. G.; Zalucki, M. P.; Giddings Vassão, D.: So much for glucosinolates: A generalist does survive and develop on Brassicas, but at what cost? Plants 10 (5), 962 (2021)
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Manivannan, A.; Israni, B.; Luck, K.; Götz, M.; Seibel, E.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Kirsch, R.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Winter, S. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Identification of a sulfatase that detoxifies glucosinolates in the phloem-feeding insect Bemisia tabaci and prefers indolic glucosinolates. Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 671286 (2021)
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Sun, R.; Jiang, X.; Reichelt, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: The selective sequestration of glucosinolates by the cabbage aphid severely impacts a predatory lacewing. Journal of Pest Science 94, pp. 1147 - 1160 (2021)
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Zalucki, J. M.; Heckel, D. G.; Wang, P.; Kuwar, S.; Giddings Vassão, D.; Perkins, L.; Zalucki, M. P.: A generalist feeding on Brassicaceae: It does not get any better with selection. Plants 10 (5), 954 (2021)
2020
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Chen, J.; Ullah, C.; Reichelt, M.; Beran, F.; Yang, Z.-L.; Gershenzon, J.; Hammerbacher, A.; G. Vassão, D.: The phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum detoxifies plant glucosinolate hydrolysis products via an isothiocyanate hydrolase. Nature Communications 11 (1), 3090 (2020)
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Israni, B.; Wouters, F. C.; Luck, K.; Seibel, E.; Ahn, S.-J.; Paetz, C.; Reinert, M.; Vogel, H.; Erb, M.; Heckel, D. G. et al.; Gershenzon, J.; Giddings Vassão, D.: The fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda utilizes specific UDP-glycosyltransferases to inactivate maize defensive benzoxazinoids. Frontiers in Physiology 11, 604754 (2020)
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Malka, O.; Easson, M. L. A. E.; Paetz, C.; Götz, M.; Reichelt, M.; Stein, B.; Luck, K.; Stanišić, A.; Juravel, K.; Santos-Garcia, D. et al.; Mondaca, L. L.; Springate, S.; Colvin, J.; Winter, S.; Gershenzon, J.; Morin, S.; Giddings Vassão, D.: Glucosylation prevents plant defense activation in phloem-feeding insects. Nature Chemical Biology 16, pp. 1429 - 1426 (2020)
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