Marine diatoms Coscinodiscus granii: They live in open waters such as the North Sea. Under the microscope, many single-celled diatoms can be seen, some of which are healthy, while others are infected by an egg fungus. The zoospores that the fungus forms for reproduction can be seen as small dots.

Publications of Anke Steppuhn

Journal Article (6)

2014
Journal Article
Kumar, P.; Pandit, S. S.; Steppuhn, A.; Baldwin, I. T.: Natural history-driven, plant mediated RNAi based study reveals CYP6B46’s role in a nicotine-mediated antipredator herbivore defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (4), pp. 1245 - 1252 (2014)
2008
Journal Article
Steppuhn, A.; Schuman, M. C.; Baldwin, I. T.: Silencing jasmonate signalling and jasmonate-mediated defenses reveals different survival strategies between two Nicotiana attenuata accessions. Molecular Ecology 17, pp. 3717 - 3732 (2008)
2007
Journal Article
Steppuhn, A.; Baldwin, I. T.: Resistance management in a native plant: nicotine prevents herbivores from compensating for plant protease inhibitors. Ecology Letters 10 (6), pp. 499 - 511 (2007)
2004
Journal Article
Roda, A.; Halitschke, R.; Steppuhn, A.; Baldwin, I. T.: Individual variability in herbivore-specific elicitors from the plant's perspective. Molecular Ecology 13 (8), pp. 2421 - 2433 (2004)
Journal Article
Steppuhn, A.; Gase, K.; Krock, B.; Halitschke, R.; Baldwin, I. T.: Nicotine’s defensive function in nature. PLoS Biology 2 (8), p. e217 (2004)
Journal Article
Steppuhn, A.; Wackers, F. L.: HPLC sugar analysis reveals the nutritional state and the feeding history of parasitoids. Functional Ecology 18 (6), pp. 812 - 819 (2004)

Book Chapter (1)

2008
Book Chapter
Steppuhn, A.; Baldwin, I. T.: Induced defenses and the cost-benefit paradigm. In: Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory, pp. 61 - 83 (Ed. Schaller, A.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin [u.a.] (2008)

Thesis - PhD (1)

2007
Thesis - PhD
Steppuhn, A.: Costs and benefits of two direct defenses in Nicotiana attenuata: nicotine and trypsin protease inhibitors. Dissertation, II, 155 pp., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2007)
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