Publications of Grit Kunert

Freire, M.; Oberweiser, M. M.; Bollig, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.: How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 228 (4), JEB249369 (2025)

Galagovsky, D.; Depetris-Chauvin, A.; Kunert, G.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Shaping the environment – Drosophila suzukii larvae construct their own niche. iScience 27 (12), 111341 (2024)

Paulmann, M.; Wegner, L.; Gershenzon, J.; Furch, A. C. U.; Kunert, G.: Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) host races reduce heat-induced forisome dispersion in Vicia faba and Trifolium pratense. Plants 12 (9), 1888 (2023)

Shiko, G.; Paulmann, M.-J.; Feistel, F.; Ntefidou, M.; Hermann-Ene, V.; Vetter, W.; Kost, B.; Kunert, G.; Zedler, J. A. Z.; Reichelt, M. et al.; Oelmüller, R.; Klein, J.: Occurrence and conversion of progestogens and androgens are conserved in land plants. New Phytologist 240 (1), pp. 318 - 337 (2023)

Förster, C.; Handrick, V.; Ding, Y.; Nakamura, Y.; Paetz, C.; Schneider, B.; Castro-Falcón, G.; Hughes, C. C.; Luck, K.; Poosapati, S. et al.; Kunert, G.; Huffaker, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmelz, E. A.; Köllner, T. G.: Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced O-methylated flavonoids in maize. Plant Physiology 188 (1), pp. 167 - 190 (2022)

Heyer, M.; Scholz, S.; Reichelt, M.; Kunert, G.; Oelmüller, R.; Mithöfer, A.: The Ca²⁺ sensor proteins CML37 and CML42 antagonistically regulate plant stress responses by altering phytohormone signals. Plant Molecular Biology 109, pp. 611 - 625 (2022)

Kirsch, R.; Okamura, Y.; Häger, W.; Vogel, H.; Kunert, G.; Pauchet, Y.: Metabolic novelty originating from horizontal gene transfer is essential for leaf beetle survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (40), e2205857119 (2022)

Köllner, T. G.; David, A.; Luck, K.; Beran, F.; Kunert, G.; Zhou, J.-J.; Caputi, L.; O’Connor, S. E.: Biosynthesis of iridoid sex pheromones in aphids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (42), e2211254119 (2022)

Nagel, R.; Hammerbacher, A.; Kunert, G.; Phillips, M.; Gershenzon, J.; Schmidt, A.: Bark beetle attack history does not influence the induction of terpene and phenolic defenses in mature Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees by the bark beetle-associated fungus Endoconidiophora polonica. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 892907 (2022)

Paulmann, M. K.; Zimmermann, M. R.; Wegner, L.; van Bel, A. J. E.; Kunert, G.; Furch, A. C. U.: Species-specific and distance-dependent dispersive behaviour of forisomes in different legume species. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (2), E492 (2021)

Yang, Z.-L.; Kunert, G.; Sporer, T.; Körnig, J.; Beran, F.: Glucosinolate abundance and composition in Brassicaceae influence sequestration in a specialist flea beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 46, pp. 186 - 197 (2020)

Keesey, I.; Grabe, V.; Gruber, L.; Körte, S.; Obiero, G. F.; Bolton, G.; Khallaf, M. A.; Kunert, G.; Lavista Llanos, S.; Valenzano, D. R. et al.; Rybak, J.; Barrett, B. A.; Knaden, M.; Hansson, B. S.: Inverse resource allocation between vision and olfaction across the genus Drosophila. Nature Communications 10, 1162 (2019)

Kirsch, R.; Kunert, G.; Vogel, H.; Pauchet, Y.: Pectin digestion in herbivorous beetles: Impact of pseudoenzymes exceeds that of their active counterparts. Frontiers in Physiology 10, 685 (2019)

Sanchez Arcos, C.; Kai, M.; Svatoš, A.; Gershenzon, J.; Kunert, G.: Untargeted metabolomics approach reveals differences in host plant chemistry before and after infestation with different pea aphid host races. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 188 (2019)

Beran, F.; Sporer, T.; Paetz, C.; Ahn, S.-J.; Betzin, F.; Kunert, G.; Shekhov, A.; G. Vassão, D.; Bartram, S.; Lorenz, S. et al.; Reichelt, M.: One pathway is not enough: The cabbage stem flea beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala uses multiple strategies to overcome the glucosinolate-myrosinase defense in its host plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 1754 (2018)

Busch, A.; Kunert, G.; Wielsch, N.; Pauchet, Y.: Cellulose degradation in Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): functional characterization of two CAZymes belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 45 reveals a novel enzymatic activity. Insect Molecular Biology 27 (5), pp. 633 - 650 (2018)

Furch, A. C. U.; Paulmann, M. K.; Wegner, L.; Kunert, G.; Van Bel, A. J.E.: Comparison of intracellular location and stimulus reaction times of forisomes in sieve tubes of four legume species. Plant Signaling & Behavior 13 (8), e1503493 (2018)

Martínez-Harms, J.; Warskulat, A.-C.; Dudek, B.; Kunert, G.; Lorenz, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Schneider, B.: Biosynthetic and functional color-scent associations in flowers of Papaver nudicaule and its impact on pollinators. Chembiochem 19 (14), pp. 1553 - 1562 (2018)

Paulmann, M. K.; Kunert, G.; Zimmermann, M.; Theis, N.; Ludwig, A.; Meichsner, D.; Oelmüller, R.; Gershenzon, J.; Habekuß, A.; Ordon, F. et al.; Furch, A. C.; Will, T.: Barley yellow dwarf virus infection leads to higher chemical defence signals and lower electrophysiological reactions in susceptible compared to tolerant barley genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science 9, 145 (2018)

Vosteen, I.; Gershenzon, J.; Kunert, G.: Dealing with food shortage: larval dispersal behaviour and survival on non-prey food of the hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Ecological Entomology 43 (5), pp. 578 - 590 (2018)