Publications of J. Degenhardt

Köllner, T.; O'Maille, P. E.; Gatto, N.; Boland, W.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: Two pockets in the active site of maize sesquiterpene synthase TPS4 carry out sequential parts of the reaction scheme resulting in multiple products. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 448 (1-2), pp. 83 - 92 (2006)

Schnee, C.; Köllner, T. G.; Held, M.; Turlings, T. C. J.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: The products of a single maize sesquiterpene synthase form a volatile defense signal that attracts natural enemies of maize herbivores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103 (4), pp. 1129 - 1134 (2006)

Rasmann, S.; Köllner, T. G.; Degenhardt, J.; Hiltpold, I.; Toepfer, S.; Kuhlmann, U.; Gershenzon, J.; Turlings, T. C. J.: Recruitment of entomopathogenic nematodes by insect-damaged maize roots. Nature 434, pp. 732 - 737 (2005)

Hoballah, M. E.; Kollner, T. G.; Degenhardt, J.; Turlings, T. C. J.: Costs of induced volatile production in maize. Oikos 105 (1), pp. 168 - 180 (2004)

Köllner, T.; Schnee, C.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: The variability of sesquiterpenes emitted from two Zea mays cultivars is controlled by allelic variation of two terpene synthase genes encoding stereoselective multiple product enzymes. The Plant Cell 16 (5), pp. 1115 - 1131 (2004)

Kollner, T. G.; Schnee, C.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: The sesquiterpene hydrocarbons of maize (Zea mays) form five groups with distinct developmental and organ-specific distributions. Phytochemistry 65 (13), pp. 1895 - 1902 (2004)

Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.; Baldwin, I. T.; Kessler, A.: Attracting friends to feast on foes: engineering terpene emission to make crop plants more attractive to herbivore enemies. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 14 (2), pp. 169 - 176 (2003)

Köllner, T. G.; Schnee, C.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: Terpene formation in maize and its ecological and evolutionary significance. Chemicke Listy 97, pp. 319 - 327 (2003)

Schnee, C.; Köllner, T. G.; Gershenzon, J.; Degenhardt, J.: The maize gene terpene synthase 1 encodes a sesquiterpene synthase catalyzing the formation of (E)-beta-farnesene, (E)-nerolidol, and (E,E)-farnesol after herbivore damage. Plant Physiology 130 (4), pp. 2049 - 2060 (2002)

Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.: Demonstration and characterization of (E)-nerolidol synthase from maize: a herbivore-inducible terpene synthase participating in (3E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene biosynthesis. Planta 210 (5), pp. 815 - 822 (2000)

Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.: A herbivore-inducible nerolidol synthase activity and its role in regulating homoterpene synthesis in maize. Plant Biology, p. 17 (1999)

Larsen, P. B.; Degenhardt, J.; Tai, C. Y.; Stenzler, L. M.; Howell, S. H.; Kochian, L. V.: Aluminum-resistant Arabidopsis mutants that exhibit altered patterns of aluminum accumulation and organic acid release from roots. Plant Physiology 117 (1), pp. 9 - 17 (1998)

Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.: Terpenoids. In: Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, Vol. 1, pp. 500 - 504 (Eds. Brian, T.; Murphy, D. J.; Murray, B. G.). Elsevier, Amsterdam (2003)

Degenhardt, J.; Gershenzon, J.: Genetics of crop improvement: Genetic modification of secondary metabolism terpenoids. In: Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences, pp. 500 - 504 (Eds. Thomas, B.; Murphy, D.J.; Murray, B.G.). Elsevier Science, London (2003)

Degenhardt, J.: The biosynthesis and ecological function of plant terpenes. Habilitation, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena (2007)