Prof. Dr. Matthias Erb

2024

Thönen, Lisa; Kreuzer, Marco; Pestalozzi, Christine; Florean, Matilde; Mateo, Pierre; Züst, Tobias; Wei, Anlun; Giroud, Caitlin; Rouyer, Liza; Gfeller, Valentin; Notter, Matheus D; Knoch, Eva; Hapfelmeier, Siegfried; Becker, Claude; Schandry, Niklas; Robert, Christelle A M; Köllner, Tobias G; Bruggmann, Rémy; Erb, Matthias and Schlaeppi, Klaus (2024). The lactonase BxdA mediates metabolic specialisation of maize root bacteria to benzoxazinoids. Nature communications, 15(6535) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41467-024-49643-w

Escobar Bravo, Rocío; Schimmel, Bernardus C J; Zhang, Yaqin; Wang, Lei; Robert, Christelle A M; Glauser, Gaétan; Ballaré, Carlos L; Erb, Matthias (2024). Far-red light increases maize volatile emissions in response to volatile cues from neighbouring plants. (In Press). Plant, cell & environment Wiley 10.1111/pce.14995

Hajdu, Csengele; Molnár, Béla Péter; Waterman, Jamie M; Machado, Ricardo Alberto Ruiz; Radványi, Dalma; Fónagy, Adrien; Khan, Sheharyar Ahmed; Vassor, Thibault; Biet, Baptiste; Erb, Matthias; Kárpáti, Zsolt; Robert, Christelle Aurélie Maud (2024). Volatile-mediated oviposition preference for healthy over root-infested plants by the European corn borer. Plant, cell & environment, 47(6), pp. 2228-2239. Wiley 10.1111/pce.14876

Caggìa, Veronica; Wälchli, Jan; Deslandes-Hérold, Gabriel; Mateo, Pierre; Robert, Christelle A M; Guan, Hang; Bigalke, Moritz; Spielvogel, Sandra; Mestrot, Adrien; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Erb, Matthias (2024). Root-exuded specialized metabolites reduce arsenic toxicity in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 121(13) National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.2314261121

Gfeller, Valentin; Thoenen, Lisa; Erb, Matthias (2024). Root-exuded benzoxazinoids can alleviate negative plant-soil feedbacks. New Phytologist, 241(6), pp. 2575-2588. Wiley 10.1111/nph.19401

Waterman, Jamie Mitchel; Cofer, Tristan Michael; Wang, Lei; Glauser, Gaetan; Erb, Matthias (2024). High-resolution kinetics of herbivore-induced plant volatile transfer reveal clocked response patterns in neighboring plants. eLife, 12 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.89855

Wang, Lei; Erb, Matthias (2024). Feeding Assay to Study the Effect of Phytocytokines on Direct and Indirect Defense in Maize. Methods in molecular biology, 2731, pp. 133-142. Springer 10.1007/978-1-0716-3511-7_10

2023

Washburn, Jacob D; LaFond, Harper F; Lapadatescu, Martian C; Pereira, Adriano E; Erb, Matthias; Hibbard, Bruce E (2023). GWAS analysis of maize host plant resistance to western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reveals candidate small effect loci for resistance breeding. Journal of economic entomology, 116(6), pp. 2184-2192. Entomological Society of America 10.1093/jee/toad181

Thoenen, Lisa; Giroud, Caitlin; Kreuzer, Marco; Waelchli, Jan; Gfeller, Valentin; Deslandes-Hérold, Gabriel; Mateo, Pierre; Robert, Christelle A M; Ahrens, Christian H; Rubio-Somoza, Ignacio; Bruggmann, Rémy; Erb, Matthias; Schlaeppi, Klaus (2023). Bacterial tolerance to host-exuded specialized metabolites structures the maize root microbiome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 120(44), e2310134120. National Academy of Sciences 10.1073/pnas.2310134120

Wang, Lei; Jäggi, Simon; Cofer, Tristan M; Waterman, Jamie M; Walthert, Mario; Glauser, Gaétan; Erb, Matthias (2023). Immature leaves are the dominant volatile-sensing organs of maize. Current biology, 33(17), 3679-3689.e3. Cell Press 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.045

Gross, Josef J.; Mateo, Pierre; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Wyss, Ueli; Kramer, Ewald; Ramhold, Dietmar; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M. (2023). Short communication: Metabolization of benzoxazinoids during silage fermentation of maize and their effects on silage quality. Animal feed science and technology, 304, p. 115748. Elsevier 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2023.115748

Gfeller, Valentin; Waelchli, Jan; Pfister, Stephanie; Deslandes-Hérold, Gabriel; Mascher, Fabio; Glauser, Gaetan; Aeby, Yvo; Mestrot, Adrien; Robert, Christelle A M; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Erb, Matthias (2023). Plant secondary metabolite-dependent plant-soil feedbacks can improve crop yield in the field. eLife, 12 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.84988

Lin, Po-An; Kansman, Jessica; Chuang, Wen-Po; Robert, Christelle; Erb, Matthias; Felton, Gary W (2023). Water availability and plant-herbivore interactions. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(9), pp. 2811-2828. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jxb/erac481

Escobar-Bravo, Rocío; Lin, Po-An; Waterman, Jamie M; Erb, Matthias (2023). Dynamic environmental interactions shaped by vegetative plant volatiles. Natural product reports, 40(4), pp. 840-865. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/d2np00061j

Gross, Josef J; Mateo, Pierre; Ramhold, Dietmar; Kramer, Ewald; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A M (2023). Turnover of Benzoxazinoids during the Aerobic Deterioration of Maize Silage (Zea mays). Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 71(5), pp. 2370-2376. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c06699

Gfeller, Valentin; Cadot, Selma; Waelchli, Jan; Gulliver, Sophie; Terrettaz, Céline; Thönen, Lisa; Mateo, Pierre; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Mascher, Fabio; Steinger, Thomas; Bigalke, Moritz; Erb, Matthias; Schlaeppi, Klaus (2023). Soil chemical and microbial gradients determine accumulation of root‐exuded secondary metabolites and plant–soil feedbacks in the field. Journal of sustainable agriculture and environment, 2(3), pp. 173-188. Wiley 10.1002/sae2.12063

2022

Erb, Matthias (2022). Editorial. CHIMIA, 76(11), p. 897. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft 10.2533/chimia.2022.897

Wang, Lei; Erb, Matthias (2022). Volatile uptake, transport, perception, and signaling shape a plant's nose. Essays in biochemistry, 66(5), pp. 695-702. Portland Press 10.1042/EBC20210092

Ye, Wenfeng; Bustos-Segura, Carlos; Degen, Thomas; Erb, Matthias; Turlings, Ted C J (2022). Belowground and aboveground herbivory differentially affect the transcriptome in roots and shoots of maize. Plant direct, 6(7), e426. Wiley 10.1002/pld3.426

Fernández de Bobadilla, Maite; Vitiello, Alessia; Erb, Matthias; Poelman, Erik H. (2022). Plant defense strategies against attack by multiple herbivores. Trends in Plant Science, 27(6), pp. 528-535. Elsevier Current Trends 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.12.010

Sun, Yan; Züst, Tobias; Silvestro, Daniele; Erb, Matthias; Bossdorf, Oliver; Mateo, Pierre; Robert, Christelle; Müller-Schärer, Heinz (2022). Climate warming can reduce biocontrol efficacy and promote plant invasion due to both genetic and transient metabolomic changes. Ecology Letters, 25(6), pp. 1387-1400. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/ele.14000

Wan, Jinlong; Yi, Jiahui; Tao, Zhibin; Ren, Zhikun; Otieno, Evans O.; Tian, Baoliang; Ding, Jianqing; Siemann, Evan; Erb, Matthias; Huang, Wei (2022). Species‐specific plant‐mediated effects between herbivores converge at high damage intensity. Ecology, 103(5), e3647. Ecological Society of America 10.1002/ecy.3647

Escobar-Bravo, Rocio; Schimmel, Bernardus C. J.; Glauser, Gaétan; Klinkhamer, Peter G. L.; Erb, Matthias (2022). Leafminer attack accelerates the development of soil‐dwelling conspecific pupae via plant‐mediated changes in belowground volatiles. New Phytologist, 234(1), pp. 280-294. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.17966

Gross, J. J.; Mateo, P.; Ramhold, D.; Kramer, E.; Robert, C. A. M.; Erb, M. (2022). Changes of benzoxazinoids during aerobic deterioration of maize silage. Journal of dairy science, 105(1), pp. 298-299. American Dairy Science Association

Gross, J. J.; Schlaeppi, K.; Wyss, U.; Kramer, E.; Ramhold, D.; Mateo, P.; Robert, C. A. M.; Erb, M. (2022). Conversion of benzoxazinoids during ensiling of maize. Journal of dairy science, 105(1), p. 298. American Dairy Science Association

2021

Liu, Yuanhui; Ma, Bin; Chen, Wenfeng; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Erb, Matthias; Stirling, Erinne; Hu, Lingfei; Wang, Entao; Zhang, Yunzeng; Zhao, Kankan; Lu, Zhijiang; Ye, Shudi; Xu, Jianming (2021). Rhizobium Symbiotic Capacity Shapes Root-Associated Microbiomes in Soybean. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, p. 709012. Frontiers 10.3389/fmicb.2021.709012

Erb, Matthias (December 2021). Impulse Lecture How specialized metabolites mediate interactions between plants and other organisms. Planta medica, 87(15), p. 1250. Stuttgart: Thieme 10.1055/s-0041-1736783

Guyer, Anouk; Doan, Van Cong; Maurer, Corina; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Mateo, Pierre; Steinauer, Katja; Kesner, Lucie; Hoch, Günter; Kahmen, Ansgar; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M. (2021). Climate Change Modulates Multitrophic Interactions Between Maize, A Root Herbivore, and Its Enemies. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 47(10-11), pp. 889-906. Springer 10.1007/s10886-021-01303-9

Hu, Lingfei; Wu, Zhenwei; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Ouyang, Xiao; Züst, Tobias; Mestrot, Adrien; Xu, Jianming; Erb, Matthias (2021). Soil chemistry determines whether defensive plant secondary metabolites promote or suppress herbivore growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 118(43), e2109602118. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.2109602118

Huber, Meret; Roder, Thomas; Irmisch, Sandra; Riedel, Alexander; Gablenz, Saskia; Fricke, Julia; Rahfeld, Peter; Reichelt, Michael; Paetz, Christian; Liechti, Nicole; Hu, Lingfei; Bont, Zoe; Ye, Meng; Huang, Wei; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Erb, Matthias (2021). A beta-glucosidase of an insect herbivore determines both toxicity and deterrence of a dandelion defense metabolite. eLife, 10(68642) eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.68642

Arce, Carla C. M.; Bont, Zoe; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Cristaldo, Paulo F.; Erb, Matthias (2021). Adaptations and responses of the common dandelion to low atmospheric pressure in high‐altitude environments. Journal of ecology, 109(10), pp. 3487-3501. Wiley 10.1111/1365-2745.13736

Sharda, Sakshi; Züst, Tobias; Erb, Matthias; Taborsky, Barbara (2021). Predator-induced maternal effects determine adaptive antipredator behaviors via egg composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 118(37), e2017063118. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.2017063118

Schlaeppi, Klaus; Gross, Josef J.; Hapfelmeier, Siegfried; Erb, Matthias (2021). Plant chemistry and food web health. New Phytologist, 231(3), pp. 957-962. Wiley 10.1111/nph.17385

Erb, Matthias; Züst, Tobias; Robert, Christelle Aurélie Maud (2021). Using plant chemistry to improve interactions between plants, herbivores and their natural enemies: challenges and opportunities. Current opinion in biotechnology, 70, pp. 262-265. Elsevier 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.05.011

Arce, Carla CM; Theepan, Vanitha; Schimmel, Bernardus CJ; Jaffuel, Geoffrey; Erb, Matthias; Machado, Ricardo AR (2021). Plant-associated CO2 mediates long-distance host location and foraging behaviour of a root herbivore. eLife, 10 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.65575

Ye, Meng; Liu, Miaomiao; Erb, Matthias; Glauser, Gaétan; Zhang, Jin; Li, Xiwang; Sun, Xiaoling (2021). Indole primes defence signalling and increases herbivore resistance in tea plants. Plant, cell & environment, 44(4), pp. 1165-1177. Wiley 10.1111/pce.13897

Hu, Lingfei; Zhang, Kaidi; Wu, Zhenwei; Xu, Jianming; Erb, Matthias (2021). Plant volatiles as regulators of plant defense and herbivore immunity: molecular mechanisms and unanswered questions. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 44, pp. 82-88. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cois.2021.03.010

Cadot, Selma; Guan, Hang; Bigalke, Moritz; Walser, Jean-Claude; Jander, Georg; Erb, Matthias; van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.; Schlaeppi, Klaus (2021). Specific and conserved patterns of microbiota-structuring by maize benzoxazinoids in the field. Microbiome, 9(1), p. 103. BioMed Central 10.1186/s40168-021-01049-2

Machado, Ricardo A.R.; Theepan, Vanitha; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Züst, Tobias; Hu, Lingfei; Su, Qi; Schimmel, Bernardus C. J.; Erb, Matthias (2021). The plant metabolome guides fitness-relevant foraging decisions of a specialist herbivore. PLoS biology, 19(2), e3001114. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001114

Paddock, Kyle J.; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias; Hibbard, Bruce E. (2021). Western Corn Rootworm, Plant and Microbe Interactions: A Review and Prospects for New Management Tools. Insects, 12(2), p. 171. MDPI 10.3390/insects12020171

Cadot, Selma; Gfeller, Valentin; Hu, Lingfei; Singh, Nikhil; Sánchez-Vallet, Andrea; Glauser, Gaétan; Croll, Daniel; Erb, Matthias; van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.; Schlaeppi, Klaus (2021). Soil composition and plant genotype determine benzoxazinoid-mediated plant–soil feedbacks in cereals. Plant, cell & environment, 44(12), pp. 3502-3514. Wiley 10.1111/pce.14184

2020

Israni, B.; Wouters, F.C.; Luck, K.; Seibel, E.; Ahn, S.-J.; Paetz, C.; Reinert, M.; Vogel, H.; Erb, Matthias; Heckel, D.G.; Gershenzon, J.; Vassão, D.G. (2020). The Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Utilizes Specific UDP-Glycosyltransferases to Inactivate Maize Defensive Benzoxazinoids. Frontiers in physiology, 11(604754) Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fphys.2020.604754

Bont, Zoe; Züst, Tobias; Arce, Carla C. M.; Huber, Meret; Erb, Matthias (2020). Heritable variation in root secondary metabolites is associated with recent climate. Journal of ecology, 108(6), pp. 2611-2624. Wiley 10.1111/1365-2745.13441

Wasimuddin, Wasimuddin; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Ronchi, Francesca; Leib, Stephen L.; Erb, Matthias; Ramette, Alban (2020). Evaluation of primer pairs for microbiome profiling from soils to humans within the One Health framework. Molecular ecology resources, 20(6), pp. 1558-1571. Wiley 10.1111/1755-0998.13215

Ye, Meng; Kuai, Peng; Hu, Lingfei; Ye, Miaofen; Sun, Hao; Erb, Matthias; Lou, Yonggen (2020). Suppression of a leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like kinase enhances host plant resistance to a specialist herbivore. Plant, cell & environment, 43(10), pp. 2571-2585. Wiley 10.1111/pce.13834

Erb, Matthias; Kliebenstein, Daniel J. (2020). Plant secondary metabolites as defenses, regulators, and primary metabolites: the blurred functional trichotomy. Plant Physiology, 184(1), pp. 39-52. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.20.00433

Wang, Wanwan; Zhou, Pengyong; Mo, Xiaochang; Hu, Lingfei; Jin, Nuo; Chen, Xia; Yu, Zhuoxian; Meng, Jinpeng; Erb, Matthias; Shang, Zhicai; Gatehouse, Angharad M. R.; Wu, Jun; Lou, Yonggen (2020). Induction of defense in cereals by 4-fluorophenoxyacetic acid suppresses insect pest populations and increases crop yields in the field. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 117(22), pp. 12017-12028. 2101 CONSTITUTION AVE NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20418 USA: National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.2003742117

Bruno, Pamela; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Glauser, Gaétan; Köhler, Angela; Campos-Herrera, Raquel; Bernal, Julio; Toepfer, Stefan; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2020). Entomopathogenic nematodes from Mexico that can overcome the resistance mechanisms of the western corn rootworm. Scientific reports, 10(1), p. 8257. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-020-64945-x

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Thönen, Lisa; Arce, Carla C. M.; Theepan, Vanitha; Prada, Fausto; Wüthrich, Daniel; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Vogiatzaki, Evangelia; Shi, Yi-Ming; Schaeren, Olivier P.; Notter, Matheus; Bruggmann, Rémy; Hapfelmeier, Siegfried; Bode, Helge B.; Erb, Matthias (2020). Engineering bacterial symbionts of nematodes improves biocontrol potential of the western corn rootworm. Nature biotechnology, 38(5), pp. 600-608. Nature America 10.1038/s41587-020-0419-1

Züst, Tobias; Strickler, Susan R.; Powell, Adrian F.; Mabry, Makenzie E.; An, Hong; Mirzaei, Mahdieh; York, Thomas; Holland, Cynthia K.; Kumar, Pavan; Erb, Matthias; Petschenka, Georg; Gomez, Jose-Maria; Perfectti, Francisco; Mueller, Caroline; Pires, J. Chris; Mueller, Lukas A.; Jander, Georg (2020). Independent evolution of ancestral and novel defenses in a genus of toxic plants (Erysimum, Brassicaceae). eLife, 9 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.51712

Hill, Virginia; Kuhnert, Peter; Erb, Matthias; Machado, Ricardo A. R. (2020). Identification of Photorhabdus symbionts by MALDI-TOF MS. Microbiology, 166(6), pp. 522-530. Society for General Microbiology 10.1099/mic.0.000905

Bont, Zoe; Pfander, Marc; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Huber, Meret; Poelman, Erik H.; Raaijmakers, Ciska E.; Erb, Matthias (2020). Adapted dandelions trade dispersal for germination upon root herbivore attack. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences, 287(1921), p. 20192930. The Royal Society 10.1098/rspb.2019.2930

Huang, Wei; Bont, Zoe; Hervé, Maxime R.; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias (2020). Impact of Seasonal and Temperature-Dependent Variation in Root Defense Metabolites on Herbivore Preference in Taraxacum officinale. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46(1), pp. 63-75. Springer 10.1007/s10886-019-01126-9

De Lange, Elvira S.; Laplanche, Diane; Guo, Huijuan; Xu, Wei; Vlimant, Michèle; Erb, Matthias; Ton, Jurriaan; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2020). Spodoptera frugiperda Caterpillars Suppress Herbivore-Induced Volatile Emissions in Maize. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46(3), pp. 344-360. Springer 10.1007/s10886-020-01153-x

2019

Wasimuddin, Wasimuddin; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Ronchi, Francesca; Leib, Stephen L.; Erb, Matthias; Ramette, Alban (15 November 2019). Evaluation of primer pairs for microbiome profiling across a food chain from soils to humans within the One Health framework (bioRxiv). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/843144

Zhang, Xi; van Doan, Cong; Arce, Carla C. M.; Hu, Lingfei; Gruenig, Sandra; Parisod, Christian; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Hervé, Maxime R.; Nielson, Chad; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Erb, Matthias (2019). Plant defense resistance in natural enemies of a specialist insect herbivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 116(46), pp. 23174-23181. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.1912599116

Hervé, Maxime R; Erb, Matthias (2019). Distinct defense strategies allow different grassland species to cope with root herbivore attack. Oecologia, 191(1), pp. 127-139. Springer 10.1007/s00442-019-04479-w

Zhang, Xi; van Doan, Cong; Arce, Carla C.M.; Hu, Lingfei; Grünig, Sandra; Parisod, Christian Gérard; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Hervé, Maxime; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Machado, Ricardo A.R.; Erb, Matthias (24 July 2019). Plant defense resistance in natural enemies of a specialist insect herbivore (bioRxiv). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/710681

Huang, Wei; Gfeller, Valentin Johannes; Erb, Matthias (2019). Root volatiles in plant-plant interactions II: Root volatiles alter root chemistry and plant-herbivore interactions of neighboring plants. Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(6), pp. 1964-1973. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.13534

Gfeller, Valentin Johannes; Huber, Meret; Förster, Christiane; Huang, Wei; Köllner, Tobias G.; Erb, Matthias (2019). Root volatiles in plant-plant interactions I: High root sesquiterpene release is associated with increased germination and growth of plant neighbors. Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(6), pp. 1950-1963. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.13532

Erb, Matthias; Reymond, Philippe (2019). Molecular Interactions Between Plants and Insect Herbivores. Annual review of plant biology, 70(1), pp. 527-557. Annual Reviews 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-095910

Hervé, Maxime R.; Erb, Matthias (6 March 2019). Distinct defense strategies allow different grassland species to cope with root herbivore attack (bioRxiv). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Hu, Lingfei; Ye, Meng; Erb, Matthias (2019). Integration of two herbivore-induced plant volatiles results in synergistic effects on plant defence and resistance. Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(3), pp. 959-971. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.13443

Ye, Meng; Glauser, Gaétan; Lou, Yonggen; Erb, Matthias; Hu, Lingfei (2019). Molecular dissection of early defense signaling underlying volatile-mediated defense regulation and herbivore resistance in rice. The Plant Cell, 31(3), pp. 687-698. American Society of Plant Biologists 10.1105/tpc.18.00569

Bont, Zoe; Pfander, Marc; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Huber, Meret; Poelman, Erik H.; Raaijmakers, Ciska E.; Erb, Matthias (19 February 2019). Adapted dandelions increase seed dispersal potential when they are attacked by root herbivores (bioRxiv 551630). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/551630

Gasmi, Laila; Martínez-Solís, María; Frattini, Ada; Ye, Meng; Collado, María Carmen; Turlings, Ted C.J.; Erb, Matthias; Herrero, Salvador (2019). Can herbivore-induced volatiles protect plants by increasing the herbivores’ susceptibility to natural pathogens? Applied and environmental microbiology, 85(1), e01468. American Society for Microbiology 10.1128/AEM.01468-18

Yang, Ping; Praz, Coraline; Li, Beibei; Singla, Jyoti; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Kessel, Bettina; Scheuermann, Daniela; Lüthi, Linda; Ouzunova, Milena; Erb, Matthias; Krattinger, Simon G.; Keller, Beat (2019). Fungal resistance mediated by maize wall-associated kinase ZmWAK-RLK1 correlates with reduced benzoxazinoid content. New Phytologist, 221(2), pp. 976-987. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.15419

2018

Li, B.; Förster, C.; Robert, Christelle. A. M.; Züst, Tobias; Hu, Lingfei; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Berset, Jean Daniel; Handrick, V.; Knauer, T.; Hensel, G.; Chen, W.; Kumlehn, J.; Yang, P.; Keller, B.; Gershenzon, J.; Jander, G.; Köllner, T. G.; Erb, Matthias (2018). Convergent evolution of a metabolic switch between aphid and caterpillar resistance in cereals. Science Advances, 4(12), eaat6797. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/sciadv.aat6797

Huang, Wei; Gfeller, Valentin; Erb, Matthias (13 October 2018). Root volatiles in plant-plant interactions II: Root terpenes from Centaurea stoebe modify Taraxacum officinale root chemistry and root herbivore growth (Unpublished) (bioRxiv 441790). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/441790

Gfeller, Valentin; Huber, Meret; Foerster, Christiane; Huang, Wei; Koellner, Tobias G.; Erb, Matthias (13 October 2018). Root volatiles in plant-plant interactions I: Characterization of root sesquiterpene emissions from Centaurea stoebe and their effects on other plants (Unpublished) (bioRxiv 441717). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/441717

Hu, Lingfei; Mateo, Pierre; Ye, Meng; Zhang, Xi; Berset, Jean Daniel; Handrick, V.; Radisch, D.; Grabe, V.; Köllner, T. G.; Gershenzon, J.; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias (2018). Plant iron acquisition strategy exploited by an insect herbivore. Science, 361(6403), pp. 694-697. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/science.aat4082

Erb, Matthias (2018). Volatiles as inducers and suppressors of plant defense and immunity — origins, specificity, perception and signaling. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 44, pp. 117-121. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.03.008

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Wüthrich, Daniel; Kuhnert, Peter; Arce, Carla C. M.; Thönen, Lisa; Ruiz, Celia; Zhang, Xi; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Karimi, Javad; Kamali, Shokoofeh; Ma, Juan; Bruggmann, Rémy; Erb, Matthias (2018). Whole-genome-based revisit of Photorhabdus phylogeny: proposal for the elevation of most Photorhabdus subspecies to the species level and description of one novel species Photorhabdus bodei sp. nov., and one novel subspecies Photorhabdus laumondii subsp. clarkei subsp. nov. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 68(8), pp. 2664-2681. Society for General Microbiology SGM 10.1099/ijsem.0.002820

Hu, Lingfei; Ye, Meng; Kuai, Peng; Ye, Miaofen; Erb, Matthias; Lou, Yonggen (2018). OsLRR-RLK1, an early responsive leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase, initiates rice defense responses against a chewing herbivore. New Phytologist, 219(3), pp. 1097-1111. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.15247

Guyer, Anouk Sabina; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Holzkämper, Annelie; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M. (2018). Influence of drought on plant performance through changes in belowground tritrophic interactions. Ecology and evolution, 8(13), pp. 6756-6765. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/ece3.4183

Hu, Lingfei; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Cadot, Selma; Zhang, Xi; Ye, Meng; Li, Beibei; Manzo, Daniele; Chervet, Noemie; Steinger, Thomas; van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.; Schlaeppi, Klaus; Erb, Matthias (2018). Root exudate metabolites drive plant-soil feedbacks on growth and defense by shaping the rhizosphere microbiota. Nature communications, 9(1) Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41467-018-05122-7

Ye, Meng; Veyrat, Nathalie; Xu, Hao; Hu, Lingfei; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Erb, Matthias (2018). An herbivore-induced plant volatile reduces parasitoid attraction by changing the smell of caterpillars. Science Advances, 4(5), eaar476. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/sciadv.aar4767

Giron, David; Dubreuil, Géraldine; Bennett, Alison; Dedeine, Franck; Dicke, Marcel; Dyer, Lee A.; Erb, Matthias; Harris, Marion O.; Huguet, Elisabeth; Kaloshian, Isgouhi; Kawakita, Atsushi; Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Palmer, Todd M.; Petanidou, Theodora; Poulsen, Michael; Sallé, Aurélien; Simon, Jean-Christophe; Terblanche, John S.; Thiéry, Denis; Whiteman, Noah K.; ... (2018). Promises and challenges in insect-plant interactions. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 166(5), pp. 319-343. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/eea.12679

Erb, Matthias (2018). Plant Defenses against Herbivory: Closing the Fitness Gap. Trends in Plant Science, 23(3), 187 - 194. Elsevier Current Trends 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.11.005

Huang, Wei; Zwimpfer, Elias; Hervé, Maxime R.; Bont, Zoe; Erb, Matthias (2018). Neighbourhood effects determine plant-herbivore interactions below-ground. Journal of Ecology, 106(1), pp. 347-356. Blackwell 10.1111/1365-2745.12805

Turlings, Ted C.J.; Erb, Matthias (2018). Tritrophic Interactions Mediated by Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles: Mechanisms, Ecological Relevance, and Application Potential. Annual review of entomology, 63(1), pp. 433-452. Annual Reviews 10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043507

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Arce, Carla C.M.; McClure, Michael A.; Baldwin, Ian T.; Erb, Matthias (2018). Aboveground herbivory induced jasmonates disproportionately reduce plant reproductive potential by facilitating root nematode infestation. Plant, Cell & Environment, 41(4), pp. 797-808. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.13143

2017

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Zhang, Xi; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Schirmer, Stefanie; Lori, Martina; Mateo, Pierre; Erb, Matthias; Gershenzon, Jonathan (2017). Sequestration and activation of plant toxins protect the western corn rootworm from enemies at multiple trophic levels. eLife, 6, e29307. eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.29307

Ferrieri, Abigail P.; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Kessler, Danny; Baldwin, Ian T.; Erb, Matthias (2017). Localized micronutrient patches induce lateral root foraging and chemotropism in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59(10), pp. 759-771. Wiley 10.1111/jipb.12566

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Zhou, Wenwu; Ferrieri, Abigail P.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Baldwin, Ian T.; Xu, Shuqing; Erb, Matthias (2017). Species-specific regulation of herbivory-induced defoliation tolerance is associated with jasmonate inducibility. Ecology and evolution, 7(11), pp. 3703-3712. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/ece3.2953

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Baldwin, Ian T.; Erb, Matthias (2017). Herbivory-induced jasmonates constrain plant sugar accumulation and growth by antagonizing gibberellin signaling and not by promoting secondary metabolite production. New Phytologist, 215(2), pp. 803-812. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.14597

Huang, Wei; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Hervé, Maxime R.; Hu, Lingfei; Bont, Zoe; Erb, Matthias (2017). A mechanism for sequence specificity in plant-mediated interactions between herbivores. New Phytologist, 214(1), pp. 169-179. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.14328

Bont, Zoe; Arce, Carla C. M.; Huber, Meret; Huang, Wei; Mestrot, Adrien; Sturrock, Craig J.; Erb, Matthias (2017). A Herbivore Tag-and-Trace System Reveals Contact- and Density-Dependent Repellence of a Root Toxin. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43(3), pp. 295-306. Springer 10.1007/s10886-017-0830-3

2016

Maag, Daniel; Köhler, Angela; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Frey, Monika; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Turlings, Ted C.J.; Glauser, Gaétan; Erb, Matthias (2016). Highly localised and persistent induction of Bx1 -dependent herbivore resistance factors in maize. The Plant Journal, 88(6), pp. 976-991. Blackwell Science 10.1111/tpj.13308

Qu, Wenchao; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Paven, Maxim; Gleede, Tassilo; Riehl, Barbara; Kersting, Lena; Cankaya, Aylin S.; Kunert, Anna T.; Xu, Youwen; Schueller, Michael J.; Shea, Colleen; Alexoff, David; Lee, SoJeong; Fowler, Joanna S.; Ferrieri, Richard A. (2016). Dynamic Precision Phenotyping Reveals Mechanism of Crop Tolerance to Root Herbivory. Plant Physiology, 172(2), pp. 776-788. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.16.00735

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Ferrieri, Abigail P; Xu, Shuqing; Jimenez-Aleman, Guillermo H; Baldwin, Ian T; Erb, Matthias (2016). Auxin is rapidly induced by herbivory attack and regulates systemic, jasmonate-dependent defenses. Plant Physiology, 172(1), pp. 521-532. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.16.00940

Cosme, Marco; Lu, Jing; Erb, Matthias; Stout, Michael Joseph; Franken, Philipp; Wurst, Susanne (2016). A fungal endophyte helps plants to tolerate root herbivory through changes in gibberellin and jasmonate signaling. New Phytologist, 211(3), pp. 1065-1076. Wiley 10.1111/nph.13957

Handrick, Vinzenz; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Ahern, Kevin R; Zhou, Shaoqun; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Maag, Daniel; Glauser, Gaétan; Fernandez-Penny, Felix E.; Chandran, Jima N.; Rodgers-Melnick, Eli; Schneider, Bernd; Buckler, Edward S.; Boland, Wilhelm; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Jander, Georg; Erb, Matthias; Köllner, Tobias G (2016). Biosynthesis of 8-O-methylated benzoxazinoid defense compounds in maize. The Plant Cell, 28(7), pp. 1682-1700. American Society of Plant Biologists 10.1105/tpc.16.00065

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; McClure, Mark; Hervé, Maxime R; Baldwin, Ian T; Erb, Matthias (2016). Benefits of jasmonate-dependent defenses against vertebrate herbivores in nature. eLife, 5 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.13720

Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M. (2016). Sequestration of plant secondary metabolites by insect herbivores: molecular mechanisms and ecological consequences. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 14, pp. 8-11. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cois.2015.11.005

Johnson, Scott N.; Erb, Matthias; Hartley, Susan E. (2016). Roots under attack: contrasting plant responses to below- and aboveground insect herbivory. New Phytologist, 210(2), pp. 413-418. Wiley 10.1111/nph.13807

Veyrat, Nathalie; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Turlings, Ted Christiaan Johannes; Erb, Matthias (2016). Herbivore intoxication as a potential primary function of an inducible volatile plant signal. Journal of Ecology, 104(2), pp. 591-600. Wiley 10.1111/1365-2745.12526

Huber, Meret; Bont, Zoe; Fricke, Julia; Brillatz, Théo; Aziz, Zohra; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Erb, Matthias (2016). A below-ground herbivore shapes root defensive chemistry in natural plant populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences, 283(1827), pp. 1-10. The Royal Society 10.1098/rspb.2016.0285

Lu, Jing; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Lou, Yonggen; Erb, Matthias (2016). A conserved pattern in plant-mediated interactions between herbivores. Ecology and evolution, 6(4), pp. 1032-1040. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 10.1002/ece3.1922

Huber, Meret; Epping, Janina; Schulze Gronover, Christian; Fricke, Julia; Aziz, Zohra; Brillatz, Théo; Swyers, Michael; Köllner, Tobias G.; Vogel, Heiko; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Triebwasser-Freese, Daniella; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Verhoeven, Koen; Preite, Veronica; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Erb, Matthias (2016). A Latex Metabolite Benefits Plant Fitness under Root Herbivore Attack. PLoS biology, 14(1), e1002332. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002332

2015

Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Marti, Guillaume; Lu, Jing; Doyen, Gwladys; Villard, Neil; Barrière, Yves; French, B. Wade; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Turlings, Ted; Gershenzon, Jonathan (2015). A physiological and behavioral mechanism for leaf-herbivore induced systemic root resistance. Plant Physiology, 169(4), pp. 2884-2894. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.15.00759

Ferrieri, Abigail P.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Meza-Canales, Ivan D.; Lima, Eraldo; Baldwin, Ian T.; Erb, Matthias (2015). A Nicotiana attenuata cell wall invertase inhibitor (NaCWII) reduces growth and increases secondary metabolite biosynthesis in herbivore-attacked plants. New Phytologist, 208(2), pp. 519-530. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.13475

Maag, Daniel; Erb, Matthias; Glauser, Gaétan (2015). Metabolomics in plant-herbivore interactions: challenges and applications. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 157(1), pp. 18-29. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/eea.12336

Maag, Daniel; Erb, Matthias; Bernal, Julio S.; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Glauser, Gaétan; Devarenne, Timothy P (2015). Maize Domestication and Anti-Herbivore Defences: Leaf-Specific Dynamics during Early Ontogeny of Maize and Its Wild Ancestors. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0135722. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0135722

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Ferrieri, Abigail P.; Baldwin, Ian T.; Erb, Matthias (2015). Jasmonate-dependent depletion of soluble sugars compromises plant resistance to Manduca sexta. New Phytologist, 207(1), pp. 91-105. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.13337

Huber, Meret; Triebwasser-Freese, Daniella; Reichelt, Michael; Heiling, Sven; Paetz, Christian; Chandran, Jima N.; Bartram, Stefan; Schneider, Bernd; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Erb, Matthias (2015). Identification, quantification, spatiotemporal distribution and genetic variation of major latex secondary metabolites in the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.). Phytochemistry, 115, pp. 89-98. Elsevier 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.01.003

Li, Ran; Zhang, Jin; Li, Jiancai; Zhou, Guoxin; Wang, Qi; Bian, Wenbo; Erb, Matthias; Lou, Yonggen (2015). Prioritizing plant defence over growth through WRKY regulation facilitates infestation by non-target herbivores. eLife, 4(e04805) eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.04805

Köhler, Angela; Maag, Daniel; Veyrat, Nathalie; Glauser, Gaétan; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Erb, Matthias (2015). Within-plant distribution of 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones contributes to herbivore niche differentiation in maize. Plant, Cell & Environment, 38(6), pp. 1081-1093. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.12464

Sobhy, Islam S; Erb, Matthias; Turlings, Ted CJ (2015). Plant strengtheners enhance parasitoid attraction to herbivore-damaged cotton via qualitative and quantitative changes in induced volatiles. Pest Management Science, 71(5), pp. 686-693. Society of Chemical Industry 10.1002/ps.3821

Lu, Jing; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Riemann, Michael; Cosme, Marco; Mène-Saffrané, Laurent; Massana, Josep; Stout, Michael Joseph; Lou, Yonggen; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Erb, Matthias (2015). Induced Jasmonate Signaling Leads to Contrasting Effects on Root Damage and Herbivore Performance. Plant Physiology, 167(3), pp. 1100-1116. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.114.252700

Maag, Daniel; Erb, Matthias; Koellner, Tobias G.; Gershenzon, Jonathan (2015). Defensive weapons and defense signals in plants: Some metabolites serve both roles. BioEssays, 37(2), pp. 167-174. Wiley 10.1002/bies.201400124

Erb, Matthias; Veyrat, Nathalie; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Xu, Hao; Frey, Monika; Ton, Jurriaan; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2015). ​Indole is an essential herbivore-induced volatile priming signal in maize. Nature communications, 6(1), p. 6273. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/ncomms7273

2014

Lu, Jing; Li, Jiancai; Ju, Hongping; Liu, Xiaoli; Erb, Matthias; Wang, Xia; Lou, Yonggen (2014). Contrasting Effects of Ethylene Biosynthesis on Induced Plant Resistance against a Chewing and a Piercing-Sucking Herbivore in Rice. Molecular Plant, 7(11), pp. 1670-1682. Oxford University Press 10.1093/mp/ssu085

Wouters, Felipe C.; Reichelt, Michael; Glauser, Gaétan; Bauer, Eugen; Erb, Matthias; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Vassão, Daniel G. (2014). Reglucosylation of the Benzoxazinoid DIMBOA with Inversion of Stereochemical Configuration is a Detoxification Strategy in Lepidopteran Herbivores. Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), 53(42), pp. 11320-11324. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/anie.201406643

Boachon, Benoît; Gamir, Jordi; Pastor, Victoria; Erb, Matthias; Dean, John V.; Flors, Víctor; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte (2014). Role of two UDP-Glycosyltransferases from the L group of arabidopsis in resistance against pseudomonas syringae. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 139(4), pp. 707-720. Springer 10.1007/s10658-014-0424-7

Groux, Raphaël; Hilfiker, Olivier; Gouhier-Darimont, Caroline; Peñaflor, Maria Fernanda Gomes Villalba; Erb, Matthias; Reymond, Philippe (2014). Role of Methyl Salicylate on Oviposition Deterrence in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(7), pp. 754-759. Springer 10.1007/s10886-014-0470-9

Agtuca, Beverly; Rieger, Elisabeth; Hilger, Katharina; Song, Lihui; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias; Karve, Abhijit; Ferrieri, Richard A. (2014). Carbon-11 Reveals Opposing Roles of Auxin and Salicylic Acid in Regulating Leaf Physiology, Leaf Metabolism, and Resource Allocation Patterns that Impact Root Growth in Zea mays. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 33(2), pp. 328-339. Springer 10.1007/s00344-013-9379-8

Maag, Daniel; Dalvit, Claudio; Thevenet, Damien; Köhler, Angela; Wouters, Felipe C.; Vassão, Daniel G.; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Turlings, Ted C.J.; Erb, Matthias; Glauser, Gaetan (2014). 3-β-d-Glucopyranosyl-6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone (MBOA-N-Glc) is an insect detoxification product of maize 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones. Phytochemistry, 102, pp. 97-105. Elsevier 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.03.018

Erb, Matthias (2014). The Inverted Phantom Giant. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(5), p. 417. Springer 10.1007/s10886-014-0444-y

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Ferrieri, Richard A.; Schirmer, Stefanie; Babst, Benjamin A.; Schueller, Michael J.; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Arce, Carla C. M.; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Erb, Matthias (2014). Induced carbon reallocation and compensatory growth as root herbivore tolerance mechanisms. Plant, Cell & Environment, 37(11), pp. 2613-2622. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.12359

Sobhy, Islam S.; Erb, Matthias; Lou, Yonggen; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2014). The prospect of applying chemical elicitors and plant strengtheners to enhance the biological control of crop pests. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society. Series B - biological sciences, 369(1639), pp. 1-10. Royal Society of London 10.1098/rstb.2012.0283

D'Alessandro, Marco; Erb, Matthias; Ton, Jurriaan; Brandenburg, Anna; Karlen, Danielle; Zopfi, Jakob; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2014). Volatiles produced by soil-borne endophytic bacteria increase plant pathogen resistance and affect tritrophic interactions. Plant, Cell & Environment, 37(4), pp. 813-826. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.12220

Falk, Kimberly L.; Kästner, Julia; Bodenhausen, Natacha; Schramm, Katharina; Paetz, Christian; Vassão, Daniel G.; Reichelt, Michael; von Knorre, Dietrich; Bergelson, Joy; Erb, Matthias; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Meldau, Stefan (2014). The role of glucosinolates and the jasmonic acid pathway in resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana against molluscan herbivores. Molecular Ecology, 23(5), pp. 1188-1203. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/mec.12610

Kästner, Julia; von Knorre, Dietrich; Himanshu, Himanshu; Erb, Matthias; Baldwin, Ian T.; Meldau, Stefan; Williams, Jeffrey Graham (2014). Salicylic Acid, a Plant Defense Hormone, Is Specifically Secreted by a Molluscan Herbivore. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e86500. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0086500

2013

Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Ferrieri, Abigail P.; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Glauser, Gaétan; Kallenbach, Mario; Baldwin, Ian T.; Erb, Matthias (2013). Leaf-herbivore attack reduces carbon reserves and regrowth from the roots via jasmonate and auxin signaling. New Phytologist, 200(4), pp. 1234-1246. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/nph.12438

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias; Hiltpold, Ivan; Hibbard, Bruce Elliott; Gaillard, Mickaël David Philippe; Bilat, Julia; Degenhardt, Jörg; Cambet-Petit-Jean, Xavier; Turlings, Ted Christiaan Joannes; Zwahlen, Claudia (2013). Genetically engineered maize plants reveal distinct costs and benefits of constitutive volatile emissions in the field. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 11(5), pp. 628-639. Wiley 10.1111/pbi.12053

Meihls, L. N.; Handrick, V.; Glauser, G.; Barbier, H.; Kaur, H.; Haribal, M. M.; Lipka, A. E.; Gershenzon, J.; Buckler, E. S.; Erb, Matthias; Kollner, T. G.; Jander, G. (2013). Natural Variation in Maize Aphid Resistance Is Associated with 2,4-Dihydroxy-7-Methoxy-1,4-Benzoxazin-3-One Glucoside Methyltransferase Activity. The Plant Cell, 25(6), pp. 2341-2355. American Society of Plant Biologists 10.1105/tpc.113.112409

Christensen, Shawn A.; Nemchenko, Andriy; Borrego, Eli; Murray, Ian; Sobhy, Islam S.; Bosak, Liz; DeBlasio, Stacy; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Vaughn, Kathy A.; Herrfurth, Cornelia; Tumlinson, Jim; Feussner, Ivo; Jackson, David; Turlings, Ted C.J.; Engelberth, Jurgen; Nansen, Christian; Meeley, Robert; Kolomiets, Michael V. (2013). The maize lipoxygenase, ZmLOX10 , mediates green leaf volatile, jasmonate and herbivore-induced plant volatile production for defense against insect attack. The Plant Journal, 74(1), pp. 59-73. Blackwell Science 10.1111/tpj.12101

Huffaker, A.; Pearce, G.; Veyrat, N.; Erb, Matthias; Turlings, T. C. J.; Sartor, R.; Shen, Z.; Briggs, S. P.; Vaughan, M. M.; Alborn, H. T.; Teal, P. E. A.; Schmelz, E. A. (2013). Plant elicitor peptides are conserved signals regulating direct and indirect antiherbivore defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 110(14), pp. 5707-5712. National Academy of Sciences NAS 10.1073/pnas.1214668110

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Frank, Daniel L.; Leach, Kristen A.; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Erb, Matthias (2013). Direct and Indirect Plant Defenses are not Suppressed by Endosymbionts of a Specialist Root Herbivore. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39(4), pp. 507-515. Springer 10.1007/s10886-013-0264-5

Erb, Matthias; Lu, J. (2013). Soil abiotic factors influence interactions between belowground herbivores and plant roots. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(5), pp. 1295-1303. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jxb/ert007

Marti, Guillaume; Erb, Matthias; Boccard, Julien; Glauser, Gaétan; Doyen, Gwladys R.; Villard, Neil; Robert, Christelle A. M.; TURLINGS, TED C. J.; Rudaz, Serge; Wolfender, Jean-Luc (2013). Metabolomics reveals herbivore-induced metabolites of resistance and susceptibility in maize leaves and roots. Plant, Cell & Environment, 36(3), pp. 621-639. Blackwell Science 10.1111/pce.12002

Soler, Roxina; Erb, Matthias; Kaplan, Ian (2013). Long distance root–shoot signalling in plant–insect community interactions. Trends in Plant Science, 18(3), pp. 149-156. Elsevier Current Trends 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.08.010

Erb, Matthias; Huber, Meret; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Ferrieri, Abigail P.; Machado, Ricardo A. R.; Arce, Carla C. M. (2013). The Role of Plant Primary and Secondary Metabolites in Root-Herbivore Behaviour, Nutrition and Physiology. In: Johnson, Scott N.; Hiltpold, Ivan; Turlings, Ted C.J. (eds.) Behaviour and Physiology of Root Herbivores. Advances in Insect Physiology: Vol. 45 (pp. 53-95). Elsevier 10.1016/B978-0-12-417165-7.00002-7

2012

Meldau, S.; Erb, Matthias; Baldwin, I. T. (2012). Defence on demand: mechanisms behind optimal defence patterns. Annals of Botany, 110(8), pp. 1503-1514. Oxford University Press 10.1093/aob/mcs212

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Wade French, B.; Zwahlen, Claudia; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Thompson, Ken (2012). A specialist root herbivore reduces plant resistance and uses an induced plant volatile to aggregate in a density-dependent manner. Functional Ecology, 26(6), pp. 1429-1440. British Ecological Society 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02030.x

Xiao, Y.; Wang, Q.; Erb, Matthias; Turlings, T. C. J.; Ge, L.; Hu, L.; Li, J.; Han, X.; Zhang, T.; Lu, J.; Zhang, G.; Lou, Y.; Penuelas, Josep (2012). Specific herbivore-induced volatiles defend plants and determine insect community composition in the field. Ecology Letters, 15(10), pp. 1130-1139. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01835.x

Lenk, Claudia; Köllner, Tobias G.; Erb, Matthias; Degenhardt, Jörg (2012). Two enzymes responsible for the formation of herbivore-induced volatiles of maize, the methyltransferase AAMT1 and the terpene synthase TPS23, are regulated by a similar signal transduction pathway. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 144(1), pp. 86-92. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01240.x

Erb, Matthias; Glauser, Gaetan; Robert, Christelle A. M. (2012). Induced Immunity Against Belowground Insect Herbivores- Activation of Defenses in the Absence of a Jasmonate Burst. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(6), pp. 629-640. Springer 10.1007/s10886-012-0107-9

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Erb, Matthias; Duployer, Marianne; Zwahlen, Claudia; Doyen, Gwladys R.; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2012). Herbivore-induced plant volatiles mediate host selection by a root herbivore. New Phytologist, 194(4), pp. 1061-1069. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04127.x

Erb, Matthias; Meldau, Stefan; Howe, Gregg A. (2012). Role of phytohormones in insect-specific plant reactions. Trends in Plant Science, 17(5), pp. 250-259. Elsevier Current Trends 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.01.003

Xin, Zhaojun; Yu, Zhaonan; Erb, Matthias; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Wang, Baohui; Qi, Jinfeng; Liu, Shengning; Lou, Yonggen (2012). The broad-leaf herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid turns rice into a living trap for a major insect pest and a parasitic wasp. New Phytologist, 194(2), pp. 498-510. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04057.x

Sobhy, Islam S.; Erb, Matthias; Sarhan, Awad A.; El-Husseini, Monir M.; Mandour, Nasser S.; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2012). Less is More: Treatment with BTH and Laminarin Reduces Herbivore-Induced Volatile Emissions in Maize but Increases Parasitoid Attraction. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38(4), pp. 348-360. Springer 10.1007/s10886-012-0098-6

Consales, F.; Schweizer, F.; Erb, Matthias; Gouhier-Darimont, C.; Bodenhausen, N.; Bruessow, F.; Sobhy, I.; Reymond, P. (2012). Insect oral secretions suppress wound-induced responses in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(2), pp. 727-737. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jxb/err308

Robert, Christelle A. M.; Veyrat, Nathalie; Glauser, Gaétan; Marti, Guillaume; Doyen, Gwladys R.; Villard, Neil; Gaillard, Mickaël D. P.; Köllner, Tobias G.; Giron, David; Body, Mélanie; Babst, Benjamin A.; Ferrieri, Richard A.; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Erb, Matthias (2012). A specialist root herbivore exploits defensive metabolites to locate nutritious tissues. Ecology Letters, 15(1), pp. 55-64. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01708.x

Marti, Guillaume; Erb, Matthias; Rudaz, Serge; Turlings, Ted; Wolfender, Jean-Luc (2012). Search for Low-Molecular-Weight Biomarkers in Plant Tissues and Seeds Using Metabolomics: Tools, Strategies, and Applications. In: Agrawal, Ganehs K.; Rakwal, Randeep (eds.) Seed Development: OMICS Technologies toward Improvement of Seed Quality and Crop Yield (pp. 305-341). Springer Netherlands 10.1007/978-94-007-4749-4_16

Erb, Matthias (2012). The Role of Roots in Plant Defence. In: Mérillon, Jean Michel; Ramawat, Kishan Gopal (eds.) Plant Defence: Biological Control (pp. 291-309). Springer Netherlands 10.1007/978-94-007-1933-0_12

2011

Glauser, Gaétan; Marti, Guillaume; Villard, Neil; Doyen, Gwladys A.; Wolfender, Jean-Luc; Turlings, Ted C.J.; Erb, Matthias (2011). Induction and detoxification of maize 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones by insect herbivores. The Plant Journal, 68(5), pp. 901-911. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04740.x

Peñaflor, M. F. G. V.; Erb, Matthias; Miranda, L. A.; Werneburg, A. G.; Bento, J. M. S. (2011). Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Can Serve as Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(12), pp. 1304-1313. Springer 10.1007/s10886-011-0047-9

Lu, Jing; Ju, Hongping; Zhou, Guoxin; Zhu, Chuanshu; Erb, Matthias; Wang, Xiaopeng; Wang, Peng; Lou, Yonggen (2011). An EAR-motif-containing ERF transcription factor affects herbivore-induced signaling, defense and resistance in rice. The Plant Journal, 68(4), pp. 583-596. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04709.x

Qi, J.; Zhou, G.; Yang, L.; Erb, Matthias; Lu, Y.; Sun, X.; Cheng, J.; Lou, Y. (2011). The Chloroplast-Localized Phospholipases D a4 and a5 Regulate Herbivore-Induced Direct and Indirect Defenses in Rice. Plant Physiology, 157(4), pp. 1987-1999. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.111.183749

Ahmad, S.; Veyrat, N.; Gordon-Weeks, R.; Zhang, Y.; Martin, J.; Smart, L.; Glauser, G.; Erb, Matthias; Flors, V.; Frey, M.; Ton, J. (2011). Benzoxazinoid Metabolites Regulate Innate Immunity against Aphids and Fungi in Maize. Plant Physiology, 157(1), pp. 317-327. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.111.180224

Hiltpold, Ivan; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2011). Systemic root signalling in a belowground, volatile-mediated tritrophic interaction. Plant, Cell & Environment, 34(8), pp. 1267-1275. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02327.x

Erb, Matthias; Balmer, Dirk; de Lange, Elvira S.; von Merey, Georg; Planchamp, Chantal; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Röder, Gregory; Sobhy, Islam; Zwahlen, Claudia; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2011). Synergies and trade-offs between insect and pathogen resistance in maize leaves and roots. Plant, Cell & Environment, 34(7), pp. 1088-1103. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02307.x

Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Turlings, Ted C.J. (2011). Induction of root-resistance by leaf-herbivory follows a vertical gradient. Journal of plant interactions, 6(2-3), pp. 133-136. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/17429145.2010.545958

Peñaflor, M.F.G.V.; Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Miranda, L.A.; Werneburg, A.G.; Dossi, F.C.A.; Turlings, T.C.J.; Bento, J.M.S. (2011). Oviposition by a moth suppresses constitutive and herbivore-induced plant volatiles in maize. Planta, 234(1), pp. 207-215. Springer 10.1007/s00425-011-1409-9

Erb, Matthias; Robert, Christelle A. M.; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2011). Sequence of arrival determines plant-mediated interactions between herbivores. Journal of Ecology, 99(1), pp. 7-15. Blackwell 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01757.x

Erb, Matthias; Köllner, Tobias G.; Degenhardt, Jörg; Zwahlen, Claudia; Hibbard, Bruce E.; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2011). The role of abscisic acid and water stress in root herbivore-induced leaf resistance. New Phytologist, 189(1), pp. 308-320. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03450.x

2010

Erb, Matthias; Foresti, Nicolas; Turlings, Ted CJ (2010). A tritrophic signal that attracts parasitoids to host-damaged plants withstands disruption by non-host herbivores. BMC plant biology, 10(1), p. 247. BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2229-10-247

Erb, Matthias; Glausser, Gaetan (2010). Family business: Multiple members of major phytohormone classes orchestrate plant stress responses. Chemistry - a European journal, 16(34), pp. 10280-10289. Wiley-VCH 10.1002/chem.201001219

2009

Erb, Matthias; Lenk, Claudia; Degenhardt, Jörg; Turlings, Ted C.J. (2009). The underestimated role of roots in defense against leaf attackers. Trends in Plant Science, 14(12), pp. 653-659. Elsevier Current Trends 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.08.006

Zhou, Guoxin; Qi, Jinfeng; Ren, Nan; Cheng, Jiaan; Erb, Matthias; Mao, Bizeng; Lou, Yonggen (2009). Silencing OsHI-LOX makes rice more susceptible to chewing herbivores, but enhances resistance to a phloem feeder. The Plant Journal, 60(4), pp. 638-648. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03988.x

Erb, Matthias; Flors, Victor; Karlen, Danielle; de Lange, Elvira; Planchamp, Chantal; D’Alessandro, Marco; Turlings, Ted C. J.; Ton, Jurriaan (2009). Signal signature of aboveground-induced resistance upon belowground herbivory in maize. The Plant Journal, 59(2), pp. 292-302. Blackwell Science 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03868.x

Erb, Matthias; Gordon-Weeks, Ruth; Flors, Victor; Camañes, Gemma; Turlings, Ted C.J.; Ton, Jurriaan (2009). Belowground ABA boosts aboveground production of DIMBOA and primes induction of chlorogenic acid in maize. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 4(7), pp. 639-641. Taylor & Francis 10.4161/psb.4.7.8973

2008

Erb, Matthias; Ton, Jurriaan; Degenhardt, Jörg; Turlings, Ted C. J. (2008). Interactions between arthropod-induced aboveground and belowground defenses in plants. Plant Physiology, 146(3), pp. 867-874. American Society of Plant Physiologists 10.1104/pp.107.112169