Forschung

Blankenagel, S., Eggels, S., Frey, M., Grill, E., Bauer, E., Dawid, C., Fernie, A. R., Haberer, G., Hammerl, R., Medeiros, D. B., Ouzunova, M., Presterl, T., Ruß, V., Schäufele, R., Schlüter, U., Tardieu, F., Urbany, C., Urzinger, S., Weber, A. P. M., Schön, C.-C., Avramova, V. (2022). Natural alleles of the abscisic acid catabolism gene ZmAbh4 modulate water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination in maize. The Plant Cell, 34(10), 3860-3872.

Bohn, L., Huang, J., Weidig, S., Yang, Z., Heidersberger, C., Genty, B., Falter-Braun, P., Christmann, A., Grill, E. (2024). The temperature sensor TWA1 is required for thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. Nature, 629, 1126-1132.

Bucka, F. B., Guigue, J., Reifschneider, L., Pihlap, E., Garcia‐Franco, N., Kühnel, A., Kögel-Knabner, I., Vidal, A. (2024). From waste to soil: Can we create functioning manufactured soils by recycling rock processing waste?. Soil Use and Management, 40(3), e13094.

Camenzind, M. P., & Yu, K. (2024). Multi temporal multispectral UAV remote sensing allows for yield assessment across European wheat varieties already before flowering. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1214931.

Eschrig, S., Kahlon, P. S., Agius, C., Holzer, A., Hückelhoven, R., Schwechheimer, C., Ranf, S. (2024). Cross‐family transfer of the Arabidopsis cell‐surface immune receptor LORE to tomato confers sensing of 3‐hydroxylated fatty acids and enhanced disease resistance. Molecular Plant Pathology, 25(9), e70005.

Hagn, L., Schuster, J., Mittermayer, M., & Hülsbergen, K. J. (2024). A new method for satellite-based remote sensing analysis of plant-specific biomass yield patterns for precision farming applications. Precision Agriculture, 1-30.

Hör, S., Beer, T., Hoheneder, F., Becker, T., Gastl, M. (2024). Influence of drought stress and growth temperature during kernel development on physical and chemical starch characteristics of malting barley. Cereal Chemistry.

Jaufmann, E., Schmid, H., Hülsbergen, K. J. (2024). Effects of biochar in combination with cattle slurry and mineral nitrogen on crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency in a three-year field experiment. European Journal of Agronomy, 156, 127168.

Künast, R., Weisser, W. W., Seibold, S., Mayr, D., Siegmüller, N., Schneider, I., Westenrieder, M., Blüthgen, N., Staab, M., Meyer, S. T., Achury, R. (2024). Differential effect of grassland mowing on arthropod taxa. Ecological Entomology.

Laupheimer, S., Ghirardo, A., Kurzweil, L., Weber, B., Stark, T. D., Dawid, C., Schnitzler, J.-P., Hückelhoven, R. (2024). Blumeria hordei affects volatile emission of susceptible and resistant barley plants and modifies the defense response of recipient plants. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(6), e14646.

Lee, C., Schätzle, S., Lang, S. A., & Oksanen, T. (2024). Image quality safety model for the safety of the intended functionality in highly automated agricultural machines. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 227, 109622.

Lin, Y.-C., Mayer, M., Valle Torres, D., Pook, T., Hölker, A. C., Presterl, T., Ouzunova, M., & Schön, C.-C. (2024). Genomic prediction within and across maize landrace derived populations using haplotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, 1351466.

Lu, C., Nnadozie, E., Camenzind, M. P., Hu, Y., & Yu, K. (2024). Maize plant detection using UAV-based RGB imaging and YOLOv5. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1274813.

Mück, F. K., Strobl, K., Leonhardt, S. D., & Kollmann, J. Plant Species Richness of Perennial Flower Strips on Arable Land is Affected by Seed Diversity, Provenance and Seeding Density. Provenance and Seeding Density. preprint

Nebauer, C. A., Prucker, P., Ruedenauer, F. A., Kollmann, J., & Leonhardt, S. D. (2024). Bumblebees under stress: Interacting effects of pesticides and heatwaves on colony development and longevity. iScience. 27(11), 111050.

Ojeda‐Prieto, L., Medina‐van Berkum, P., Unsicker, S. B., Heinen, R., Weisser, W. W. (2024). Intraspecific chemical variation of Tanacetum vulgare affects plant growth and reproductive traits in field plant communities. Plant Biology.

Rosso, P., Kersebaum, K. C., Groh, J., Gerke, H. H., Heil, K., & Gebbers, R. (2024). Pedotransfer functions and their impact on soil water dynamics simulation and yield prediction. agriRxiv, (2024), 20240495824.

Sanchez‐Mahecha, O., Klink, S., Rothballer, M., Sturm, S., Weisser, W. W., Zytynska, S., Heinen, R. (2024). Microbe‐induced plant resistance against insect pests depends on timing of inoculation but is consistent across climatic conditions. Functional Ecology, 38(4), 848-860.

Schmidhalter, U. (2024). 15N mass balance technique for measuring ammonia losses from soil surface‐applied slurries containing various additives. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 187(4), 443-453.

Schroeder, J., Dǎmǎtîrcǎ, C., Bölscher, T., Chenu, C., Elsgaard, L., Tebbe, C. C., Skadell, L., Poeplau, C. (2024). Liming effects on microbial carbon use efficiency and its potential consequences for soil organic carbon stocks. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 191, 109342.

Schweiger, A., & Bernhardt, H. (2024). Influence of Temperature and LED Light Spectra on Flavonoid Contents in Poa pratensis. AgriEngineering, 6(3), 2167-2178.

Silva‐Arias, G. A., Gagnon, E., Hembrom, S., Fastner, A., Khan, M. R., Stam, R., & Tellier, A. (2025). Patterns of presence–absence variation of NLRs across populations of Solanum chilense are clade‐dependent and mainly shaped by past demographic history. New Phytologist, 245(4), 1718-1732.

Steinfurth, K., Börjesson, G., Denoroy, P., Eichler‐Löbermann, B., Gans, W., Heyn, J., Hirte, J., Jansen, F., Koch, D., Merbach, I., Mollier, A., Morel, C., Panten, K., Peiter, E., Poulton, P. R., Reitz, T., Rubæk, H. S., Laak, M. v., Tucher, S. v., Buczko, U. (2024). Decrease in soil test phosphorus levels under omitted phosphorus fertilizer application. Soil Use and Management, 40(3), e13088.

Wang, J., Meyer, S., Xu, X., Weisser, W. W., & Yu, K. (2024). Drone Multispectral Imaging Captures the Effects of Soil Nmin on Canopy Structure and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat. Available at SSRN 4699313.

Wei, K., Sharifova, S., Zhao, X., Sinha, N., Nakayama, H., Tellier, A., & Silva‐Arias, G. A. (2024). Evolution of gene networks underlying adaptation to drought stress in the wild tomato Solanum chilense. Molecular Ecology, 33(21), e17536.

Wiese, C., Abele, M., Al, B., Altmann, M., Steiner, A., Kalbfuß, N., Strohmayr, A., Ravikumar, R., Park, C. H., Brunschweiger, B., Meng, C., Facher, E., Erhardt, D. W., Falter-Braun, P., Wang, Z.-Y., Ludwig, C., Assaad, F. (2024). Regulation of adaptive growth decisions via phosphorylation of the TRAPPII complex in Arabidopsis. Journal of Cell Biology, 223(5), e202311125.

Wild, A. J., Steiner, F. A., Kiene, M., Tyborski, N., Tung, S. Y., Koehler, T., Carminati, A., Eder, B., Groth, J., Vahl, W. K., Wolfrum, S., Lueders, T., Laforsch, C., Mueller, C. W., Vidal, A., Pausch, J. (2024). Unraveling root and rhizosphere traits in temperate maize landraces and modern cultivars: Implications for soil resource acquisition and drought adaptation. Plant, Cell & Environment.

Winkhart, F., Schmid, H., Hülsbergen, K. J. (2024). Effects of biogas digestate on winter wheat yield, nitrogen balance, and nitrous oxide emissions under organic farming conditions. Agronomy, 14(8), 1739.

Witzgall, K., Hesse, B. D., Pacay-Barrientos, N. L., Jansa, J., Seguel, O., Oses, R., Buegger, F., Guigue, J., Rojas, C., Rousk, K., Grams., T. E. E., Pietrasniak, N., Mueller, C. W. (2024): Soil carbon and nitrogen cycling at the atmosphere–soil interface: Quantifying the responses of biocrust–soil interactions to global change. Global Change Biology, 30:e17519.

Zhang, J., Pitsyk, V., & Yu, K. Comparative Analysis between Above Ground Biomass and Photosynthetic Parameters as Predictors of Winter Wheat Yield. Available at SSRN 5051818.

Argens, L., Brophy, C., Weisser, W. W., Meyer, S. (2023). Functional group richness increases multifunctionality in intensively managed grasslands. Grassland Research, 2(3), 225-240.

Bauer, M., Krause, M., Heizinger, V., & Kollmann, J. (2023). Increased brick ratio in urban substrates has a marginal effect on tree saplings. Trees, 37(3), 875-889.

Brajkovic, S., Rugen, N., Agius, C., Berner, N., Eckert, S., Sakhteman, A., Schwechheimer, C., Kuster, B. (2023). Getting Ready for Large-Scale Proteomics in Crop Plants. Nutrients, 15(3), 783.

Danzberger, J., Werner, R., Mucha, J., Pritsch, K., & Weikl, F. (2023). Drought legacy effects on fine-root-associated fungal communities are modulated by root interactions between tree species. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6, 1197731. 

Dervishi, V., Fleckenstein, C., Rahman, M. A., Pauleit, S., Ludwig, F., Pretzsch, H., & Rötzer, T. (2023). Trees in planters–Growth, structure and ecosystem services of Platanus x hispanica and Tilia cordata and their reaction to soil drought. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 86, 128024.

Dietzel, S., Rojas-Botero, S., Kollmann, J., Fischer, C. (2023). Enhanced urban roadside vegetation increases pollinator abundance whereas landscape characteristics drive pollination. Ecological Indicators, 147, 109980.

Engelhardt, S., Trutzenberg, A., Kopischke, M., Probst, K., McCollum, C., Hofer, J., & Hückelhoven, R. (2023). Barley RIC157, a potential RACB scaffold protein, is involved in susceptibility to powdery mildew. Plant Molecular Biology, 111(4), 329-344.

Gebhardt, T., Hesse, B. D., Hikino, K., Kolovrat, K., Hafner, B. D., Grams, T. E. E., & Häberle, K.-H. (2023). Repeated summer drought changes the radial xylem sap flow profile in mature Norway spruce but not in European beech. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 329, 109285. 

Gocke, M. I., Guigue, J., Bauke, S. L., Barkusky, D., Baumecker, M., Berns, A. E., Hobley, E., Honermeier, B., Kögel-Knabner, I., Koszinski, S., Sandhage-Hofmann, A., Schmidhalter, U., Schneider, F., Schweitzer, K., Seidel, S., Siebert, S., Skadell, L. E., Sommer, M., von Tucher, S., Don, A., Amelung, W. (2023). Interactive effects of agricultural management on soil organic carbon accrual: A synthesis of long-term field experiments in Germany. Geoderma, 438, 116616.

Goetz, K. T., Soitinaho, R., Oksanen, T. (2023). Ploughing furrow recognition for onland ploughing using a 3D-LiDAR sensor. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 210, 107941.

Heinen, R., Sanchez-Mahecha, O., Martijn Bezemer, T., Dominoni, D. M., Knappe, C., Kollmann, J., Kopatsch, A., Pfeiffer, Z.A., Schloter, M., Sturm, S., Schnitzler, J.P., Vlot, A.C., & Weisser, W. W. (2023). Part-night exposure to artificial light at night has more detrimental effects on aphid colonies than fully lit nights. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378(1892), 20220357.

Hesse, B. D., Gebhardt, T., Hafner, B. D., Hikino, H., Reitsam, A., Gigl, M., Dawid, C., Häberle, K.-H., & Grams, T. E. E. (2023). Physiological recovery of tree water relations upon drought release – response of mature beech and spruce after five years of recurrent summer drought. Tree Physiology. 

Hoheneder, F., Steidele, C. E., Messerer, M., Mayer, K. F., Köhler, N., Wurmser, C., Heß, M., Gigl, M., Dawid, C., Stam, R., Hückelhoven, R. (2023). Barley shows reduced Fusarium head blight under drought and modular expression of differentially expressed genes under combined stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(21), 6820-6835.

Just, C., Armbruster, M., Barkusky, D., Baumecker, M., Diepolder, M., Döring, T. F., Heigl, L., Honermeier, B., Jate, M., Merbach, I., Rusch, C., Schubert, D., Schulz, F., Schweitzer, K., Seidel, S., Sommer, M., Spiegel, H., Thumm, U., Urbatzka, P., Zimmer, J., Wiesmeier, M. (2023). Soil organic carbon sequestration in agricultural long-term field experiments as derived from particulate and mineral-associated organic matter. Geoderma, 434, 116472.

Kahlon, P. S., Förner, A., Muser, M., Oubounyt, M., Gigl, M., Hammerl, R., Baumbach, J., Hückelhoven, R., Dawid, C., Stam, R. (2023). Laminarin-triggered defence responses are geographically dependent in natural populations of Solanum chilense. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(10), 3240-3254.

Levin, K. S., Winkhart, F., Hülsbergen, K. J., Reents, H. J., Auerswald, K. (2023). Artefacts in Field Trial Research—Lateral Ammonia Fluxes Confound Fertiliser Plot Experiments. Agriculture, 13(8), 1617.

Middleton, W., Erdal, H. I., Detter, A., D’Acunto, P., & Ludwig, F. (2023). Comparing structural models of linear elastic responses to bending in inosculated joints. Trees, 37(3), 891-903.

Motte, F., Rötzer, T., Biber, P., Uhl, E., Pritsch, K., & Pretzsch, H. (2023). Growth of European beech recovered faster than that of Norway spruce after a five-year experimental drought in a mixed forest stand. Trees-Struct Funct.

Mylo, M. D., Ludwig, F., Rahman, M. A., Shu, Q., Fleckenstein, C., Speck, T., & Speck, O. (2023). Conjoining trees for the provision of living architecture in future cities: a long-term inosculation study. Plants, 12(6), 1385.

Neuhaus‐Harr, A., Ojeda‐Prieto, L., Eilers, E., Müller, C., Weisser, W. W., & Heinen, R. (2023). Chemodiversity affects preference for Tanacetum vulgare chemotypes in two aphid species. Oikos, e10437.

Nguyen, H., Schmack, J. M., & Egerer, M. (2023). Drivers of cultivated and wild plant pollination in urban agroecosystems. Basic and Applied Ecology, 72, 82-92.

Poyda, A., Levin, K. S., Hülsbergen, K. J., Auerswald, K. (2022). Perennial crops can compensate for low soil carbon inputs from maize in ley-arable systems. Plants, 12(1), 29.

Pretzsch, H., Ahmed, S., Roetzer, T., Schmied, G., & Hilmers, T. (2023). Structural and compositional acclimation of forests to extended drought: results of the KROOF throughfall exclusion experiment in Norway spruce and European beech. Trees-Struct Funct, 37(5), 1443-1463. 

Rahman, M. A., Fleckenstein, C., Dervishi, V., Ludwig, F., Pretzsch, H., Rötzer, T., Pauleit, S. (2023). How good are containerized trees for urban cooling?. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 79, 127822.

Rojas-Botero, S., Teixeira, L. H., & Kollmann, J. (2023). Low precipitation due to climate change consistently reduces multifunctionality of urban grasslands in mesocosms. Plos one, 18(2), e0275044.

Rojas‐Botero, S., Teixeira, L. H., Prucker, P., Kloska, V., Kollmann, J., & Le Stradic, S. (2023). Root traits of grasslands rapidly respond to climate change, while community biomass mainly depends on functional composition. Functional Ecology, 37(7), 1841-1855.

Schuster, J., Hagn, L., Mittermayer, M., Maidl, F. X., Hülsbergen, K. J. (2023). Using remote and proximal sensing in organic agriculture to assess yield and environmental performance. Agronomy, 13(7), 1868.

Schuster, J., Mittermayer, M., Maidl, F. X., Nätscher, L., Hülsbergen, K. J. (2023). Spatial variability of soil properties, nitrogen balance and nitrate leaching using digital methods on heterogeneous arable fields in southern Germany. Precision Agriculture, 24(2), 647-676.

Skadell, L. E., Schneider, F., Gocke, M. I., Guigue, J., Amelung, W., Bauke, S. L., Hobley, E. U., Barkusky, D., Honermeier, B., Kögel-Knabner, I., Schmidhalter, U., Schweitzer, K., Seidel, S. J., Siebert, S., Sommer, M., Vaziritabar, Y., Don, A. (2023). Twenty percent of agricultural management effects on organic carbon stocks occur in subsoils–Results of ten long-term experiments. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 356, 108619.

Strenner, M., Chmelíková, L., Hülsbergen, K. J. (2023). Compost Fertilization in Organic Agriculture—A Comparison of the Impact on Corn Plants Using Field Spectroscopy. Applied Sciences, 13(6), 3676.

Witzgall, K., Hesse, B. D., Seguel, O., Oses, R., Grams, T. E. E., & Mueller, C. W. (2023). Tracing Low‐CO2 Fluxes in Soil Incubation and 13C Labeling Experiments: A Simplified Gas Sampling System for Respiration and Photosynthesis Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(9), e2023JG007410.

Adedeji-Badmus, A. N., Schramm, S., Gigl, M., Iwebema, W., Albertos, P., Dawid, C.,  Sieberer, T., Poppenberger, B. (2022). Species-Specific Variation in Abscisic Acid Homeostasis and Responses Impacts Important Traits in Crassocephalum Orphan Crops. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 923421.

Bauer, M., Krause, M., Heizinger, V., Kollmann, J. (2022). Using crushed waste bricks for urban greening with contrasting grassland mixtures: no negative effects of brick-augmented substrates varying in soil type, moisture and acid pre-treatment. Urban Ecosystems, 25(5), 1369-1378.

Baur, S., Bellé, N., Frank, O., Wurzer, S., Pieczonka, S. A., Fromme, T., Stam, R., Hausladen, H., Hofmann, T., Hückelhoven, R.,  Dawid, C. (2022). Steroidal saponins─ new sources to develop potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Genotypes Resistant against Certain Phytophthora infestans Strains. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 70(24), 7447-7459.

Baur, S., Bellé, N., Hausladen, H., Wurzer, S., Brehm, L., Stark, T. D., Hückelhoven, R., Hofmann, T., Dawid, C. (2022). Quantitation of toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids and newly identified saponins in post-harvest light-stressed potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 70(27), 8300-8308.

Blankenagel, S., Eggels, S., Frey, M., Grill, E., Bauer, E., Dawid, C., Fernie, A. R., Haberer, G., Hammerl, R., Barbosa Medeiros, D., Ouzunova, M., Presterl, T., Ruß, V., Schäufele, R., Schlüter, U., Tardieu, F., Urbany, C., Urzinger, S., Weber, A. P. M., Schön C. C., Avramova, V. (2022). Natural alleles of the abscisic acid catabolism gene ZmAbh4 modulate water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination in maize. The Plant Cell, 34(10), 3860-3872.

Brunn, M., Hafner, B. D., Zwetsloot, M. J., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., Hikino, H., Rühr, N. K., Sayer, E. J., & Bauerle, T. L. (2022). Carbon allocation to root exudates is maintained in mature temperate tree species under drought. New Phytologist, 235(3), 965-977.

Fleckenstein, C., Dervishi, V., Rahman, M. A., Rötzer, T., Pauleit, S., Ludwig, F. (2022). Trees in planters—a case study of time-related aspects. Land, 11(8), 1289.

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V. P., Hesse, B. D., Hafner, B. D., Gebhardt, T., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N. K., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T. L., Landhäusser, S. M., Lehmann, M. M., Rötzer, T., Pretzsch, H., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., & Grams, T. E. E. (2022a). Dynamics of initial C allocation after drought release in mature Norway spruce - Increased belowground allocation of current photoassimilates covers only half of the C used for fine-root growth. Global Change Biology, 28, 6889-6905.

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V. P., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N. K., Hesse, B. D., Lehmann, M. M., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K., & Grams, T. E. E. (2022b). High resilience of carbon transport in long-term drought-stressed mature Norway spruce trees within 2 weeks after drought release. Global Change Biology, 28, 2095-2110.

Hoheneder, F., Biehl, E. M., Hofer, K., Petermeier, J., Groth, J., Herz, M., Rychlik, M., Heß, M., Hückelhoven, R. (2022). Host genotype and weather effects on Fusarium head blight severity and mycotoxin load in spring barley. Toxins, 14(2), 125.

Hölker, A. C., Mayer, M., Presterl, T., Bauer, E., Ouzunova, M., Melchinger, A. E., Schön, C. C. (2022). Theoretical and experimental assessment of genome-based prediction in landraces of allogamous crops. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(18), e2121797119.

Kalbfuß, N., Strohmayr, A., Kegel, M., Le, L., Grosse-Holz, F., Brunschweiger, B., ... & Assaad, F. F. (2022). A role for brassinosteroid signalling in decision-making processes in the Arabidopsis seedling. PLoS Genetics, 18(12), e1010541.

Knüver, T., Bär, A., Ganthaler, A., Gebhardt, T., Grams, T. E. E., Häberle, K.-H., Hesse, B. D., Losso, A., Tomedi, I., Mayr, S., & Beikircher, B. (2022). Recovery after long-term summer drought: hydraulic measurements reveal legacy effects in trunks of Picea abies but not in Fagus sylvatica. Plant Biology, 24(7), 1240-1253.

Krieger, M. T., Ditton, J., Albrecht, H., Linderl, L., Kollmann, J., & Teixeira, L. H. (2022). Effects of shading and site conditions on vegetative and generative growth of a native grassland invader. Ecological Engineering, 178, 106592.

Labadie, M., Vallin, G., Potier, A., Petit, A., Ring, L., Hoffmann, T., Gaston, A., Munoz-Blanco, J., Caballero, J. L., Schwab, W., Rothan, C., Denoyes, B. (2022). High resolution quantitative trait locus mapping and whole genome sequencing enable the design of an anthocyanidin reductase-specific homoeo-allelic marker for fruit colour improvement in octoploid strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa). Frontiers in plant science, 13, 869655.

Mayer, M., Hölker, A. C., Presterl, T., Ouzunova, M., Melchinger, A. E., Schön, C. C. (2022). Genetic diversity of European maize landraces: Dataset on the molecular and phenotypic variation of derived doubled-haploid populations. Data in Brief, 42, 108164.

Metz, N., Hausladen, H. (2022). Trichoderma spp. as potential biological control agent against Alternaria solani in potato. Biological Control, 166, 104820.

Petit, G., Zambonini, D., Hesse, B. D., & Häberle, K.-H. (2022). No xylem phenotypic plasticity in mature Picea abies and Fagus sylvatica trees after 5 years of throughfall precipitation exclusion. Global Change Biology, 28, 4668-4683.

Pretzsch, H. (2022). The emergent past: past natural and human disturbances of trees can reduce their present resistance to drought stress. European Journal of Forest Research, 141(1), 87-104.

Rojas-Botero, S., Kollmann, J., & Teixeira, L. H. (2022). Competitive trait hierarchies of native communities and invasive propagule pressure consistently predict invasion success during grassland establishment. Biological Invasions, 24(1), 107-122.

Sanchez‐Mahecha, O., Klink, S., Heinen, R., Rothballer, M., & Zytynska, S. (2022). Impaired microbial N‐acyl homoserine lactone signalling increases plant resistance to aphids across variable abiotic and biotic environments. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45(10), 3052-3069.

Shuai, H., Chen, T., Wlk, T., Rozhon, W., Pimenta Lange, M. J., Sieberer, T., Lange, T., Poppenberger, B. (2022). SlCESTA is a brassinosteroid-regulated bHLH transcription factor of tomato that promotes chilling tolerance and fruit growth when over-expressed. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 930805.

Weiß, L., Gaelings, L., Reiner, T., Mergner, J., Kuster, B., Fehér, A., Hensel, G., Gahrtz, M., Kumlehn, J., Engelhardt, S., Hückelhoven, R. (2022). Posttranslational modification of the RHO of plants protein RACB by phosphorylation and cross-kingdom conserved ubiquitination. Plos one, 17(3), e0258924.

Witasari, L. D., Huang, F. C., Schwab, W. (2022). Identification and characterization of strawberry FvGELP1 (Fragaria vesca GDSL esterase/lipase). Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 23(2).

Carbonnel, S., Torabi, S., Gutjahr, C. (2021). MAX2-independent transcriptional responses to rac-GR24 in Lotus japonicus roots. Plant Signaling & Behaviour, 16, 1840852.

Coleman, A. D., Maroschek, J., Raasch, L., Takken, F. L. W., Ranf, S., Hückelhoven, R. (2021). The Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase MIK2 is a crucial component of early immune responses to a fungal-derived elicitor. New Phytol., 229, 3453-3466.

Grams, T. E. E., Hesse, B. D., Gebhardt, T., Weikl, F., Rötzer, T., Kovacs, B., Hikino, K., Hafner, B. D., Brunn, M., Bauerle, T., Häberle, K.-H., Pretzsch, H., & Pritsch, K. (2021). The KROOF experiment – realization and efficacy of a recurrent drought experiment plus recovery in a beech/spruce forest. Ecosphere, 12, e03399.

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