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  1. Soil chemistry determines whether defensive plant secondary metabolites promote or suppress herbivore growth

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Matthias Erb

  2. The plant metabolome guides fitness-relevant foraging decisions of a specialist herbivore

    Article • PLoS Biology, February 2021, PLOS

    Professor Matthias Erb

  3. The Inverted Phantom Giant

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthias Erb

  4. Long distance root–shoot signalling in plant–insect community interactions

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Matthias Erb

  5. Metabolomics reveals herbivore‐induced metabolites of resistance and susceptibility in maize leaves and roots

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  6. Role of phytohormones in insect-specific plant reactions

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Matthias Erb

  7. Induced Immunity Against Belowground Insect Herbivores- Activation of Defenses in the Absence of a Jasmonate Burst

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthias Erb

  8. Herbivore‐induced plant volatiles mediate host selection by a root herbivore

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2012, Wiley

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  9. The Role of Roots in Plant Defence

    Article • September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthias Erb

  10. Induction of root-resistance by leaf-herbivory follows a vertical gradient

    Article • Journal of Plant Interactions, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  11. Systemic root signalling in a belowground, volatile‐mediated tritrophic interaction

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, May 2011, Wiley

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  12. Sequence of arrival determines plant‐mediated interactions between herbivores

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 2010, Wiley

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  13. A tritrophic signal that attracts parasitoids to host-damaged plants withstands disruption by non-host herbivores

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  14. Family Business: Multiple Members of Major Phytohormone Classes Orchestrate Plant Stress Responses

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2010, Wiley

    Professor Matthias Erb

  15. The underestimated role of roots in defense against leaf attackers

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, December 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings

  16. Belowground ABA boosts aboveground production of DIMBOA and primes induction of chlorogenic acid in maize

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Matthias Erb, Professor Ted C.J. Turlings