Toxic cardenolides: chemical ecology and coevolution of specialized plant-herbivore interactions

Evolution of Specialization: A Phylogenetic Study of Host Range in the Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus)

(2011) Sergio Rasmann et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Antiherpes activity of glucoevatromonoside, a cardenolide isolated from a Brazilian cultivar of Digitalis lanata

(2011) Jéssica Wildgrube Bertol et al.   ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH

Cardenolides from Gomphocarpus sinaicus and Pergularia tomentosa (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) deter the feeding of Spodoptera littoralis

(2011) Paul W. C. Green et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Evidence for a deterrent effect of cardenolides on Nephila spiders

(2011) Georg Petschenka et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Adaptive geographical clines in the growth and defense of a native plant

(2011) Ellen C. Woods et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Latitudinal patterns in plant defense: evolution of cardenolides, their toxicity and induction following herbivory

(2011) Sergio Rasmann et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Coping with toxic plant compounds – The insect’s perspective on iridoid glycosides and cardenolides

(2011) Susanne Dobler et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Increased nitrogen availability influences predator–prey interactions by altering host-plant quality

(2010) John J. Couture et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature

(2010) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Current trends in the evolutionary ecology of plant defence

(2010) Anurag A. Agrawal   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Genetic variation in expression of defense phenotype may mediate evolutionary adaptation of Asclepias syriaca to elevated CO2

(2010) RACHEL L. VANNETTE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Specificity and trade-offs in the induced plant defence of common milkweed Asclepias syriaca to two lepidopteran herbivores

(2010) Robin A. Bingham et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Direct and indirect root defences of milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): trophic cascades, trade-offs and novel methods for studying subterranean herbivory

(2010) Sergio Rasmann et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant defence theory re-examined: nonlinear expectations based on the costs and benefits of resource mutualisms

(2010) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Structural insights into the high affinity binding of cardiotonic steroids to the Na+,K+-ATPase

(2010) Laure Yatime et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Highly conserved progesterone 5β-reductase genes (P5βR) from 5β-cardenolide-free and 5β-cardenolide-producing angiosperms

(2010) Peter Bauer et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Evolutionary Trade-Offs in Plants Mediate the Strength of Trophic Cascades

(2010) K. A. Mooney et al.   SCIENCE

Is There a Latitudinal Gradient in the Importance of Biotic Interactions?

(2009) Douglas W. Schemske et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Latex: A Model for Understanding Mechanisms, Ecology, and Evolution of Plant Defense Against Herbivory

(2009) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Target-site sensitivity in a specialized herbivore towards major toxic compounds of its host plant: the Na+K+-ATPase of the oleander hawk moth (Daphnis nerii) is highly susceptible to cardenolides

(2009) Georg Petschenka et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Plant defense against herbivory: progress in identifying synergism, redundancy, and antagonism between resistance traits

(2009) Sergio Rasmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Cardenolides, induced responses, and interactions between above- and belowground herbivores of milkweed (Asclepiasspp.)

(2009) Sergio Rasmann et al.   ECOLOGY

Induced Responses to Herbivory and Jasmonate in Three Milkweed Species

(2009) Sergio Rasmann et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Insights into the function and evolution of P450s in plant steroid metabolism

(2009) Toshiyuki Ohnishi et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Crystal structure of the sodium-potassium pump (Na+,K+-ATPase) with bound potassium and ouabain

(2009) H. Ogawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for adaptive radiation from a phylogenetic study of plant defenses

(2009) A. A. Agrawal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COEXISTENCE OF THREE SPECIALIST APHIDS ON COMMON MILKWEED,ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA

(2008) R. A. Smith et al.   ECOLOGY

Evolution of latex and its constituent defensive chemistry in milkweeds (Asclepias): a phylogenetic test of plant defense escalation

(2008) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

PHYLOGENETIC TRENDS IN PHENOLIC METABOLISM OF MILKWEEDS (ASCLEPIAS): EVIDENCE FOR ESCALATION

(2008) Anurag A. Agrawal et al.   EVOLUTION

Coexisting congeners: demography, competition, and interactions with cardenolides for two milkweed-feeding aphids

(2008) Kailen A. Mooney et al.   OIKOS

The non-gastric H,K-ATPase as a tool to study the ouabain-binding site in Na,K-ATPase

(2008) Jan Joep H. H. M. De Pont et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Phylogenetic escalation and decline of plant defense strategies

(2008) A. A. Agrawal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA