Researcher Portfolio
Kessler, Danny
Department of Molecular Ecology, Prof. I. T. Baldwin, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Researcher Profile
Position: MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Molecular Ecology, Prof. I. T. Baldwin, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Additional IDs: IRIS: 2237
Researcher ID: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/persons/resource/persons3964
Publications
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: Boccia, M., Kessler, D., Seibt, W., Grabe, V., Rodriguez Lopez, C. E., Grzech, D., Heinicke, S., O’Connor, S. E., & Sonawane, P. D. (2024). A scaffold protein manages the biosynthesis of steroidal defense metabolites in plants. Science, 386(6728), 1366-1372. doi:10.1126/science.ado3409. [PubMan] : Baraniecka, P., Seibt, W., Groten, K., Kessler, D., McGale, E., Gase, K., Baldwin, I. T., & Pannell, J. R. (2024). Prezygotic mate selection is only partially correlated with the expression of NaS-like RNases and affects offspring phenotypes. New Phytologist, 242(6), 2832-2844. doi:10.1111/nph.19741. [PubMan] : Bai, Y., Yang, C., Halitschke, R., Paetz, C., Kessler, D., Burkard, K., Gaquerel, E., Baldwin, I. T., & Li, D. (2022). Natural history–guided omics reveals plant defensive chemistry against leafhopper pests. Science, 375(6580): eabm2948. doi:10.1126/science.abm2948. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., Bing, J., Haverkamp, A., & Baldwin, I. T. (2019). The defensive function of a pollinator‐attracting floral volatile. Functional Ecology, 33(7), 1223-1232. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13332. [PubMan] : Bing, J., & Kessler, D. (2017). Pollination: Solar flower power. eLife, 6: e33591. doi:10.7554/eLife.33591. [PubMan] : Yon, F., Kessler, D., Joo, Y., Kim, S.-G., & Baldwin, I. T. (2017). Fitness consequences of a clock pollinator filter in Nicotiana attenuata flowers in nature. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59(11), 805-809. doi:10.1111/jipb.12579. [PubMan] : Ferrieri, A. P., Machado, R. A. R., Arce, C. C. M., Kessler, D., Baldwin, I. T., & Erb, M. (2017). Localized micronutrient patches induce lateral root foraging and chemotropism in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59(10), 759-771. doi:10.1111/jipb.12566. [PubMan] : Zhou, W., Kügler, A., McGale, E., Haverkamp, A., Knaden, M., Guo, H., Beran, F., Yon, F., Li, R., Lackus, N., Köllner, T. G., Bing, J., Schuman, M. C., Hansson, B. S., Kessler, D., Baldwin, I. T., & Xu, S. (2017). Tissue-specific emission of (E)-a-bergamotene helps resolve the dilemma when pollinators are also herbivores. Current Biology, 27(9), 1336-1341. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.017. [PubMan] : Yon, F., Kessler, D., Joo, Y., Cortés Llorca, L., Kim, S.-G., & Baldwin, I. T. (2017). Fitness consequences of altering floral circadian oscillations for Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59(3), 180-189. doi:10.1111/jipb.12511. [PubMan] : Haverkamp, A., Yon, F., Keesey, I., Mißbach, C., König, C., Hansson, B. S., Baldwin, I. T., Knaden, M., & Kessler, D. (2016). Hawkmoths evaluate scenting flowers with the tip of their proboscis. eLife, 5: e15039. doi:10.7554/eLife.15039. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., Kallenbach, M., Diezel, C., Rothe, E., Murdock, M., & Baldwin, I. T. (2015). How scent and nectar influence floral antagonists and mutualists. eLife, 4: e07641. doi:10.7554/eLife.07641. [PubMan] : Lin, W., Sosso, D., Chen, L.-Q., Gase, K., Kim, S.-G., Kessler, D., Klinkenberg, P. M., Gorder, M., Hou, B.-H., Qu, X.-Q., Carter, C., Baldwin, I. T., & Frommer, W. (2014). Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9. Nature, 508, 546-549. doi:10.1038/nature13082. [PubMan] : Seo, P. J., Wielsch, N., Kessler, D., Svatoš, A., Park, C.-M., Baldwin, I. T., & Kim, S.-G. (2013). Natural variation in floral nectar proteins of two Nicotiana attenuata accessions. BMC Plant Biology, 13: 101. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-101. [PubMan] : Schuman, M. C., Kessler, D., & Baldwin, I. T. (2013). Ecological observations of native Geocoris pallens and G. punctipes populations in the Great Basin Desert of southwestern Utah. Psyche: A Journal o Entomology; Cambridge Entomological Club, New York, NY: Hindawi, 2013: 465108. doi:10.1155/2013/465108. [PubMan] : Rothe, E., Schöttner, M., Kessler, D., & Baldwin, I. T. (2013). Determination of nectar nicotine concentration in N. attenuata. Bio-protocol, 3(8), 1-4. doi:10.21769/BioProtoc.451. [PubMan] : Kessler, D. (2013). Ecological functions of floral chemistry in two solanaceous species. PhD Thesis, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., Bhattacharya, S., Diezel, C., Rothe, E., Gase, K., Schöttner, M., & Baldwin, I. T. (2012). Unpredictability of nectar nicotine promotes outcrossing by hummingbirds in Nicotiana attenuata. The Plant Journal, 71(4), 529-538. doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05008.x. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., Diezel, C., Clark, D., Colquhoun, T., & Baldwin, I. T. (2012). Petunia flowers solve the defense/apparency dilemma of pollinator attraction by deploying complex floral blends. Ecology Letters, 16(3), 299-306. doi:10.1111/ele.12038. [PubMan] : Kessler, D. (2012). Context dependency of nectar reward-guided oviposition. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 144(1), 112-122. doi:10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01270.x. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., & Baldwin, I. T. (2011). Back to the past for pollination biology. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 14(4), 429-434. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2011.03.023. [PubMan] : Diezel, C., Kessler, D., & Baldwin, I. T. (2011). Pithy protection: Nicotiana attenuata’s Jasmonic acid-mediated defenses are required to resist stem-boring weevil larvae. Plant Physiology, 155(4), 1936-1946. doi:10.1104/pp.110.170936. [PubMan] : Bezzi, S., Kessler, D., Diezel, C., Muck, A., Anssour, S., & Baldwin, I. T. (2010). Silencing NaTPI expression increases nectar germin, nectarins and hydrogen peroxide levels and inhibits nectar removal from plants in nature. Plant Physiology, 152(4), 2232-2242. doi:10.1104/pp.109.151753. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., Diezel, C., & Baldwin, I. T. (2010). Changing pollinators as a means of escaping herbivores. Current Biology, 20(3), 237-242. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.071. [PubMan] : Halitschke, R., Stenberg, J. A., Kessler, D., Kessler, A., & Baldwin, I. T. (2008). Shared signals – “alarm calls” from plants increase apparency to herbivores and their enemies in nature. Ecology Letters, 11(1), 24-34. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01123.x. [PubMan] : Kessler, D., Gase, K., & Baldwin, I. T. (2008). Field experiments with transformed plants reveal the sense of floral scents. Science, 321(5893), 1200-1202. doi:10.1126/science.1160072. [PubMan]