Researcher Portfolio
Kunert, Grit
Department of Biochemistry, Prof. J. Gershenzon, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society, Statistical Service, Dr. Grit Kunert, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Researcher Profile
Position: Statistical Service, Dr. Grit Kunert, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Position: Department of Biochemistry, Prof. J. Gershenzon, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Society
Additional IDs: ORCID:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9969-8044
IRIS: 3015
IRIS: 3015
Researcher ID: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/persons/resource/persons4000
Publications
(1 - 25 of 59)
: Ollivier, R., Robin, S., Galland, M., Shih, P.-Y., Morlière, S., Paulmann, M., Gershenzon, J., Kunert, G., Pilet-Nayel, M.-L., Simon, J.-C., & Sugio, A. (2025). Transcriptomic analysis reveals candidate molecular pathways involved in pea (Pisum sativum L.) resistance to pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris) biotypes. BMC Genomics, 26: 580. doi:10.1186/s12864-025-11742-3. [PubMan] : Freire, M., Oberweiser, M. M., Bollig, A., Kunert, G., & Knaden, M. (2025). How a salt pan ant Cataglyphis fortis navigates artificially complex environments. Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(4): JEB249369. doi:10.1242/jeb.249369. [PubMan] : Galagovsky, D., Depetris-Chauvin, A., Kunert, G., Knaden, M., & Hansson, B. S. (2024). Shaping the environment – Drosophila suzukii larvae construct their own niche. iScience, 27(12): 111341. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.111341. [PubMan] : Shiko, G., Paulmann, M.-J., Feistel, F., Ntefidou, M., Hermann-Ene, V., Vetter, W., Kost, B., Kunert, G., Zedler, J. A. Z., Reichelt, M., Oelmüller, R., & Klein, J. (2023). Occurrence and conversion of progestogens and androgens are conserved in land plants. New Phytologist, 240(1), 318-337. doi:10.1111/nph.19163. [PubMan] : Paulmann, M., Wegner, L., Gershenzon, J., Furch, A. C. U., & Kunert, G. (2023). Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) host races reduce heat-induced forisome dispersion in Vicia faba and Trifolium pratense. Plants, 12(9): 1888. doi:10.3390/plants12091888. [PubMan] : Köllner, T. G., David, A., Luck, K., Beran, F., Kunert, G., Zhou, J.-J., Caputi, L., & O’Connor, S. E. (2022). Biosynthesis of iridoid sex pheromones in aphids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(42): e2211254119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2211254119. [PubMan] : Kirsch, R., Okamura, Y., Häger, W., Vogel, H., Kunert, G., & Pauchet, Y. (2022). Metabolic novelty originating from horizontal gene transfer is essential for leaf beetle survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(40): e2205857119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2205857119. [PubMan] : Nagel, R., Hammerbacher, A., Kunert, G., Phillips, M., Gershenzon, J., & Schmidt, A. (2022). Bark beetle attack history does not influence the induction of terpene and phenolic defenses in mature Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees by the bark beetle-associated fungus Endoconidiophora polonica. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: 892907. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.892907. [PubMan] : Heyer, M., Scholz, S., Reichelt, M., Kunert, G., Oelmüller, R., & Mithöfer, A. (2022). The Ca2+ sensor proteins CML37 and CML42 antagonistically regulate plant stress responses by altering phytohormone signals. Plant Molecular Biology, 109, 611-625. doi:10.1007/s11103-021-01184-2. [PubMan] : Förster, C., Handrick, V., Ding, Y., Nakamura, Y., Paetz, C., Schneider, B., Castro-Falcón, G., Hughes, C. C., Luck, K., Poosapati, S., Kunert, G., Huffaker, A., Gershenzon, J., Schmelz, E. A., & Köllner, T. G. (2022). Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced O-methylated flavonoids in maize. Plant Physiology, 188(1), 167-190. doi:10.1093/plphys/kiab496. [PubMan] : Paulmann, M. K., Zimmermann, M. R., Wegner, L., van Bel, A. J. E., Kunert, G., & Furch, A. C. U. (2021). Species-specific and distance-dependent dispersive behaviour of forisomes in different legume species. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(2): E492. doi:10.3390/ijms22020492. [PubMan] : Yang, Z.-L., Kunert, G., Sporer, T., Körnig, J., & Beran, F. (2020). Glucosinolate abundance and composition in Brassicaceae influence sequestration in a specialist flea beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46, 186-197. doi:10.1007/s10886-020-01144-y. [PubMan] : Kirsch, R., Kunert, G., Vogel, H., & Pauchet, Y. (2019). Pectin digestion in herbivorous beetles: Impact of pseudoenzymes exceeds that of their active counterparts. Frontiers in Physiology, 10: 685. doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.00685. [PubMan] : Keesey, I., Grabe, V., Gruber, L., Körte, S., Obiero, G. F., Bolton, G., Khallaf, M. A., Kunert, G., Lavista Llanos, S., Valenzano, D. R., Rybak, J., Barrett, B. A., Knaden, M., & Hansson, B. S. (2019). Inverse resource allocation between vision and olfaction across the genus Drosophila. Nature Communications, 10: 1162. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09087-z. [PubMan] : Sanchez Arcos, C., Kai, M., Svatoš, A., Gershenzon, J., & Kunert, G. (2019). Untargeted metabolomics approach reveals differences in host plant chemistry before and after infestation with different pea aphid host races. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10: 188. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00188. [PubMan] : Beran, F., Sporer, T., Paetz, C., Ahn, S.-J., Betzin, F., Kunert, G., Shekhov, A., G. Vassão, D., Bartram, S., Lorenz, S., & Reichelt, M. (2018). One pathway is not enough: The cabbage stem flea beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala uses multiple strategies to overcome the glucosinolate-myrosinase defense in its host plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 1754. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01754. [PubMan] : Busch, A., Kunert, G., Wielsch, N., & Pauchet, Y. (2018). Cellulose degradation in Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): functional characterization of two CAZymes belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 45 reveals a novel enzymatic activity. Insect Molecular Biology, 27(5), 633-650. doi:10.1111/imb.12500. [PubMan] : Furch, A. C. U., Paulmann, M. K., Wegner, L., Kunert, G., & Van Bel, A. J. (2018). Comparison of intracellular location and stimulus reaction times of forisomes in sieve tubes of four legume species. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 13(8): e1503493. doi:10.1080/15592324.2018.1503493. [PubMan] : Vosteen, I., Gershenzon, J., & Kunert, G. (2018). Dealing with food shortage: larval dispersal behaviour and survival on non-prey food of the hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus. Ecological Entomology, 43(5), 578-590. doi:10.1111/een.12636. [PubMan] : Martínez-Harms, J., Warskulat, A.-C., Dudek, B., Kunert, G., Lorenz, S., Hansson, B. S., & Schneider, B. (2018). Biosynthetic and functional color-scent associations in flowers of Papaver nudicaule and its impact on pollinators. Chembiochem, 19(14), 1553-1562. doi:10.1002/cbic.201800155. [PubMan] : Paulmann, M. K., Kunert, G., Zimmermann, M., Theis, N., Ludwig, A., Meichsner, D., Oelmüller, R., Gershenzon, J., Habekuß, A., Ordon, F., Furch, A. C., & Will, T. (2018). Barley yellow dwarf virus infection leads to higher chemical defence signals and lower electrophysiological reactions in susceptible compared to tolerant barley genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 145. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00145. [PubMan] : Jeschke, V., Kearney, E. E., Schramm, K., Kunert, G., Shekhov, A., Gershenzon, J., & Giddings Vassão, D. (2017). How glucosinolates affect generalist lepidopteran larvae: growth, development and glucosinolate metabolism. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1995. doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01995. [PubMan] : Feistel, F., Paetz, C., Lorenz, S., Beran, F., Kunert, G., & Schneider, B. (2017). Idesia polycarpa (Salicaceae) leaf constituents and their toxic effect on Cerura vinula and Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera) larvae. Phytochemistry, 143, 170-179. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.08.008. [PubMan] : Busch, A., Kunert, G., Heckel, D. G., & Pauchet, Y. (2017). Evolution and functional characterization of CAZymes belonging to subfamily 10 of glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5_10) in two species of phytophagous beetles. PLoS One, 12(8): e0184305. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184305. [PubMan] : Adam, N., Erler, T., Kallenbach, M., Kaltenpoth, M., Kunert, G., Baldwin, I. T., & Schuman, M. C. (2017). Sex ratio of mirid populations shifts in response to hostplant co-infestation or altered cytokinin signaling. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59(1), 44-59. doi:10.1111/jipb.12507. [PubMan]