Publications

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2023

Antoine Guiguet, Nathaniel B McCartney, Kadeem J Gilbert, John F Tooker, Andrew R Deans, Jared G Ali, Heather M Hines (2023). Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies. Biology Letters 19 (3), 20220513.

 

2022

CA Stratton, S Ray, BA Bradley, JP Kaye, JG Ali, EG Murrell (2022). Nutrition vs association: plant defenses are altered by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi association not by nutritional provisioning alone. BMC plant biology 22 (1), 1-10.

PA Lin, S Paudel, N Bin Zainuddin, CW Tan, A Helms, JG Ali, GW Felton (2022). Low water availability enhances volatile‐mediated direct defences but disturbs indirect defences against herbivores. Journal of Ecology 110 (11), 2759-2771.

E Erickson, RR Junker, JG Ali, N McCartney, HM Patch, CM Grozinger (2022). Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to ornamental plants. Annals of botany 130 (4), 561-577.

Victoria M Pocius, Staci Cibotti, Swayamjit Ray, Obenewa Ankoma-Darko, Nathaniel B McCartney, Rudolf J Schilder, Jared G Ali (2022). Impacts of larval host plant species on dispersal traits and free-flight energetics of adult butterflies. Communications Biology 5 (1), 469.

S Ray, NG Wenner, O Ankoma-Darko, JP Kaye, GA Kuldau, JG Ali (2022). Cover crop selection affects maize susceptibility to the fungal pathogen Fusarium verticillioides. Pedobiologia 91, 150806.

HM Peterson, S Ray, JG Ali, G Krawczyk (2022). Feeding and oviposition by the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) induce direct and systemic changes in volatile compound emissions from potted peach and tree of heaven. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16 (2), 227-247.

S Cibotti, J Ali, RJ Schilder (2022). Differential effects of clothianidin exposure on metabolic rates across life stages in the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).

2021

Lin, P. A., Chen, Y., Ponce, G., Acevedo, F. E., Lynch, J. P., Anderson, C. T., … & Felton, G. W. (2021). Stomata-mediated interactions between plants, herbivores, and the environment. Trends in Plant Science.

Grunseich, J. M., Aguirre, N. M., Thompson, M. N., Ali, J. G., & Helms, A. M. (2021). Chemical Cues from Entomopathogenic Nematodes Vary Across Three Species with Different Foraging Strategies, Triggering Different Behavioral Responses in Prey and Competitors. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1-12.

Davidson-Lowe, E., Ray, S., Murrell, E., Kaye, J., & Ali, J. G. (2021/In Press). Cover Crop Soil Legacies Alter Phytochemistry and Resistance to Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Maize. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY.

Davidson-Lowe, E., & Ali, J. G. (2021). Herbivore-induced plant volatiles mediate behavioral interactions between a leaf-chewing and a phloem-feeding herbivore. BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, 53, 39-48.

Pingault, L., Varsani, S., Palmer, N., Ray, S., Williams, W.P., Luthe, D.S., Ali, J.G., Sarath, G. and Louis, J., (2021). Transcriptomic and volatile signatures associated with maize defense against corn leaf aphid. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, 21(1), pp.1-15.

Lin, P.A., Chen, Y., Chaverra‐Rodriguez, D., Heu, C.C., Zainuddin, N.B., Sidhu, J.S., Peiffer, M., Tan, C.W., Helms, A., Kim, D. and Ali, J., 2021. Silencing the alarm: an insect salivary enzyme closes plant stomata and inhibits volatile release. New Phytologist.

2020

Ali, J. G., Casteel, C. L., Mauck, K. E., & Trase, O. (2020). Chemical ecology of multitrophic microbial interactions: plants, insects, microbes and the metabolites that connect them. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46(8), 645-648.

Pearse, I. S., LoPresti, E., Schaeffer, R. N., Wetzel, W. C., Mooney, K. A., Ali, J. G., … & Weber, M. G. (2020). Generalising indirect defence and resistance of plants. Ecology letters, 23(7), 1137-1152.

Tan, C. W., Peiffer, M. L., Ali, J. G., Luthe, D. S., & Felton, G. W. (2020). Top‐down effects from parasitoids may mediate plant defence and plant fitness. Functional Ecology, 34(9), 1767-1778.

Villalona, E., Ezray, B. D., Laveaga, E., Agrawal, A. A., Ali, J. G., & Hines, H. M. (2020). The role of toxic nectar secondary compounds in driving differential bumble bee preferences for milkweed flowers. Oecologia, 193(3), 619-630.

Ray, S., Helms, A. M., Matulis, N. L., Davidson-Lowe, E., Grisales, W., & Ali, J. G. (2020). Asymmetry in herbivore effector responses: caterpillar frass effectors reduce performance of a subsequent herbivore. Journal of chemical ecology, 46(1), 76-83.

2019

Paudel, S., Lin, P. A., Foolad, M. R., Ali, J. G., Rajotte, E. G., & Felton, G. W. (2019). Induced plant defenses against Herbivory in cultivated and wild tomato. Journal of chemical ecology, 45(8), 693-707.

Markovic, D., Colzi, I., Taiti, C., Ray, S., Scalone, R., Gregory Ali, J., … & Ninkovic, V. (2019). Airborne signals synchronize the defenses of neighboring plants in response to touch. Journal of experimental botany, 70(2), 691-700.

Helms, Anjel M., et al. “Chemical cues linked to risk: Cues from below‐ground natural enemies enhance plant defences and influence herbivore behaviour and performance.” Functional Ecology (2019).

Davidson‐Lowe, E., Szendrei, Z., & Ali, J. G. (2019). Asymmetric effects of a leaf‐chewing herbivore on aphid population growth. Ecological Entomology, 44(1), 81-92.

Stelinski, L. L., Willett, D., Rivera, M. J., & Ali, J. G. (2019). ‘Tuning’communication among four trophic levels of the root biome to facilitate biological control. Biological control.

2018

Markovic, D., Colzi, I., Taiti, C., Ray, S., Scalone, R.,  Ali, J.G., … & Ninkovic, V. (2018). Airborne signals synchronize the defenses of neighboring plants in response to touch. Journal of experimental botany, 70(2), 691-700.

Castano-Duque, L., Helms, A., Ali, J. G., & Luthe, D. S. (2018). Plant Bio-Wars: Maize Protein Networks Reveal Tissue-Specific Defense Strategies in Response to a Root Herbivore. Journal of chemical ecology, 44(7-8), 727-745.

Malik RJ, Ali JG, & Beaver JD. (2018) Mycorrhizal composition influences plant anatomical defense and impacts herbivore growth and survival in a life-stage dependent manner. Pedobiologia: Journal of Soil Ecology.

2017

Ali JG & Agrawal AA. (2017) Tritrophic consequences of host shifts in highly specialized milkweed beetles. Functional Ecology.

Hufnagel M , Schilmiller AL,  Ali JG, and  Szendrei Z. (2017) Choosy mothers pick challenging plants: Maternal preference and larval performance of a specialist herbivore are not linked. Ecological Entomology. Ecological Entomology 42 (1), 33-41

Tourtois, J,  Ali JG, Matthew Grieshop (2017) Exploring the use of black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) as an in vivo entomopathogenic nematode rearing host. Journal of invertebrate pathology 150, 121-129

2016

Morrison WR, Ingrao A, Ali JG, Szendrei Z (in press) Identification and evaluation of asparagus semiochemicals and their ecological interactions with its early pest community. Journal of Plant Interactions DOI:10.1080/17429145.2015.1133848

2015monarch book
Agrawal AA, Ali JG, Rasmann S, Fishbein M. (2015) Macroevolutionary
trends in the defense of  milkweeds against monarchs: latex, cardenolides, and tolerance of
herbivory. in Monarchs in a Changing World: Biology and Conservation of an Iconic Insect (Oberhauser K, Altizer S, and Nail K. eds). Cornell University Press, USA

Ali, J. G., & Davidson-Lowe, E. (2015). Plant Cues and Factors Influencing the Behaviour of Beneficial Nematodes as a Belowground Indirect Defense. In H. Bais & J. Sherrier (Eds.), Plant Microbe Interactions (pp. 191–214).Messages Image(1740029917)

 

 

 

2014

Erwin, A.C., T. Züst, J.G. Ali, and A.A. Agrawal. Aboveground herbivory facilitates above- and belowground conspecific insects and reduces fruit production. Journal of Ecology 102:1038–1047.

Ali JG & Agrawal AA. (2014) Asymmetry of plant-mediated interactions between specialist aphids and caterpillars on two milkweeds (Ascelpias syriaca and A. tuberose) Functional Ecology.

2013
Sending mixed messages: a trophic cascade produced by a belowground herbivore-induced cue. JG Ali, R Campos-Herrera, HT Alborn, LW Duncan, LL Stelinski. Journal of chemical ecology 39 (8), 1140-1147. full text

Analyzing spatial patterns linked to the ecology of herbivores and their natural enemies in the soil. R Campos-Herrera, JG Ali, BM Diaz, LW Duncan
Frontiers in plant science.

2012
An amino acid substitution inhibits specialist herbivore production of an antagonist effector and recovers insect-induced plant defenses
EA Schmelz, A Huffaker, MJ Carroll, HT Alborn, JG Ali, PEA Teal
Plant physiology 160 (3), 1468-1478 Plant Physiol.-2012-Schmelz-1468-78

Subterranean, herbivore-induced plant volatile increases biological control activity of multiple beneficial nematode species in distinct habitats. Jared G Ali, Hans T Alborn, Raquel Campos-Herrera, Fatma Kaplan, Larry W Duncan, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Albrecht M Koppenhöfer, Lukasz L Stelinski. PloS one 7 (6), e38146

Interspecific nematode signals regulate dispersal behavior. Fatma Kaplan, Hans T Alborn, Stephan H von Reuss, Ramadan Ajredini, Jared G Ali, Faruk Akyazi, Lukasz L Stelinski, Arthur S Edison, Frank C Schroeder, Peter E Teal
PloS one 7 (6), e38735

Ecology and evolution of soil nematode chemotaxis. S Rasmann, JG Ali, J Helder, WH van der Putten. Journal of chemical ecology 38 (6), 615-628.

Specialist versus generalist insect herbivores and plant defense
JG Ali, AA Agrawal Trends in plant science 17 (5), 293-302

Induced release of a plant-defense volatile ‘deceptively’attracts insect vectors to plants infected with a bacterial pathogen. Rajinder S Mann, Jared G Ali, Sara L Hermann, Siddharth Tiwari, Kirsten S Pelz-Stelinski, Hans T Alborn, Lukasz L Stelinski. PLoS pathogens 8 (3), e1002610

The role of root-produced volatile secondary metabolites in mediating soil interactions. S Rasmann, I Hiltpold, J Ali. Advances in selected plant physiology aspects. InTech Open Access Publisher. 269-290

2011
Constitutive and induced subterranean plant volatiles attract both entomopathogenic and plant parasitic nematodes. JG Ali, HT Alborn, LL Stelinski. Journal of Ecology 99 (1), 26-35.

2010
Female spotted cucumber beetles use own cuticular hydrocarbon signature to choose immunocompatible mates. JG Ali, DW Tallamy Animal Behaviour 80 (1), 9-12.

Subterranean herbivore-induced volatiles released by citrus roots upon feeding by Diaprepes abbreviatus recruit entomopathogenic nematodes. JG Ali, HT Alborn, LL Stelinski Journal of chemical ecology 36 (4), 361-368.fulltext

2006
Female choice by scent recognition in the spotted cucumber beetle. JF Brodt, DW Tallamy,J Ali. Ethology 112 (3), 300-306