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Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Cornell University
533 Tower Road
Ithaca, NY 18853
USA
Tel: +1-607-254-1365
E-mail: gj32@cornell.edu
https://btiscience.org/georg-jander/
Area of expertise: Chemical ecology; plant-insect interactions; metabolic biochemistry; genetics; molecular biology; genomics; metabolomics
Selected Publications:
Richter, A., Powell, A.F., Mirzaei, M., Wang, L.J., Movahed, N., Miller, J.K., Pineros, M.A., and Jander, G. (2021). Indole-3-glycerolphosphate synthase, a branchpoint for the biosynthesis of tryptophan, indole, and benzoxazinoids in maize. Plant J. 106: 245–257.
Chung, S.H., Bigham, M., Lappe, R.R., Chan, B., Nagalakshmi, U., Whitham, S.A., Dinesh-Kumar, S.P., and Jander, G. (2021). Rapid screening of pest resistance genes in maize using a sugarcane mosaic virus vector. Plant Biotech. J.: doi: 10.1111/pbi.13585. online ahead of print
Yang, Z., Li, N., Kitano, T., Li, P., Spindel, J.E., Wang, L., Bai, G., Xiao, Y., McCouch, S.R., Ishihara, A., Zhang, J., Yang, X., Chen, Z., Wei, J., Ge, H., Jander, G., and Yan, J. (2021). Genetic mapping identifies a rice naringenin O-glucosyltransferase that influences insect resistance. Plant J. online ahead of print: doi: 10.1111/tpj.15244.
Zust, T., Strickler, S.R., Powell, A.F., Mabry, M.E., An, H., Mirzaei, M., York, T., Holland, C.K., Kumar, P., Erb, M., Petschenka, G., Gomez, J. M., Perfectti, F., Muller, C., Pires, J. C., Mueller, L. A., Jander, G. (2020). Independent evolution of ancestral and novel defenses in a genus of toxic plants (Erysimum, Brassicaceae). ELife 9: e51712.
Lou, Y.R., Ahmed, S., Yan, J., Adio, A.M., Powell, H.M., Morris, P.F., and Jander, G. (2020). Arabidopsis ADC1 functions as an Nδ -acetylornithine decarboxylase. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62: 601–613.
Mirzaei, M., Züst, T., Younkin, G.C., Hastings, A.P., Alani, M.L., Agrawal, A.A., and Jander, G. (2020). Less is more: A mutation in the chemical defense pathway of Erysimum cheiranthoides (Brassicaceae) reduces total cardenolide abundance but increases resistance to insect herbivores. J. Chem. Ecol. 46: 1131–1143.
Khan, M.H., Jander, G., Mukhtar, Z., Arshad, M., Sarwar, M., and Asad, S. (2020). Comparison of in vitro and in planta toxicity of Vip3A for lepidopteran herbivores. J. Econ. Entomol. 28: 785–797.
Zhou, S., Kremling, K.A., Bandillo, N., Richter, A., Zhang, Y.K., Ahern, K.R., Artyukhin, A.B., Hui, J.X., Younkin, G.C., Schroeder, F.C., Buckler, E. S., and Jander, G. (2019). Metabolome-scale genome-wide association studies reveal chemical diversity and genetic control of maize specialized metabolites. Plant Cell 31: 937–955.
Zhou, S., Zhang, Y.K., Kremling, K.A., Ding, Y., Bennett, J.S,, Bae, J.S., Kim, D.K., Ackerman, H.H., Kolomiets, M.V., Schmelz, E.A,, Schroeder, F.C., Buckler, E.S., and Jander, G. (2019). Ethylene signaling regulates natural variation in the abundance of antifungal acetylated diferuloylsucroses and Fusarium graminearum resistance in maize seedling roots. New Phytol. 221: 2096–2111.
Rauf, I., Asif, M., Amin, I., Naqvi, R.Z., Umer, N., Mansoor, S., and Jander, G. (2019). Silencing cathepsin L expression reduces Myzus persicae protein content and the nutritional value as prey for Coccinella septempunctata. Insect Mol. Biol. 28: 785–797.
Chen, W., Shakir, S., Bigham, M., Richter, A., Fei, Z., and Jander, G. (2019). Genome sequence of the corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch). Gigascience 8: doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz033
Vargas-Ortiz, E., Gonda, I., Smeda, J.R., Mutschler, M.A., Giovannoni, J., and Jander, G. (2018). Genetic mapping identifies loci that influence tomato resistance against Colorado potato beetles. Scientific Reports 8: 7429.
Kumar, P., Garrido, E., Zhao, K., Zheng, Y., Alseekh, S., Vargas-Ortiz, E., Fernie, A.R., Fei, Z., Poveda, K., and Jander, G. (2018). Tecia solanivora infestation increases tuber starch accumulation in Pastusa Suprema potatoes. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 60: 1083–1096.
Tzin, V., Hojo, Y., Strickler, S.R., Bartsch, L.J., Archer, C.M., Ahern, K.R., Zhou, S., Christensen, S.A., Galis, I., Mueller, L.A., and Jander, G. (2017). Rapid defense responses in maize leaves induced by Spodoptera exigua caterpillar feeding. J. Exp. Bot. 2017 68: 4709–4723.
Huang T., and Jander G. (2017). Abscisic acid-regulated protein degradation causes osmotic stress-induced accumulation of branched-chain amino acids in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta 246: 737–747.
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