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André Kessler is a researcher affiliated with Cornell University in the United States, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a focus on Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

Their research primarily addresses topics including Plant and animal studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems.

Kessler has authored multiple scientific articles published in various journals and venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Soil organic matter attenuates the efficacy of flavonoid-based plant-microbe communication, 2020, Science Advances
  • Interaction diversity explains the maintenance of phytochemical diversity, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Pollen defenses negatively impact foraging and fitness in a generalist bee (Bombus impatiens: Apidae), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Shifts in plant-microbe interactions over community succession and their effects on plant resistance to herbivores, 2020, New Phytologist

Their research collaborations include frequent work with Alexander Chautá, Daniel Munyao Mutyambai, Zeyaur R. Khan, Ethan Bass, and Katja Poveda.

Kessler's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Current Biology
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Defensive function of herbivore-induced plant volatile emissions in nature.

    André Kessler;Ian T. Baldwin

  • Plant responses to insect herbivory: The emerging molecular analysis

    André Kessler;Ian T. Baldwin

  • Silencing the Jasmonate Cascade: Induced Plant Defenses and Insect Populations

    André Kessler;Rayko Halitschke;Ian T. Baldwin

  • Priming of plant defense responses in nature by airborne signaling between Artemisia tridentata and Nicotiana attenuata.

    André Kessler;Rayko Halitschke;Celia Diezel;Ian T. Baldwin

  • Plant Secondary Metabolite Diversity and Species Interactions

    André Kessler;Aino Kalske

  • Shared signals -'alarm calls' from plants increase apparency to herbivores and their enemies in nature.

    Rayko Halitschke;Johan A. Stenberg;Danny Kessler;André Kessler

  • Attracting friends to feast on foes: engineering terpene emission to make crop plants more attractive to herbivore enemies

    Jörg Degenhardt;Jonathan Gershenzon;Ian T Baldwin;André Kessler

  • CONSTITUTIVE AND INDUCED DEFENSES TO HERBIVORY IN ABOVE-AND BELOWGROUND PLANT TISSUES

    Ian Kaplan;Rayko Halitschke;André Kessler;Sandra Sardanelli

  • The multiple faces of indirect defences and their agents of natural selection

    André Kessler;Martin Heil

  • Volatile signaling in plant-plant-herbivore interactions: What is real?

    Ian T Baldwin;André Kessler;Rayko Halitschke

  • Merging molecular and ecological approaches in plant–insect interactions

    Ian T Baldwin;Rayko Halitschke;Andre Kessler;Ursula Schittko

  • Ecophysiological comparison of direct and indirect defenses in Nicotiana attenuata

    R. Halitschke;A. Kessler;J. Kahl;Andreas Lorenz

  • Herbivore‐induced plant vaccination. Part I. The orchestration of plant defenses in nature and their fitness consequences in the wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata

    André Kessler;Ian T. Baldwin

  • Testing the potential for conflicting selection on floral chemical traits by pollinators and herbivores: predictions and case study

    André Kessler;Rayko Halitschke

  • Physiological integration of roots and shoots in plant defense strategies links above- and belowground herbivory.

    Ian Kaplan;Rayko Halitschke;Andre Kessler;Brian J. Rehill

  • Herbivory‐mediated pollinator limitation: negative impacts of induced volatiles on plant–pollinator interactions

    André Kessler;Rayko Halitschke;Katja Poveda

  • Pollinators exert natural selection on flower size and floral display in Penstemon digitalis

    Amy L. Parachnowitsch;André Kessler

  • Phenotypic selection to increase floral scent emission, but not flower size or colour in bee-pollinated Penstemon digitalis.

    Amy L. Parachnowitsch;Amy L. Parachnowitsch;Robert A. Raguso;André Kessler

  • Specificity and complexity: the impact of herbivore-induced plant responses on arthropod community structure.

    André Kessler;Rayko Halitschke

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

    Kailen A. Mooney;Rayko Halitschke;Andre Kessler;Anurag A. Agrawal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian T. Baldwin
Ian T. Baldwin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Katja Poveda
Katja Poveda Cornell University
Robert A. Raguso
Robert A. Raguso Cornell University
Jennifer S. Thaler
Jennifer S. Thaler Cornell University
Erik H. Poelman
Erik H. Poelman Wageningen University & Research
Martha A. Mutschler
Martha A. Mutschler Cornell University
Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Robert F. Denno
Robert F. Denno University of Maryland, College Park
Ian Kaplan
Ian Kaplan Purdue University West Lafayette
Nicole M. van Dam
Nicole M. van Dam Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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