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David G. Heckel

David G. Heckel

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Genetics

D-Index
87
Citations
25067
World Ranking
1217
National Ranking
94

Overview

David G. Heckel is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The focus includes specialized subfields such as Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work concentrates on a variety of topics, notably Insect Resistance and Genetics, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Insect Pest Control Strategies, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, Pest Management Science, and Annual Review of Entomology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by David G. Heckel include:

  • How do toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis kill insects? An evolutionary perspective, 2020, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Mechanisms of Resistance to Insecticidal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, 2021, Annual Review of Entomology
  • Pesticide resistance in arthropods: Ecology matters too, 2022, Ecology Letters
  • Towards evolutionary predictions: Current promises and challenges, 2022, Evolutionary Applications
  • The Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Utilizes Specific UDP-Glycosyltransferases to Inactivate Maize Defensive Benzoxazinoids, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology

Among frequent co-authors collaborating with David G. Heckel are Astrid T. Groot, Sabine Hänniger, Umut Toprak, Dwayne D. Hegedus, and Melanie Unbehend.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • A Single P450 Allele Associated with Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila

    P. J. Daborn;J. L. Yen;M. R. Bogwitz;G. Le Goff

  • RNA interference in Lepidoptera: An overview of successful and unsuccessful studies and implications for experimental design

    Olle Terenius;Alexie Papanicolaou;Alexie Papanicolaou;Jennie S. Garbutt;Ioannis Eleftherianos

  • Identification of a gene associated with Bt resistance in Heliothis virescens.

    Linda J. Gahan;Fred Gould;David G. Heckel

  • Three cadherin alleles associated with resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in pink bollworm

    Shai Morin;Robert W. Biggs;Mark S. Sisterson;Laura Shriver

  • The butterfly plant arms-race escalated by gene and genome duplications.

    Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Patrick P. Edger;Hanna M. Heidel-Fischer;Michaël Bekaert;Jadranka Rota

  • Full crop protection from an insect pest by expression of long double-stranded RNAs in plastids

    Jiang Zhang;Sher Afzal Khan;Claudia Hasse;Stephanie Ruf

  • Initial frequency of alleles for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in field populations of Heliothis virescens.

    F. Gould;A. Anderson;A. Jones;D. Sumerford

  • An ABC transporter mutation is correlated with insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin.

    Linda J. Gahan;Yannick Pauchet;Heiko Vogel;David G. Heckel

  • Next-Generation Insect-Resistant Plants: RNAi-Mediated Crop Protection

    Jiang Zhang;Jiang Zhang;Sher Afzal Khan;Sher Afzal Khan;David G. Heckel;Ralph Bock;Ralph Bock

  • Linkage Mapping and Comparative Genomics Using Next-Generation RAD Sequencing of a Non-Model Organism

    Simon W. Baxter;John W. Davey;J. Spencer Johnston;Anthony M. Shelton

  • Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species

    S. L. Pearce;D. F. Clarke;D. F. Clarke;P. D. East;S. Elfekih

  • One gene in diamondback moth confers resistance to four Bacillus thuringiensis toxins.

    Bruce E. Tabashnik;Yong Biao Liu;Naomi Finson;Luke Masson

  • Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges

    Anaïs Gouin;Anthony Bretaudeau;Anthony Bretaudeau;Kiwoong Nam;Sylvie Gimenez

  • Parallel Evolution of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Resistance in Lepidoptera

    Simon W Baxter;Francisco R Badenes-Pérez;Anna Morrison;Heiko Vogel

  • Nutritional immunology: Diversification and diet-dependent expression of antimicrobial peptides in the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens.

    Heiko Vogel;Ariane Müller;David G. Heckel;Herwig Gutzeit

  • Global variation in the genetic and biochemical basis of diamondback moth resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis

    Bruce E. Tabashnik;Yong Biao Liu;Thomas Malvar;David G. Heckel

  • Matrix‐free UV‐laser desorption/ionization (LDI) mass spectrometric imaging at the single‐cell level: distribution of secondary metabolites of Arabidopsis thaliana and Hypericum species

    Dirk Hölscher;Rohit Shroff;Katrin Knop;Michael Gottschaldt

  • Initial frequency of alleles for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in field populations of Heliothis virescens (transgenic cropsyinsecticidesyevolution)

    F. Gould;A. Jones;D. Sumerford;D. G. Heckel

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Astrid T. Groot
Astrid T. Groot University of Amsterdam
Bruce E. Tabashnik
Bruce E. Tabashnik University of Arizona
Andreas Vilcinskas
Andreas Vilcinskas University of Giessen
Michael Reichelt
Michael Reichelt Max Planck Society
Jonathan Gershenzon
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Aleš Svatoš
Aleš Svatoš Max Planck Society
Fred Gould
Fred Gould North Carolina State University
Karl H.J. Gordon
Karl H.J. Gordon Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Richard H. ffrench-Constant
Richard H. ffrench-Constant University of Exeter

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