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Eric A. Schmelz is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the domains of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work encompasses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Insect Science, Biochemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research topics reflect a focus on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Plant Virus Research Studies, and Agricultural pest management studies.

Eric A. Schmelz has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Plants

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Alisa Huffaker, Yezhang Ding, Elly Poretsky, Philipp Zerbe, and Adam D. Steinbrenner.

Notable recent publications by Eric A. Schmelz comprise:

  • "A receptor-like protein mediates plant immune responses to herbivore-associated molecular patterns," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Genetic elucidation of interconnected antibiotic pathways mediating maize innate immunity," 2020, Nature Plants
  • "Maize resistance to witchweed through changes in strigolactone biosynthesis," 2023, Science
  • "Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced O-methylated flavonoids in maize," 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Brachypodium Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase (PAL) Promotes Antiviral Defenses against Panicum mosaic virus and Its Satellites," 2021, mBio

Best Publications

  • ABA is an essential signal for plant resistance to pathogens affecting JA biosynthesis and the activation of defenses in Arabidopsis

    Bruce A.T. Adie;Julián Pérez-Pérez;Manuel M. Pérez-Pérez;Marta Godoy

  • Airborne signals prime plants against insect herbivore attack

    Juergen Engelberth;Hans T. Alborn;Eric A. Schmelz;James H. Tumlinson;James H. Tumlinson

  • Fragments of ATP synthase mediate plant perception of insect attack.

    Eric A. Schmelz;Mark J. Carroll;Sherry LeClere;Stephen M. Phipps

  • Quantification, correlations and manipulations of wound-induced changes in jasmonic acid and nicotine in Nicotiana sylvestris

    Ian T. Baldwin;Zong-Ping Zhang;Neda Diab;Thomas E. Ohnmeiss

  • Simultaneous analysis of phytohormones, phytotoxins, and volatile organic compounds in plants

    Eric A. Schmelz;Juergen Engelberth;Hans T. Alborn;Phillip O'Donnell

  • tasselseed1 is a lipoxygenase affecting jasmonic acid signaling in sex determination of maize.

    Iván F. Acosta;Hélène Laparra;Sandra P. Romero;Eric Schmelz

  • Circadian Regulation of the PhCCD1 Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase Controls Emission of β-Ionone, a Fragrance Volatile of Petunia Flowers

    Andrew J. Simkin;Beverly A. Underwood;Michele Auldridge;Holly M. Loucas

  • An herbivore elicitor activates the gene for indole emission in maize

    Monika Frey;Cornelia Stettner;Paul W. Paré;Eric A. Schmelz

  • Wound-induced changes in root and shoot jasmonic acid pools correlate with induced nicotine synthesis inNicotiana sylvestris spegazzini and comes.

    Ian T. Baldwin;Eric A. Schmelz;Thomas E. Ohnmeiss

  • Biosynthesis, elicitation and roles of monocot terpenoid phytoalexins

    Eric A. Schmelz;Alisa Huffaker;James W. Sims;Shawn A. Christensen

  • Identification of loci affecting flavour volatile emissions in tomato fruits

    Denise M. Tieman;Michelle Zeigler;Eric A. Schmelz;Mark G. Taylor

  • The use of vapor phase extraction in metabolic profiling of phytohormones and other metabolites.

    Eric A. Schmelz;Juergen Engelberth;James H. Tumlinson;Anna Block

  • Identity, regulation, and activity of inducible diterpenoid phytoalexins in maize

    Eric A. Schmelz;Fatma Kaplan;Alisa Huffaker;Nicole J. Dafoe

  • Phytohormone-based activity mapping of insect herbivore-produced elicitors

    Eric A. Schmelz;Jurgen Engelberth;Hans T. Alborn;James H. Iii. Tumlinson

  • Plant elicitor peptides are conserved signals regulating direct and indirect antiherbivore defense

    Alisa Huffaker;Gregory Pearce;Nathalie Veyrat;Matthias Erb

  • Sugar Levels Regulate Tryptophan-Dependent Auxin Biosynthesis in Developing Maize Kernels

    Sherry LeClere;Eric A. Schmelz;Prem S. Chourey

  • Disulfooxy fatty acids from the American bird grasshopper Schistocerca americana, elicitors of plant volatiles.

    Hans T. Alborn;Trond V. Hansen;Trond V. Hansen;Tappey H. Jones;Derrick C. Bennett

  • ZmPep1, an Ortholog of Arabidopsis Elicitor Peptide 1, Regulates Maize Innate Immunity and Enhances Disease Resistance

    Alisa Huffaker;Nicole J. Dafoe;Eric A. Schmelz

  • Novel Acidic Sesquiterpenoids Constitute a Dominant Class of Pathogen-Induced Phytoalexins in Maize

    Alisa Huffaker;Fatma Kaplan;Martha M. Vaughan;Nicole J. Dafoe

  • Quantitative relationships between induced jasmonic acid levels and volatile emission in Zea mays during Spodoptera exigua herbivory.

    Eric A. Schmelz;Hans T. Alborn;Erika Banchio;James H. Tumlinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans T. Alborn
Hans T. Alborn United States Department of Agriculture
Peter E. A. Teal
Peter E. A. Teal United States Department of Agriculture
James H. Tumlinson
James H. Tumlinson Pennsylvania State University
Edward S. Buckler
Edward S. Buckler Cornell University
Harry J. Klee
Harry J. Klee University of Florida
Bing Yang
Bing Yang University of Missouri
Ian T. Baldwin
Ian T. Baldwin Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Prem S. Chourey
Prem S. Chourey United States Department of Agriculture
Denise M. Tieman
Denise M. Tieman University of Florida
Zhouxin Shen
Zhouxin Shen University of California, San Diego

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