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Maarten A. Jongsma is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, specializing primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

Their work covers a range of topics, with significant focus on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant and animal studies, GABA and Rice Research, Biochemical effects in animals, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

The scientist has contributed multiple papers to various scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Effects of γ-aminobutyric acid supplementation on glucose control in adults with prediabetes: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial (2023) in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • TcMYC2 regulates Pyrethrin biosynthesis in Tanacetum cinerariifolium (2022) in Horticulture Research
  • Tissue specificity of (E)-β-farnesene and germacrene D accumulation in pyrethrum flowers (2021) in Phytochemistry
  • Rebaudioside A from Stevia rebaudiana stimulates GLP-1 release by enteroendocrine cells via bitter taste signalling pathways (2023) in Food & Function
  • The influence of a tomato food matrix on the bioavailability and plasma kinetics of oral gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and its precursor glutamate in healthy men (2022) in Food & Function

Their frequent coauthors reflect active collaborations in related research areas. These include:

  • Renger F. Witkamp
  • Michiel G.J. Balvers
  • Caiyun Wang
  • Marcel Dicke
  • Tessa H. de Bie

Publications often appear in journals such as Food & Function, eLife, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Horticulture Research, and Phytochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Terpenoid Metabolism in Wild-Type and Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants

    Asaph Aharoni;Ashok P. Giri;Stephan Deuerlein;Frans Griepink

  • The adaptation of insects to plant protease inhibitors.

    Maarten A Jongsma;Caroline Bolter

  • Gain and Loss of Fruit Flavor Compounds Produced by Wild and Cultivated Strawberry Species

    Asaph Aharoni;Ashok P. Giri;Francel W.A. Verstappen;Cinzia M. Bertea

  • Adaptation of Spodoptera exigua larvae to plant proteinase inhibitors by induction of gut proteinase activity insensitive to inhibition.

    Maarten A. Jongsma;Petra L. Bakker;Jeroen Peters;Dirk Bosch

  • Volatile science? Metabolic engineering of terpenoids in plants

    Asaph Aharoni;Maarten A. Jongsma;Harro J. Bouwmeester

  • Colorado potato beetles (leptinotarsa decemlineata) adapt to proteinase inhibitors induced in potato leaves by methyl jasmonate

    Caroline J. Bolter;Maarten A. Jongsma

  • Metabolic engineering of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants

    Asaph Aharoni;Maarten A. Jongsma;Tok-Yong Kim;Man-Bok Ri

  • Development of late blight resistant potatoes by cisgene stacking

    Kwang-Ryong Jo;Chol-Jun Kim;Sung-Jin Kim;Tok-Yong Kim

  • Coordinate expression of antibody subunit genes yields high levels of functional antibodies in roots of transgenic tobacco.

    van Engelen Fa;Schouten A;Molthoff Jw;Roosien J

  • Genetic architecture of plant stress resistance: multi‐trait genome‐wide association mapping

    Manus P M Thoen;Nelson H. Davila Olivas;Karen J. Kloth;Silvia Coolen

  • The promoter–terminator of chrysanthemum rbcS1 directs very high expression levels in plants

    N. S. Outchkourov;J. Peters;J. de Jong;W. Rademakers

  • Real-time imaging of microparticles and living cells with CMOS nanocapacitor arrays

    C. Laborde;Federico Pittino;H. A. Verhoeven;S. G. Lemay

  • Role of cucurbitacin C in resistance to spider mite (Tetranychus urticae) in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

    A G Balkema-Boomstra;S Zijlstra;F W A Verstappen;H Inggamer

  • AtWRKY22 promotes susceptibility to aphids and modulates salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signalling

    Karen J. Kloth;Gerrie L. Wiegers;Jacqueline Busscher-Lange;Jan C. van Haarst

  • Properties of purified gut trypsin from Helicoverpa zea, adapted to proteinase inhibitors

    Mariateresa Volpicella;Luigi R. Ceci;Jan Cordewener;Twan America

  • Optimization of the Expression of Equistatin in Pichia pastoris

    Nikolay S. Outchkourov;Willem J. Stiekema;Maarten A. Jongsma

  • Trypsin inhibitor activity in mature tobacco and tomato plants is mainly induced locally in response to insect attack, wounding and virus infection

    Maarten A. Jongsma;Petra L. Bakker;Bert Visser;Willem J. Stiekema

  • Expression of sea anemone equistatin in potato. Effects of plant proteases on heterologous protein production.

    Nikolay S. Outchkourov;Boris Rogelj;Borut Strukelj;Maarten A. Jongsma

  • Breeding of a tomato genotype readily accessible to genetic manipulation.

    Maarten Koornneef;Corrie Hanhart;Maarten Jongsma;Ingrid Toma

  • The cysteine protease activity of Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) guts, which is insensitive to potato protease inhibitors, is inhibited by thyroglobulin type-1 domain inhibitors

    Kristina Gruden;Kristina Gruden;Borut Štrukelj;Tatjana Popovič;Brigita Lenarčič

Frequent Co-Authors

Willem J. Stiekema
Willem J. Stiekema Norwich Research Park
Harro J. Bouwmeester
Harro J. Bouwmeester University of Amsterdam
Borut Štrukelj
Borut Štrukelj University of Ljubljana
Kristina Gruden
Kristina Gruden National Institute of Biology
Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke Wageningen University & Research
Jules Beekwilder
Jules Beekwilder Wageningen University & Research
Dirk Bosch
Dirk Bosch Wageningen University & Research
Vito Turk
Vito Turk Jožef Stefan Institute
Asaph Aharoni
Asaph Aharoni Weizmann Institute of Science
Ashok P. Giri
Ashok P. Giri National Chemical Laboratory

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