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Wilhelm Boland

Wilhelm Boland

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
21255
World Ranking
5465
National Ranking
398

Overview

Wilhelm Boland is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, specializing in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on the interactions between insects and plants, insect resistance and genetics, as well as insect and pesticide research.

Their research spans specialized subfields including Insect Science and Molecular Biology, which reflects the interdisciplinary nature of their scientific inquiries. Boland's contributions have been published in venues centered around insect biology, notably in the journal Insect Science.

Among Boland's recent publications is the paper titled Involvement of CYP347W1 in neurotoxin 3-nitropropionic acid-based chemical defense in mustard leaf beetle Phaedon cochleariae, published in 2021 in Insect Science. This article explores biochemical pathways related to chemical defense mechanisms in beetles, contributing to the understanding of insect-plant interactions at a molecular level.

Boland has collaborated with a range of co-authors across different studies, suggesting a multidisciplinary approach. Frequent collaborators include Nanxia Fu, Tobias Becker, Wolfgang Brandt, Maritta Kunert, and Antje Burse. These partnerships indicate active engagement in collective research projects, likely combining expertise from various subfields to address complex scientific questions.

The key themes in Boland's work can be summarized as:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

The research contributions emphasize chemical ecology and molecular mechanisms within insect biology, particularly related to how insects defend themselves chemically and how these mechanisms may impact agricultural environments.

Best Publications

  • Plant Defense Against Herbivores: Chemical Aspects

    Axel Mithöfer;Wilhelm Boland

  • The nonmevalonate pathway supports both monoterpene and sesquiterpene formation in snapdragon flowers.

    Natalia Dudareva;Susanna Andersson;Irina Orlova;Nathalie Gatto

  • Biotic and heavy metal stress response in plants: Evidence for common signals

    Axel Mithöfer;Birgit Schulze;Wilhelm Boland

  • Molecular interactions between the specialist herbivore Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and its natural host Nicotiana attenuata. III. Fatty acid-amino acid conjugates in herbivore oral secretions are necessary and sufficient for herbivore-specific plant responses

    Rayko Halitschke;Ursula Schittko;Georg Pohnert;Wilhelm Boland

  • Insects feeding on plants: rapid signals and responses preceding the induction of phytochemical release.

    Massimo E. Maffei;Axel Mithöfer;Wilhelm Boland

  • Recognition of herbivory-associated molecular patterns.

    Axel Mithöfer;Wilhelm Boland

  • System Potentials, a Novel Electrical Long-Distance Apoplastic Signal in Plants, Induced by Wounding

    Matthias R. Zimmermann;Heiko Maischak;Axel Mithöfer;Wilhelm Boland

  • Involvement of siderophores in the reduction of metal-induced inhibition of auxin synthesis in Streptomyces spp

    Christian O. Dimkpa;Aleš Svatoš;Paulina Dabrowska;Andre Schmidt

  • Differential Induction of Plant Volatile Biosynthesis in the Lima Bean by Early and Late Intermediates of the Octadecanoid-Signaling Pathway

    Thomas Koch;Thomas Krumm;Verena Jung;Jürgen Engelberth

  • The oxylipin chemistry of attraction and defense in brown algae and diatoms

    Georg Pohnert;Wilhelm Boland

  • Herbivore-induced volatiles: The emission of acyclic homoterpenes from leaves of Phaseolus lunatus and Zea mays can be triggered by a β-glucosidase and jasmonic acid

    Jörn Hopke;Jens Donath;Siegfried Blechert;Wilhelm Boland

  • Ion channel-forming alamethicin is a potent elicitor of volatile biosynthesis and tendril coiling. Cross talk between jasmonate and salicylate signaling in lima bean

    Jürgen Engelberth;Thomas Koch;Göde Schüler;Nadine Bachmann

  • Herbivory, induced resistance, and interplant signal transfer in Alnus glutinosa

    Teja Tscharntke;Sabine Thiessen;Rainer Dolch;Wilhelm Boland

  • Stereospecific Syntheses and Spectroscopic Properties of Isomeric 2,4,6,8-Undecatetraenes - New Hydrocarbons from the Marine Brown Alga-Giffordia-Mitchellae .4

    Wilhelm Boland;Nora Schroer;Christiane Sieler;Martin Feigel

  • Effects of Feeding Spodoptera littoralis on Lima Bean Leaves. III. Membrane Depolarization and Involvement of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Massimo E. Maffei;Axel Mithöfer;Gen-Ichiro Arimura;Hannes Uchtenhagen

  • Effects of Feeding Spodoptera littoralis on Lima Bean Leaves. I. Membrane Potentials, Intracellular Calcium Variations, Oral Secretions, and Regurgitate Components

    Massimo Maffei;Simone Bossi;Dieter Spiteller;Axel Mithöfer

  • Esterolytic and lipolytic enzymes in organic-synthesis

    W. Boland;C. Frossl;M. Lorenz

  • Jasmonic acid and coronatin induce odor production in plants

    Wilhelm Boland;Jörn Hopke;Jens Donath;Jörg Nüske

  • New fatty acid amides from regurgitant of lepidopteran (Noctuidae, Geometridae) caterpillars

    Georg Pohnert;Verena Jung;Erkki Haukioja;Kyösti Lempa

  • Symbiont-derived antimicrobials contribute to the control of the lepidopteran gut microbiota

    Yongqi Shao;Bosheng Chen;Chao Sun;Keishi Ishida

  • Induction of volatile biosynthesis in the lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) by leucine- and isoleucine conjugates of 1-oxo- and 1-hydroxyindan-4-carboxylic acid: evidence for amino acid conjugates of jasmonic acid as intermediates in the octadecanoid signalling pathway.

    Thomas Krumm;Katja Bandemer;Wilhelm Boland

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel Mithöfer
Axel Mithöfer Max Planck Society
Georg Pohnert
Georg Pohnert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jonathan Gershenzon
Jonathan Gershenzon Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Aleš Svatoš
Aleš Svatoš Max Planck Society
Jörn Piel
Jörn Piel ETH Zurich
Massimo Maffei
Massimo Maffei University of Turin
Heiko Vogel
Heiko Vogel Max Planck Society
Gen-ichiro Arimura
Gen-ichiro Arimura Tokyo University of Science
Michael Reichelt
Michael Reichelt Max Planck Society
Neil J. Oldham
Neil J. Oldham University of Nottingham

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