Anja K. Meents

ORCID: 0000-0003-2267-6952
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Research Areas
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Selenium in Biological Systems
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
2019-2023

Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2019-2022

National Taiwan University
2022

Plants perceive and respond to volatile signals in their environment. Herbivore-infested plants release organic compounds (VOCs) which can initiate systemic defense reactions within the plant contribute plant-plant communication. Here, for Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato) leaves we show that among various herbivory-induced volatiles, (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene (DMNT) had highest abundance of all emitted compounds. This homoterpene was found being sufficient a volatile-mediated induction...

10.1038/s41598-019-53946-0 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2019-11-22

Auxin (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA) is an important phytohormone involved in root growth and development. Root-interacting beneficial pathogenic fungi utilize auxin its target genes to manipulate the performance of their hosts for own needs. In order follow visualize effects fungi-colonized Arabidopsis roots, we used dual reporter construct DR5::EGFP-DR5v2::tdTomato fluorescence microscopy as well LC-MS-based analyses. We demonstrate that endophytic Piriformospora indica Mortierella hyalina...

10.3389/fmicb.2019.00380 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Microbiology 2019-03-12

Summary Cellular calcium (Ca) transients are endogenous signals involved in local and systemic signaling defense activation upon environmental stress, including wounding herbivory. Still, not all Ca 2+ channels contributing to the have been identified, nor their modes of action fully known. Plant annexins proteins capable binding anionic phospholipids can exhibit channel‐like activity. Arabidopsis ANNEXIN1 (ANN1) is suggested contribute transport. Here, we report that...

10.1111/nph.17277 article EN cc-by New Phytologist 2021-02-15

Abstract Sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas ) is an important tuber crop, but also target of numerous insect pests. Intriguingly, the abundant storage protein in tubers, sporamin, has intrinsic trypsin protease inhibitory activity. In leaves, sporamin induced by wounding or a volatile homoterpene and enhances resistance. While signalling pathway leading to synthesis partially established, initial event, perception stress‐related signal still unknown. Here, we identified Ib LRR‐RK1 that upon...

10.1111/pce.14633 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Plant Cell & Environment 2023-06-02

Abstract The degradation of chlorophyll, the omnipresent green pigment, has been investigated intensively over last 30 years resulting in many elucidated tetrapyrrolic products. With a comparison to structurally similar heme, we hereby propose novel additional chlorophyll mechanism mono‐ and dipyrrolic This is first proof occurrence family dipyrrols leaves that are previously only known as heme product also found spit feces herbivores with specific metabolomic patterns reflecting origin...

10.1002/chem.201905236 article EN cc-by Chemistry - A European Journal 2020-01-23

Microbial volatiles are important factors in symbiotic interactions with plants. Mortierella hyalina is a beneficial root-colonizing fungus garlic-like smell, and promotes growth of Arabidopsis seedlings. GC-MS analysis the M. headspace NMR extracted essential oil identified sulfur-containing volatile tris(methylthio)methane (TMTM) as major compound. Incorporation sulfur from fungal into plant metabolism was shown by 34S labeling experiments. Under deficiency, TMTM down-regulated...

10.1038/s41598-022-16827-7 article EN cc-by Scientific Reports 2022-08-20

Abstract Sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas ) is an important tuber crop, but also target of numerous insect pests. Intriguingly, the abundant storage protein in tubers, sporamin, has intrinsic trypsin protease inhibitory activity. In leaves, sporamin induced by wounding or a volatile homoterpene and enhances resistance. While signaling pathway leading to synthesis partially established, initial event, perception stress-related signal still unknown. Here, we identified leucine-rich repeat...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-2263331/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2022-11-21

Microbial volatiles are important factors in symbiotic interactions with plants. Mortierella hyalina is a beneficial root-colonizing fungus garlic-like smell, and promotes growth of Arabidopsis seedlings. GC-MS analysis the M. headspace NMR extracted essential oil identified sulfur-containing volatile tris(methylthio)methane (TMTM) as major compound. Its incorporation seedlings was shown by 34S labeling experiment. Under sulfur deficiency, TMTM downregulated deficiency-responsive genes,...

10.22541/au.162428733.37123941/v1 preprint EN Authorea (Authorea) 2021-06-21

Microbial volatiles are important factors in symbiotic interactions with plants. Mortierella hyalina is a beneficial root-colonizing fungus garlic-like smell, and promotes growth of Arabidopsis seedlings. GC-MS analysis the M. headspace NMR extracted essential oil identified sulfur-containing volatile tris(methylthio)methane (TMTM) as major compound. Its incorporation seedlings was shown by 34S labeling experiment. Under sulfur deficiency, TMTM downregulated deficiency-responsive genes,...

10.22541/au.162428733.37123941/v2 preprint EN Authorea (Authorea) 2021-07-06
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