Justin Graham Alexander Whitehill

A phoenix glimmers within the ashes: generalized defensive traits suggest hope for plants under attack by invasive pests

Johnson, T. D., & Whitehill, J. G. A. (2023, August 26). NEW PHYTOLOGIST, Vol. 8.

Transcriptome features of stone cell development in weevil-resistant and susceptible Sitka spruce

Whitehill, J. G. A., Yuen, M. M. S., Chiang, A., Ritland, C. E., & Bohlmann, J. (2023, July 4). NEW PHYTOLOGIST, Vol. 7.

Spruce giga‐genomes: structurally similar yet distinctive with differentially expanding gene families and rapidly evolving genes

The Plant Journal.

The genome of the forest insect pest Pissodes strobi reveals genome expansion and evidence of a Wolbachia endosymbiont

Gagalova, K. K., Whitehill, J. G. A., Culibrk, L., Lin, D., Levesque-Tremblay, V., Keeling, C. I., … Jones, S. J. M. (2022, February 16). (S. Smith, Ed.). G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, Vol. 12.

Constitutive and insect‐induced transcriptomes of weevil‐resistant and susceptible Sitka spruce

Plant-Environment Interactions, 6.

Gymnosperm glandular trichomes: expanded dimensions of the conifer terpenoid defense system

Scientific Reports, 10(1).

A molecular and genomic reference system for conifer defence against insects

Plant Cell and Environment, 42(10), 2844–2859.

Functions of stone cells and oleoresin terpenes in the conifer defense syndrome

New Phytologist, 221(3), 1503–1517.

Histology of resin vesicles and oleoresin terpene composition of conifer seeds

Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48(9), 1073–1084.

Function of Sitka spruce stone cells as a physical defence against white pine weevil.

Plant, Cell & Environment, 11(11), 2545–2556.

Histology and cell wall biochemistry of stone cells in the physical defence of conifers against insects

Plant Cell and Environment, 39(8), 1646–1661.

Progress and gaps in understanding mechanisms of ash tree resistance to emerald ash borer, a model for wood-boring insects that kill angiosperms

New Phytologist, 209(1), 63–79.

Decreased emergence of emerald ash borer from ash treated with methyl jasmonate is associated with induction of general defense traits and the toxic phenolic compound verbascoside.

Oecologia, 12(4), 1047–1059.

Effects of water availability on emerald ash borer larval performance and phloem phenolics of Manchurian and black ash

Plant, Cell and Environment, 37(4), 1009–1021.

Reserves Accumulated in Non-Photosynthetic Organs during the Previous Growing Season Drive Plant Defenses and Growth in Aspen in the Subsequent Growing Season

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(1), 21–30.

The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato type III effector HopM1 suppresses Arabidopsis defenses independent of suppressing salicylic acid signaling and of targeting AtMIN7.

PloS One, 8(12).

Interspecific comparison of constitutive ash phloem phenolic chemistry reveals compounds unique to manchurian ash, a species resistant to emerald ash borer.

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 5(5), 499–511.

Nutritional attributes of ash (Fraxinus spp.) outer bark and phloem and their relationships to resistance against the emerald ash borer.

Tree Physiology, 12(12), 1522–1532.

The U-Box/ARM E3 ligase PUB13 regulates cell death, defense, and flowering time in Arabidopsis.

Plant Physiology, 5(1), 239–250.

Differential response in foliar chemistry of three ash species to emerald ash borer adult feeding

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(1), 29–39.

Distinguishing defensive characteristics in the phloem of ash species resistant and susceptible to emerald ash borer.

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 5(5), 450–459.

Feeding by emerald ash borer larvae induces systemic changes in black ash foliar chemistry

Phytochemistry, 72(16), 1990–1998.

Interspecific proteomic comparisons reveal ash phloem genes potentially involved in constitutive resistance to the emerald ash borer.

PloS One, 6(9).

Ips pini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is a vector of the fungal pathogen, Sphaeropsis sapinea (Coelomycetes), to Austrian Pines, Pinus nigra (Pinaceae)

Environmental Entomology, 36(1), 114–120.