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Publication List
  • Mekkaoui K, Nguyen LTL, Putri Herdani O, Gago Zachert S, Mielke S, Baral R, Hause G, Acosta IF, Gasperini D, Hause B (2026) The role of MYB21 in Arabidopsis: transcending flower-specific functions to vegetative tissue. J Exp Bot, in press
  • Ma Y, Mielke S, Gasperini D (2026) A blind spot in jasmonate biology – How does JA-Ile biosynthesis start? Curr Opin Plant Biol, 92:102962 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2026.102926
  • Acharya U, Gasperini D (2026) The cost of a meal: an ancestral plant strategy turns fatty acids into weapons against insect herbivores. New Phytol, 251: 1606-1608 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71339
  • Bartrina I, Werner S, Schenke A, Gasperini D, Schmuelling T (2025) Root-derived cytokinin regulates Arabidopsis flowering time through components of the age pathway. Plant Physiol, kiaf204 https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf204
  • Gasperini D, Howe A G (2024) Phytohormones in a universe of regulatory metabolites: Lessons from jasmonate. Plant Phys, kiae045 https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae045
  • Menna A, Dora S, Sancho-Andrés G, Kashya A, Meena MK, Sklodowski K, Gasperini D, Sánchez-Coll N, Sánchez-Rodríguez C (2021) A primary cell wall cellulose-dependent defence mechanism against vascular pathogens revealed by time-resolved dual-transcriptomics. BMC Biol, 19:161 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01100-6
  • Mielke S, Zimmer M, Meena MK, Dreos R, Stellmach H, Hause B, Voiniciuc C, Gasperini D (2021) Jasmonate biosynthesis arising from altered cell walls is prompted by turgor-driven mechanical compression. Sci Adv, 7(7): eabf0356 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf0356
  • Dallery J-F, Zimmer M, Halder V, Suliman M, Pigné S, Le Goff G, Gianniou DD, Trougakos IP, Ouazzani J, Gasperini D, O'Connell RJ (2020) Inhibition of jasmonate-mediated plant defenses by the fungal metabolite higginsianin B. J Exp Bot, 71(10):2910-21 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa061
  • Mielke S, Gasperini D (2020) Plant-insect bioassay for testing Arabidopsis resistance to the generalist herbivore Spodoptera littoralis. Methods Mol Biol, 2085:69-78
  • Schulze A, Zimmer M, Mielke S, Stellmach H, Melnyk CW, Hause B, Gasperini D (2019) Wound-induced shoot-to-root relocation of JA-Ile precursors coordinates Arabidopsis growth. Mol Plant, 12(10):1383-94 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.05.013
  • Mielke S, Gasperini D (2019) Interplay between plant cell walls and jasmonate production. Plant Cell Physiol, 60(12):2629-37 https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcz119
  • Kowalski A, Gooding M, Ferrante A, Slafer G, Orford S, Gasperini D, Griffiths S (2016) Agronomic assessment of the wheat semi-dwarfing gene Rht8 in contrasting Nitrogen treatments and water regimes. Field Crops Res, 191:150-160 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2016.02.026
  • Gasperini D, Acosta IF, Farmer EE (2016) Cotyledon wounding of Arabidopsis seedlings. Bio-protocol, 6(2): e1712 https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.1712
  • Gasperini D, Chauvin A, Acosta IF, Kurenda A, Stolz S, Chétalat A, Wolfender J-L, Farmer EE (2015) Axial and radial oxylipin transport. Plant Physiol, 169:2244-54 https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.01104
  • Gasperini D, Chételat A, Acosta IF, Goossens J, Pauwels L, Goossens A, Dreos R, Alonso E, Farmer EE (2015) Multilayered organization of jasmonate signalling in the regulation of root growth. PLoS Genet, 11(6): e1005300 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005300
  • Farmer EE, Gasperini D, Acosta IF (2014) The squeeze cell hypothesis for the activation of jasmonate synthesis in response to wounding. New Phytol, 204:282-8 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12897
  • Acosta IF, Gasperini D, Chételat A, Stolz S, Santuari L, Farmer EE (2013) Role of NINJA in root jasmonate signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 110:15473-8 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1307910110
  • Gasperini D, Greenland A, Hedden P, Dreos R, Harwood W, Griffiths S (2012) Genetic and physiological analysis of Rht8 in bread wheat: an alternative source of semi-dwarfism with a reduced sensitivity to brassinosteroids. J Exp Bot, 63:4419-36 https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article-pdf/65/22/6760/16935429/ers138.pdf
  • Asquini E, Gerdol M, Gasperini D, Igic B, Graziosi G, Pallavicini A (2011) S-RNase-like Sequences in Styles of Coffea (Rubiaceae). Evidence for S-RNase Based Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility? Trop Plant Biol, 4:237-249 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12042-011-9085-2
  • De Nardi B, Dreos R, Del Terra L, Martellossi C, Asquini E, Tornincasa P, Gasperini D, Pacchioni B, Rathinavelu R, Pallavicini A, Graziosi G (2006) Differential responses of Coffea arabica L. leaves and roots to chemically induced systemic acquired resistance. Genome, 49:1594-1605 https://doi.org/10.1139/g06-125