• Genetic mapping identifies loci that influence tomato resistance against Colorado potato beetles 

      Vargas Ortiz, Erandi; Gonda, Itay; Smeda, John R.; Mutschler, Martha A.; Giovannoni, James J.; Jander, Georg (Nature Publishing Group, 2018)
      "The Colorado potato beetle (CPB; Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say), the most economically important insect pest on potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), also feeds on other Solanaceae, including cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum ...
    • Tecia solanivora infestation increases tuber starch accumulation in Pastusa Suprema potatoes 

      Kumar, Pavan; Garrido, Etzel; Zhao, Kun; Zheng, Yi; Alseekh, Saleh; Vargas Ortiz, Erandi; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Fei, Zhangjun; Poveda, Katja; Jander, Georg (Wiley, 2018)
      "In response to infestation with larvae of the Guatemalan tuber moth (Tecia solanivora), some Solanum tuberosum (potato) varieties exhibit an overcompensation response, whereby the total dry mass of uninfested tubers is ...