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2024

Saikkonen, K., Birge, T., Fuchs, B., Helander, M., Ihalainen, J.A., Nissinen, R. & Puigbo, P. 2024. Toward an integrated understanding of how extreme polar light regimes, hybridization and light sensitive microbes shape global biodiversity. One Earth, in press.

Fuchs, B., Helander, M., Saikkonen, K., Dobrev, P.I., Vankova, R., Blande, J.D., Salminen, J-P., Luntamo, N., Muola, A., 2024 Plant metabolic responses to soil herbicide residues differ under herbivory in two woodland strawberry genotypes. Science of The Total Environment, 946:174198.

 

Fuchs, B., Damerau, A., Yang, B., Muola, A., 2024. Reduced seed viability in exchange for transgenerational plant protection in an endophyte-symbiotic grass: does the defensive mutualism concept pass the fitness test? Annals of Botany, mcae133

 

Mathew, S.A., Jeevannavar, A., Helander, M., Tamminen, M., Puigbò, P., Rainio, M., Saikkonen, K., Fuchs, B., 2024. Glyphosate residues in soil and phosphate fertilizer affect foliar endophytic microbial community composition and phytohormone levels in potato. Phytobiomes Journal in press

Muola, A., Birge, T., Helander, M., Mathew, SA., Harazinova, V., Saikkonen, K., Fuchs, B., 2024.

Endophytic Beauveria bassiana induces biosynthesis of flavonoids in oilseed rape following both seed inoculation and natural colonization. Pest Management Science, 80 (5), 2461-2470.

2023

Helander, M., Jeevannavar, A., Kaakinen, K., Mathew, SA., Saikkonen, K., Fuchs, B., Puigbò, P., Loukola, OJ., Tamminen, M., 2023.

Glyphosate and a glyphosate-based herbicide affect bumblebee gut microbiota. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, fiad065

Fuchs B., Saikkonen K., Damerau A., Yang B., Helander M., 2023.

Herbicide residues in soil decrease microbe-mediated plant protection. Plant Biology 25 (4), 571-578

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Mathews, S.A., Fuchs, B., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M., Puigbo, P., Nissinen, R., Muola, A. 2023. Glyphosate-based herbicide use affects individual microbial taxa in strawberry endosphere but not the microbial community composition. Journal of Applied Microbiology lxad006

 

Mathew, S.A., Helander, M., Saikkonen, K., Vankova, R., Dobrev, P., Dirihan, S., Fuchs B. 2023.

Epichloë endophytes shape the foliar endophytic fungal microbiome and alter the auxin and salicylic acid phytohormone levels in two meadow fescue cultivars. Journal of Fungi 9 (1), 90

Keronen S., Helander, M., Saikkonen K., Fuchs B. 2023.

Management practice and soil properties affect plant productivity and root biomass in endophyte-symbiotic and endophyte-free meadow fescue grasses. Journal of Sustainable agriculture and Environment. 2: 16-25

 

Ruuskanen, S., Fuchs, B., Nissinen, R., Puigbò, P., Rainio, M., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M., 2023.

Ecosystem consequences of herbicides: the role of microbiome. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38(1) 35-43

2022

Laihonen, M., Rainio K., Birge, T., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M., Fuchs, B. 2022.

Root biomass and cumulative yield increase with mowing height in Festuca pratensis irrespective of Epichloë symbiosis. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 1-10

 

Fuchs, B., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M., Tian, Y., Yang, B., Salminen, J-P., Muola, A. 2022.

Legacy of agrochemicals in the circular food economy: Glyphosate-based herbicides introduced via manure fertilizer affect the yield and biochemistry of perennial crop plants during the following year. Chemosphere, 136366.

 

Fuchs B., Laihonen M., Muola A., Saikkonen K., Dobrev P. I., Vankova R., Helander M. 2022.

A glyphosate-based herbicide in soil differentially affects hormonal homeostasis and performance of non-target crop plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:787958.

 

Laihonen, M., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M., Vázquez de Aldana, B.R., Zabalgogeazcoa, I., Fuchs, B., 2022. Epichloë endophyte-promoted seed pathogen increases host grass resistance against insect herbivory. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:786619.

 

Schott, J., Fuchs, B., Böttcher, C., Hilker, M., 2022.

Responses to larval herbivory in the phenylpropanoid pathway of Ulmus minor are boosted by prior insect egg deposition. Planta 255, 16.

2021

Fuchs, B., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M. 2021.

Glyphosate-modulated biosynthesis driving plant defense and species interactions. Trends in Plant Science 26: 312-323

Muola, A., Fuchs, B., Laihonen, M., Rainio, K., Heikkonen, L., Ruuskanen, S., Saikkonen, K., Helander, M. 2021.

Risk in the circular food economy: Glyphosate-based herbicide residues in manure fertilizers decrease crop yield. Science of the Total Environment, 750, 141422

2020

Vikuk, V., Fuchs, B., Krischke, M., Müller, MJ., Rueb, S., Krauss, J. 2020.

Alkaloid Concentrations of Lolium perenne Infected with Epichloë festucae var. lolii with Different Detection Methods—A Re-Evaluation of Intoxication Risk in Germany? Journal of Fungi 6(3), 177

Fuchs, B., Kuhnert, E., Krauss, J. 2020.

Contrasting effects of grass-endophyte chemotypes on a tritrophic cascade. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 46, 422–429

2019

Fuchs, B., Krauss, J. 2019.

Can Epichloë endophytes enhance direct and indirect plant defence? Fungal Ecology, 38, 98-103

2018

König, J., Fuchs, B., Krischke, M., Müller, M.J., Krauss, J. 2018.

Hide and seek – Infection rates and alkaloid concentrations of Epichloë festucae var. lolii in Lolium perenne along a land‐use gradient in Germany. Grass and Forage Science, 73, 510-516

- 2017

Fuchs, B., Breuer, T., Findling, S., Krischke, M., Müller, M.J., Holzschuh, A., Krauss, J. 2017.

Enhanced aphid abundance in spring desynchronizes predator-prey and plant-microorganism interactions. Oecologia, 183, 469-478

Fuchs, B., Krischke, M., Müller, M.J., Krauss, J. 2017.

Herbivore‐specific induction of defence metabolites in a grass–endophyte association. Functional Ecology, 31, 318-324

Fuchs, B., Krischke, M., Müller, M.J., Krauss, J. 2017.

Plant age and seasonal timing determine endophyte growth and alkaloid biosynthesis. Fungal Ecology, 29, 52-58

Fuchs, B., Krischke, M., Müller, M.J., Krauss, J. 2013.

Peramine and Lolitrem B from Endophyte-Grass Associations Cascade Up the Food Chain. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39, 1385-1389

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