Danny Kessler

2.8k total citations
27 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Danny Kessler is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Danny Kessler has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 18 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Danny Kessler's work include Plant and animal studies (18 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (14 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (11 papers). Danny Kessler is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (18 papers), Plant Parasitism and Resistance (14 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (11 papers). Danny Kessler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and South Korea. Danny Kessler's co-authors include Ian T. Baldwin, Klaus Gase, Celia Diezel, Rayko Halitschke, André Keßler, Marian K. Kazimierczuk, Johan A. Stenberg, Thomas A. Colquhoun, David G. Clark and Peter M. Klinkenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Danny Kessler

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Danny Kessler Germany 19 1.3k 1.2k 783 591 191 27 2.1k
D. Eisikowitch Israel 28 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.4× 610 0.8× 541 0.9× 381 2.0× 84 2.1k
Velemir Ninkovic Sweden 30 1.7k 1.3× 938 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 256 0.4× 119 0.6× 74 2.3k
Omkar Omkar India 25 989 0.7× 926 0.8× 1.9k 2.5× 342 0.6× 290 1.5× 164 2.4k
Yulin Gao China 29 1.8k 1.4× 400 0.3× 2.4k 3.0× 1.3k 2.2× 162 0.8× 150 3.1k
Jianing Wei China 24 1.1k 0.8× 493 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 345 0.6× 196 1.0× 56 1.8k
Raúl Alberto Laumann Brazil 29 918 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 1.9k 2.4× 395 0.7× 400 2.1× 136 2.4k
Abdulrahman S. Aldawood Saudi Arabia 19 451 0.3× 527 0.4× 460 0.6× 189 0.3× 626 3.3× 141 1.3k
Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos Greece 22 821 0.6× 268 0.2× 1.1k 1.4× 302 0.5× 145 0.8× 72 1.4k
Frédéric Marion‐Poll France 28 538 0.4× 1.0k 0.9× 1.6k 2.1× 318 0.5× 735 3.8× 85 2.7k
James S. Buckner United States 27 534 0.4× 814 0.7× 1.3k 1.7× 506 0.9× 951 5.0× 67 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Danny Kessler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kessler, Danny, Veit Grabe, Carlos E. Rodríguez López, et al.. (2024). A scaffold protein manages the biosynthesis of steroidal defense metabolites in plants. Science. 386(6728). 1366–1372. 17 indexed citations
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Bai, Yuechen, Caiqiong Yang, Rayko Halitschke, et al.. (2022). Natural history–guided omics reveals plant defensive chemistry against leafhopper pests. Science. 375(6580). 78 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny, et al.. (2019). The defensive function of a pollinator‐attracting floral volatile. Functional Ecology. 33(7). 1223–1232. 30 indexed citations
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Ferrieri, Abigail P., Ricardo A. R. Machado, Carla C. M. Arce, et al.. (2017). Localized micronutrient patches induce lateral root foraging and chemotropism in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 59(10). 759–771. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wenwu, Alexander Haverkamp, Markus Knaden, et al.. (2017). Tissue-Specific Emission of (E)-α-Bergamotene Helps Resolve the Dilemma When Pollinators Are Also Herbivores. Current Biology. 27(9). 1336–1341. 58 indexed citations
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Haverkamp, Alexander, Felipe Yon, Ian W. Keesey, et al.. (2016). Hawkmoths evaluate scenting flowers with the tip of their proboscis. eLife. 5. 52 indexed citations
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Sosso, Davide, Li‐Qing Chen, Klaus Gase, et al.. (2014). Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9. Nature. 508(7497). 546–549. 322 indexed citations
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Seo, Pil Joon, Natalie Wielsch, Danny Kessler, et al.. (2013). Natural variation in floral nectar proteins of two Nicotiana attenuata accessions. BMC Plant Biology. 13(1). 101–101. 23 indexed citations
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Schuman, Meredith C., Danny Kessler, & Ian T. Baldwin. (2013). Ecological Observations of NativeGeocoris pallensandG. punctipesPopulations in the Great Basin Desert of Southwestern Utah. Psyche A Journal of Entomology. 2013. 1–11. 14 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny, Samik Bhattacharya, Celia Diezel, et al.. (2012). Unpredictability of nectar nicotine promotes outcrossing by hummingbirds in Nicotiana attenuata. The Plant Journal. 71(4). 529–538. 87 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny. (2012). Context dependency of nectar reward‐guided oviposition. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 144(1). 112–122. 20 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny, Celia Diezel, David G. Clark, Thomas A. Colquhoun, & Ian T. Baldwin. (2012). Petuniaflowers solve the defence/apparency dilemma of pollinator attraction by deploying complex floral blends. Ecology Letters. 16(3). 299–306. 131 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny & Ian T. Baldwin. (2011). Back to the past for pollination biology. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 14(4). 429–434. 13 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny, Celia Diezel, & Ian T. Baldwin. (2010). Changing Pollinators as a Means of Escaping Herbivores. Current Biology. 20(3). 237–242. 114 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny, et al.. (2010). Silencing NaTPI Expression Increases Nectar Germin, Nectarins, and Hydrogen Peroxide Levels and Inhibits Nectar Removal from Plants in Nature. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 152(4). 2232–2242. 16 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny, Klaus Gase, & Ian T. Baldwin. (2008). Field Experiments with Transformed Plants Reveal the Sense of Floral Scents. Science. 321(5893). 1200–1202. 282 indexed citations
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Kessler, Danny & Ian T. Baldwin. (2007). Making sense of nectar scents: the effects of nectar secondary metabolites on floral visitors of Nicotiana attenuata. The Plant Journal. 49(5). 840–854. 248 indexed citations
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Halitschke, Rayko, Johan A. Stenberg, Danny Kessler, André Keßler, & Ian T. Baldwin. (2007). Shared signals –‘alarm calls’ from plants increase apparency to herbivores and their enemies in nature. Ecology Letters. 11(1). 24–34. 243 indexed citations
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Jassbi, Amir Reza, et al.. (2006). A New Acyclic Diterpene Glycoside from Nicotiana attenuata with a Mild Deterrent Effect on Feeding Manduca sexta Larvae. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B. 61(9). 1138–1142. 17 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Dominik, André Keßler, Danny Kessler, et al.. (2004). Solanum nigrum: A model ecological expression system and its tools. Molecular Ecology. 13(5). 981–995. 51 indexed citations

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