Mark C. Mescher

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
125 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Mark C. Mescher is a scholar working on Insect Science, Plant Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark C. Mescher has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Insect Science, 77 papers in Plant Science and 71 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Mark C. Mescher's work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (73 papers), Plant and animal studies (67 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (64 papers). Mark C. Mescher is often cited by papers focused on Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (73 papers), Plant and animal studies (67 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (64 papers). Mark C. Mescher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Belgium. Mark C. Mescher's co-authors include Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, Kerry E. Mauck, James H. Tumlinson, Christopher J. Frost, John E. Carlson, Justin B. Runyon, Andrew G. Stephenson, Rupesh Kariyat, Éric Haubruge and François Verheggen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark C. Mescher

123 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Caterpillar-induced nocturnal plant volatiles repel conspecific females

2001 767 citations Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, Mark C. Mescher et al. profile →
Deceptive chemical signals induced by a plant virus attract insect vectors to inferior hosts

2010 424 citations Kerry E. Mauck, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Transmission mechanisms shape pathogen effects on host–vector interactions: evidence from plant viruses

2012 325 citations Kerry E. Mauck, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes et al. Functional Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark C. Mescher United States	43	4.4k	4.0k	2.4k	858	578	125	6.4k
Consuelo Μ. De Moraes United States	44	5.2k 1.2×	5.1k 1.3×	3.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	767 1.3×	134	7.8k
Michael A. Birkett United Kingdom	49	3.9k 0.9×	4.6k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	743 1.3×	219	7.5k
Rieta Gols Netherlands	44	3.8k 0.9×	4.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	954 1.1×	694 1.2×	147	6.0k
J. P. Michaud United States	38	2.6k 0.6×	4.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	813 0.9×	582 1.0×	224	5.1k
C. M. Woodcock United Kingdom	44	4.3k 1.0×	5.8k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	702 1.2×	162	7.9k
Éric Wajnberg France	38	2.1k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	535 0.9×	122	4.8k
Gary W. Felton United States	61	6.2k 1.4×	7.5k 1.9×	2.3k 1.0×	3.0k 3.5×	1.0k 1.8×	166	10.7k
José Cola Zanúncio Brazil	35	2.5k 0.6×	5.2k 1.3×	3.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.6×	990 1.7×	667	6.8k
François Verheggen Belgium	42	2.2k 0.5×	4.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	760 0.9×	638 1.1×	236	5.4k
Jacques Brodeur Canada	46	2.5k 0.6×	5.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	746 0.9×	1.5k 2.5×	192	6.8k

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Eisen, Katherine E., Loretta Pace, John M. Halley, et al.. (2024). Integration of attractive and defensive phytochemicals is unlikely to constrain chemical diversification in a perennial herb. New Phytologist. 244(1). 249–264.

Yip, Eric C., Mark C. Mescher, Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, & John F. Tooker. (2024). An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants. Ecology. 106(1). e4486–e4486. 2 indexed citations

Kantsa, Aphrodite, et al.. (2023). Recent fire in a Mediterranean ecosystem strengthens hoverfly populations and their interaction networks with plants. Ecology and Evolution. 13(2). e9803–e9803. 7 indexed citations

Buckley, James J., Alex Widmer, Mark C. Mescher, & Consuelo Μ. De Moraes. (2023). Experimental warming increases the vulnerability of high‐elevation plant populations to a specialist herbivore. Functional Ecology. 37(6). 1536–1552. 7 indexed citations

Banack, Sandra Anne, et al.. (2023). BMAA in cycad-feeding Lepidoptera: defensive sequestration or bioaccumulation?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11. 5 indexed citations

Moraes, Consuelo Μ. De, et al.. (2023). Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions. The ISME Journal. 17(12). 2441–2451. 9 indexed citations

Grandi, L., et al.. (2022). Transmission-enhancing effects of a plant virus depend on host association with beneficial bacteria. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 16(1). 15–31. 4 indexed citations

Yip, Eric C., Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, John F. Tooker, & Mark C. Mescher. (2020). Sensory co‐evolution: The sex attractant of a gall‐making fly primes plant defences, but female flies recognize resulting changes in host‐plant quality. Journal of Ecology. 109(1). 99–108. 5 indexed citations

Pashalidou, Foteini G., et al.. (2020). Bumble bees damage plant leaves and accelerate flower production when pollen is scarce. Science. 368(6493). 881–884. 39 indexed citations

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Kariyat, Rupesh, et al.. (2018). Leaf trichomes affect caterpillar feeding in an instar-specific manner. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 11(3). 1–6. 43 indexed citations

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Petanidou, Theodora, Mary V. Price, Judith L. Bronstein, et al.. (2018). Pollination and reproduction of an invasive plant inside and outside its ancestral range. Acta Oecologica. 89. 11–20. 18 indexed citations

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Woldemariam, Melkamu G., et al.. (2016). Glucosinolates from Host Plants Influence Growth of the Parasitic Plant Cuscuta gronovii and Its Susceptibility to Aphid Feeding. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 172(1). 181–197. 37 indexed citations

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Frost, Christopher J., J. Dean, Mark C. Mescher, et al.. (2012). A petiole-galling insect herbivore decelerates leaf lamina litter decomposition rates. Functional Ecology. 26(3). 628–636. 15 indexed citations

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Rodriguez‐Saona, Cesar, Nicholi Vorsa, Ajay Singh, et al.. (2011). Tracing the history of plant traits under domestication in cranberries: potential consequences on anti-herbivore defences. Journal of Experimental Botany. 62(8). 2633–2644. 107 indexed citations

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Mauck, Kerry E., Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, & Mark C. Mescher. (2010). Deceptive chemical signals induced by a plant virus attract insect vectors to inferior hosts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(8). 3600–3605. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Verheggen, François, Éric Haubruge, & Mark C. Mescher. (2010). Alarm Pheromones—Chemical Signaling in Response to Danger. Vitamins and hormones. 83. 215–239. 66 indexed citations

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Smith, Jordan L., Consuelo Μ. De Moraes, & Mark C. Mescher. (2009). Jasmonate‐ and salicylate‐mediated plant defense responses to insect herbivores, pathogens and parasitic plants. Pest Management Science. 65(5). 497–503. 164 indexed citations

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Verheggen, François, et al.. (2008). Production of alarm pheromone by developing aphids varies in response to their social environment. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

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Runyon, Justin B., Mark C. Mescher, & Consuelo Μ. De Moraes. (2006). Volatile Chemical Cues Guide Host Location and Host Selection by Parasitic Plants. Science. 313(5795). 1964–1967. 260 indexed citations

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Ferrari, Matthew J., Andrew G. Stephenson, Mark C. Mescher, & Consuelo Μ. De Moraes. (2006). Inbreeding effects on blossom volatiles in Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Cucurbitaceae). American Journal of Botany. 93(12). 1768–1774. 41 indexed citations

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