Eric A. Schmelz

University of California, San Diego — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(90), Insect and Pesticide Research(44), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(40), Plant and animal studies(39), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity(32)

Publications578 total

A multifunctional sesquiterpene synthase integrates with cytochrome P450s to reinforce the terpenoid defense network in maize
The Plant Journal·2025Open Access
A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Functional genomics and structural insights into maize aldo-keto reductase-4 family: Stress metabolism and substrate specificity in embryos
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2025Open Access
Crystal structure of maize AKR4C13 in P21 space group
2025
Novel weapon-aided plant protection in the underground battlefield
Plant Signaling & Behavior·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Field Evaluation of Experimental Maize Hybrids for Resistance to the Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in a Warm Temperate Climate
Insects·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
The terpene synthase gene family in maize – a clarification of existing community nomenclature
BMC Genomics·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
9,10-KODA, an α-ketol produced by the tonoplast-localized 9-lipoxygenase ZmLOX5, plays a signaling role in maize defense against insect herbivory
Molecular Plant·2023· 27 citedOpen Access
A dolabralexin-deficient mutant provides insight into specialized diterpenoid metabolism in maize
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Maize Terpene Synthase 8 (ZmTPS8) Contributes to a Complex Blend of Fungal-Elicited Antibiotics
Plants·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Maize resistance to witchweed through changes in strigolactone biosynthesis
Science·2023· 89 citedOpen Access
A dolabralexin-deficient mutant provides insight into specialized diterpenoid metabolism in maize ( <i>Zea mays</i> )
2022Open Access
Signatures of plant defense response specificity mediated by herbivore‐associated molecular patterns in legumes
The Plant Journal·2022· 20 cited
A nonproteinogenic amino acid, β-tyrosine, accumulates in young rice leaves via long-distance phloem transport from mature leaves
Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Shielding the oil reserves: the scutellum as a source of chemical defenses
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Efficient synthesis of zealexin B1, a maize sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin, viaSuzuki-Miyaura coupling
Tetrahedron Letters·2022· 2 cited
A sorghum genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifies a WRKY transcription factor as a candidate gene underlying sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis sacchari) resistance
Planta·2022· 32 cited
Plant height heterosis is quantitatively associated with expression levels of plastid ribosomal proteins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2021· 23 citedOpen Access
Biosynthesis and antifungal activity of fungus-induced <i>O</i>-methylated flavonoids in maize
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY·2021· 63 citedOpen Access
Comparative analyses of responses to exogenous and endogenous antiherbivore elicitors enable a forward genetics approach to identify maize gene candidates mediating sensitivity to herbivore‐associated molecular patterns
The Plant Journal·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Hans T. Alborn(18), Alisa Huffaker(14), James H. Tumlinson(12), Peter E. A. Teal(10), Harry J. Klee(8), Martha Vaughan(8), Jürgen Engelberth(7), Shawn A. Christensen(7), Denise M. Tieman(5), Nicole J. Dafoe(4), Anna K. Block(4), Mark G. Taylor(4), Mark J. Carroll(3), Sherry LeClere(3), James W. Sims(3), Fatma Kaplan(3), Xinzhi Ni(3), Zhouxin Shen(3), Steven P. Briggs(3), Jeffrey B. Jones(3)