Gary Felton

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Department Head and Professor, Entomology

Research Summary

Chemical ecology, insect-plant interactions, induced plant defenses and plant perception of herbivores.

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Recent Publications

Sorghum and maize flavonoids are detrimental to growth and survival of fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda

Chatterjee, D., Lesko, T., Peiffer, M., Elango, D., Beuzelin, J., Felton, G. W. & Chopra, S., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Pest Science. 96, 4, p. 1551-1567 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Caterpillar Salivary Glucose Oxidase Decreases Green Leaf Volatile Emission and Increases Terpene Emission from Maize

Jones, A. C., Lin, P. A., Peiffer, M. & Felton, G., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Chemical Ecology.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Water availability and plant-herbivore interactions

Lin, P. A., Kansman, J., Chuang, W. P., Robert, C., Erb, M. & Felton, G. W., Apr 27 2023, In: Journal of experimental botany. 74, 9, p. 2811-2828 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Tomato Chemical Defenses Intensify Corn Earworm (Helicoverpa zea) Mortality from Opportunistic Bacterial Pathogens

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Hoover, K. & Felton, G., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 49, 5-6, p. 313-324 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Erratum: Correction to: Helicoverpa zea-Associated Gut Bacteria as Drivers in Shaping Plant Anti-herbivore Defense in Tomato (Microbial ecology (2023) 86 3 (2173-2182))

Pan, Q., Shikano, I., Liu, T. X. & Felton, G. W., Oct 1 2023, In: Microbial Ecology. 86, 3, p. 2183 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Helicoverpa zea–Associated Gut Bacteria as Drivers in Shaping Plant Anti-herbivore Defense in Tomato

Pan, Q., Shikano, I., Liu, T. X. & Felton, G. W., Oct 2023, In: Microbial Ecology. 86, 3, p. 2173-2182 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Enterococcal symbionts of caterpillars facilitate the utilization of a suboptimal diet

Chen, B., Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Zhang, D., Shao, Y. & Felton, G. W., Apr 2022, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 138, 104369.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The dual function of elicitors and effectors from insects: reviewing the ‘arms race’ against plant defenses

Jones, A. C., Felton, G. W. & Tumlinson, J. H., Jul 2022, In: Plant molecular biology. 109, 4-5, p. 427-445 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Low water availability enhances volatile-mediated direct defences but disturbs indirect defences against herbivores

Lin, P. A., Paudel, S., Bin Zainuddin, N., Tan, C. W., Helms, A., Ali, J. G. & Felton, G. W., Nov 2022, In: Journal of Ecology. 110, 11, p. 2759-2771 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Stomata-mediated interactions between plants, herbivores, and the environment

Lin, P. A., Chen, Y., Ponce, G., Acevedo, F. E., Lynch, J. P., Anderson, C. T., Ali, J. G. & Felton, G. W., Mar 2022, In: Trends in Plant Science. 27, 3, p. 287-300 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Concerted impacts of antiherbivore defenses and opportunistic Serratia pathogens on the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., St Clair, A., Hoover, K. & Felton, G. W., Jan 2022, In: Oecologia. 198, 1, p. 167-178 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Host-Specific larval lepidopteran mortality to pathogenic Serratia mediated by poor diet

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Felton, G. W. & Hoover, K., Oct 2022, In: Journal of invertebrate pathology. 194, 107818.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Opposing Growth Responses of Lepidopteran Larvae to the Establishment of Gut Microbiota

Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Chen, B., Hoover, K. & Felton, G. W., Aug 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 4

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Plant Nutrition Influences Resistant Maize Defense Responses to the Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Mason, C. J., Ray, S., Davidson-Lowe, E., Ali, J., Luthe, D. S. & Felton, G., Feb 25 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 844274.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Special Issues in Honor of Professor Dr. Dr. hc mult. Wittko Francke, 28 November 1940–27 December 2020

Millar, J. G., Schulz, S. & Felton, G. W., Mar 2022, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 48, 3, p. 241-243 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review