Sedlmeier, J.E., Gamer, E., Höglinger, B., Walker, Brühl, C., Petschenka, G. (2025): Synergistic Enhancement of Acetamiprid Toxicity by Herbicide and Fungicide: Triple Mixture Outperforms Binary Combination. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.15.682505

Bischoff, R., Piepho, HP., Scheer, C., Petschenka, G. (2025): Impact of plastic rain shields and exclusion netting on pest dynamics and implications for pesticide use in apples. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-025-01144-8

Kuhn, D., Bauer, P., Tolasch, T., Petschenka, G.,  Steidle J. LM. (2025): The potential of farnesene isomer mixtures to support the control of aphids in the cultivation of lettuce crops. Journal of Pest Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-01944-9

Amineni, V.P.S., Georg Petschenka, G., Koch, A. (2025): Double-Stranded DNA Reduces dsRNA Degradation in the Saliva and Significantly Enhanced RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing in Halyomorpha halys. Advanced Biology. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202400698

Müller, C., Petschenka, G., Poelman, E.H., Schweiger, R. (2025): Preface to the Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Insect–Plant Relationships. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata - Special Issue: Insect-Plant Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13597

Sedlmeier, J.E., Grass, I., Bendalam, P., Höglinger, B., Walker, F., Gerhard, D., Piepho, H.-P., Brühl, C., Petschenka, G. (2025): Neonicotinoid insecticides can pose a severe threat to grassland plant bug communities. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02065-y

Betz, A., Höglinger, B., Walker, F., Petschenka, G. (2025): Regionality and temporal dynamics of sequestration and relocation of cardenolides in the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-01572-8

Merkle, M., Petschenka, G., Belz, R., Gerhards, R. (2025): Enhancing weed suppression in plants by artificial stress induction. Journal of Crop Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10343-024-01075-8

Kuhn, D., Nägele, N., Tolasch, T., Petschenka, G., Steidle, J.L.M. (2024): Can a mixture of farnesene isomers avert the infestation of aphids in sugar beet crops?. Insects. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15100736

Piepho, H.-P., Malik, W.A., Bischoff, R., El-Hasan, A., Scheer, C., Sedlmeier, J.E., Gerhards, R., Petschenka, G., Vögele, R. (2024): Efficacy assessment in crop protection: a tutorial on the use of Abbott’s formula. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-024-00968-0

Agrawal, A.A., Hastings, A.P., Lenhart, P.A., Blecher, M., Duplais, C, Petschenka, G., Hawlena, D., Wagschal, V., Dobler, S. (2024): Convergence and divergence among herbivorous insects specialized on toxic plants: revealing syndromes among the cardenolide-feeders across the insect tree of life. The American Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/731277

Betz, A., Bischoff, R., Petschenka, G. (2024): Late instar monarch caterpillars sabotage milkweed to acquire toxins, not to disarm plant defence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2721

Bischoff, R., Pokharel, P., Miedtke, P., Piepho, H.P., Petschenka, G. (2023): Environmental complexity and predator density mediate a stable earwig-woolly apple aphid interaction. Basic and Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.12.003

Yang, L., Borne, F., Betz, A., Aardema, M.L., Zhen, Y., Peng, J., Visconti, R., Wu, M., Roland, B.P., Talsma, A.D., Palladino, M., Petschenka, G., Andolfatto, P. (2023): Predatory fireflies and their toxic firefly prey have evolved distinct toxin-resistance strategies. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.063

Espinosa del Alba, L., Petschenka, G. (2023): A simple artificial diet for feeding and sequestration assays for the milkweed bugs Oncopeltus fasciatus and Spilostethus saxatilis (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. doi.org/10.1111/eea.13337

Heyworth, H.C., Pokharel, P., Blount, J.D., Mitchell, C., Petschenka, G., Rowland, H.M. (2023): Antioxidant availability trades off with warning signals and toxin sequestration in the large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Ecology and Evolution.  doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9971

Espinosa del Alba, L., Petschenka, G. (2023): No physiological costs of dual sequestration of chemically different plant toxins in the milkweed bug Spilostethus saxatilis (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of Insect Physiology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2023.104508

Dreisbach, D., Bhandari, D.R., Betz, A., Tenbusch, L., Vilcinskas, A., Spengler, B., Petschenka, G. (2023): Spatial metabolomics reveal divergent cardenolide processing in the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and the common crow (Euploea core). Molecular Ecology Resources, doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13786

Dreisbach, D., Heiles, S., Bhandari, D.R., Petschenka, G., Spengler, B. (2022): Molecular networking and on-tissue chemical derivatization for enhanced identification and visualization of steroid glycosides by MALDI mass spectrometry imaging. Analytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02694

Petschenka, G., Züst, T., Hastings, A.P., Agrawal, A.A., Jander, G. (2022): Quantification of plant cardenolides by HPLC, measurement of Na+/K+-ATPase inhibition activity, and characterization of target enzymes. Methods in Enzymology. doi.org/10.1016/bs.mie.2022.08.003

Moriguchi Jeckel, A., Beran, F., Züst, T., Younkin, G., Petschenka, G., Pokharel, P., Dreisbach, D., Ganal-Vonarburg, S.C, Robert, C.A.M (2022): Metabolization and sequestration of plant specialized metabolites in insect herbivores: Current and emerging approaches. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1001032

Agrawal, A. A., Espinosa del Alba, L., López-Goldar, X., Hastings, A.P., White, R.A., Halitschke, R., Dobler, S., Petschenka, G., Duplais, C. (2022): Functional evidence supports adaptive plant chemical defense along a geographical cline. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205073119

Koch, A., Petschenka, G. (2022): Exogene Anwendung von RNA zur umweltfreundlichen Bekämpfung von Schadinsekten. Journal für Kulturpflanzen. https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2022.03-04.05

Obermeier, C., Mason, A.S., Meiners, T., Petschenka, G., Rostás, M., Will, T., Wittkop, B., Austel, M. (2022): Perspectives for integrated insect pest protection in oilseed rape breeding. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-022-04074-3

Petschenka, G., Halitschke, R., Züst, T., Roth, A., Stiehler, S., Tenbusch, L., Hartwig, C., Moreno Gámez , J. F., Trusch, R., Deckert, J., Chalušová, K., Vilcinskas, A., Exnerová, A. (2022): Sequestration of defenses against predators drives specialized host plant associations in preadapted milkweed bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae). The American Naturalist, https://doi.org/10.1086/719196. See interview in PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/fight-off-predators-insects-evolved-taste-toxic-plants

Beran, F., Petschenka, G. (2022): Sequestration of plant defense compounds by insects: from mechanisms to insect-plant coevolution. Annual Review of Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-062821-062319

Pokharel, P., Steppuhn, A., Petschenka, G. (2021): Dietary cardenolides enhance growth and change the direction of the fecundity-longevity trade-off in milkweed bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae). Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8402

Gärttling, D., Schulz, H. (2021): Compilation of Black Soldier Fly frass analyses. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-021-00703-w

Petschenka, G. (2021): Pflanzengifte als koevolutionäre Vermittler zwischen Insekten und Pflanzen. Entomologie heute. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologie-heute_32_0083-0097.pdf

Zimmermann, Beate, Ingrid Claß-Mahler, Moritz von Cossel, Iris Lewandowski, Jan Weik, Achim Spiller, Sina Nitzko, …, Petschenka, G., …, Bahrs, E. (2021): Mineral-ecological cropping systems—a new approach to improve ecosystem services by farming without chemical synthetic plant protection. Agronomy. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11091710

Berger, A., Petschenka, G., Degenkolb, T., Geisthardt, M., Vilcinskas, A. (2021): Insect collections as an untapped source of bioactive compounds—Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and cardiotonic steroids as a proof of concept. Insects. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12080689

Dreisbach, D., Petschenka, G., Spengler, B., Bhandari, D.R. (2021): 3D-surface MALDI mass spectrometry imaging for visualising plant defensive cardiac glycosides in Asclepias curassavica. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03177-y

Pokharel, P., Sippel, M., Vilcinskas, A., Petschenka, G. (2020): Defense of Milkweed Bugs (Heteroptera: Lygaeinae) against Predatory Lacewing Larvae Depends on Structural Differences of Sequestered Cardenolides. Insects. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080485

Züst, T., Strickler, S. R., Powell, A. F., Mabry, M. E., An, H., Mirzaei, M., York, T., Holland, C. K., Kumar, P., Erb, M., Petschenka, G., Gómez, J.-M., Perfectti, F., Müller, C., Pires, J. C., Mueller, L. A., Jander, G. (2020). Independent evolution of ancestral and novel defenses in a genus of toxic plants (Erysimum, Brassicaceae). eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51712

Havlikova, M., Bosakova, T., Petschenka, G., Cabala, R., Exnerova, A., Bosakova, Z. (2020). Analysis of defensive secretion of a milkweed bug Lygaeus equestris by 1D GC-MS and GC×GC-MS: sex differences and host-plant effect. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60056-9

Taverner, A. M., Yang, L., Barile, Z. J., Lin, B., Peng, J., Pinharanda, A., Rao, A., Roland, B.P., Talsma, A.D., Wei, D., Petschenka, G., Palladino, M.J., Andolfatto, P. (2019): Adaptive substitutions underlying cardiac glycoside insensitivity in insects exhibit epistasis. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48224

Jones, P.L., Petschenka, G., Flacht, L., Agrawal, A.A. (2019): Cardenolide intake, sequestration, and excretion by the monarch butterfly along gradients of plant toxicity and larval ontogeny. Journal of Chemical Ecolog. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01055-7

Züst, T., Petschenka, G., Hastings, A.P., Agrawal, A.A. (2019): Toxicity of milkweed leaves and latex: chromatographic quantification versus biological activity of cardenolides in 16 Asclepias species. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-1040-3

Petschenka, G., Fei, C.S., Araya, J.J., Schröder, S., Timmermann, B.N., Agrawal, A.A. (2018): Structure-activity relationships for plant cardiac glycosides on insect Na+/K+-ATPases: Implications for monarch-milkweed coevolution. Frontiers in Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01424

Mohammadi, S., Petschenka, G., French, S.S., Mori, A., Savitzky, A.H. (2018): Snakes exhibit tissue-specific variation in cardiotonic steroid sensitivity of Na+/K+-ATPase. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B. doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2017.11.014

Petschenka, G., Wagschal, V., von Tschirnhaus, M., Donath, A., Dobler, S. (2017): Convergently evolved toxic secondary metabolites in plants drive the parallel molecular evolution of insect resistance. The American Naturalist. https://doi.org/10.1086/691711

Petschenka, G., Agrawal, A.A. (2016): How herbivores coopt plant defenses: Natural selection, specialization, and sequestration. Current Opinion in Insect Science. doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2015.12.004

Petschenka, G., Agrawal, A.A. (2015): Milkweed butterfly resistance to plant toxins is linked to sequestration, not coping with a toxic diet. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1865

Dobler, S., Petschenka, G., Wagschal, V., Flacht, L. (2015): Convergent Adaptive Evolution – How Insects Master the Challenge of Cardiac Glycoside-Containing Host Plants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. doi.org/10.1111/eea.12340

Bramer, C., Dobler, S., Deckert, J., Stemmer, M., Petschenka, G. (2015): Na+/K+-ATPase resistance and cardenolide sequestration: basal adaptations to host plant toxins in the milkweed bugs (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2346

Petschenka, G., Fandrich, S., Sander, N., Boppré, M., Dobler, S. (2013): Stepwise evolution of resistance to toxic cardenolides via genetic substitutions in the Na+/K+-ATPase of milkweed butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaini). Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/evo.12152

Petschenka, G., Pick, C., Wagschal, V., Dobler, S. (2013): Functional evidence for physiological mechanisms to circumvent neurotoxicity of cardenolides in an adapted and a non-adapted hawk-moth species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.3089

Agrawal, A.A., Petschenka, G., Bingham, R.A., Weber, M.G., Rasmann, S. (2012): Toxic cardenolides: chemical ecology and coevolution of specialized plant-herbivore interactions. New Phytologist. doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04049.x

Petschenka, G., Offe, J., Dobler, S. (2012): Physiological screening for target-site-insensitivity and localization of Na+K+-ATPase in cardenolide adapted Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.12.012

Dobler, S., Petschenka, G., Pankoke, H.C. (2011): Coping with toxic plant compounds - the insect's perspective on iridoid glycosides and cardenolides. Phytochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.04.015

Petschenka, G., Bramer, C., Pankoke, H., Dobler, S. (2011): Evidence for a deterrence effect of cardenolides on Nephila spiders. Basic and Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.12.005

Sehlmeyer, S., Wang, L., Langel, D., Heckel, D.G., Mohagheghi, H., Petschenka, G., Ober, D. (2010): Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenases as a Detoxification Mechanism in Insects: New Insights from the Arctiids (Lepidoptera). PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010435

Petschenka, G., Dobler, S. (2009): Target-site sensitivity in a specialized herbivore towards major toxic compounds of its host plant: The Na+K+-ATPase of the Oleander hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii) is highly susceptible to cardenolides. Chemoecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-009-0025-7

Petschenka, G., Tavakoli, M., Trusch, R. (2006): Description of the unknown female of Agriopis beschkovi Ganev, 1987 (Geometridae: Ennominae), and illustration of the larvae. Nota Lepidopterologica 29(1/2):27-35.

Petschenka, G. (2006): On the Morphology of Bittacus hageni BRAUER, 1860 and Bittacus italicus (MÜLLER, 1766) (Mecoptera: Bittacidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 116, 124-126.

Petschenka, G. (2003): Erstfund von Eratophyes amasiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) in Baden Württemberg (Lep., Oecophoridae). Melanargia, 15, 181-184.*