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PD Dr. Joachim Ruther
Publications Original Papers
2009 Ruther J, Matschke M, Garbe L-A & Steiner S (2009) Quantity matters: male sex pheromone signals mate quality in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: . Steiner S & Ruther J (2009) Mechanism and behavioral context of male sex pheromone release in Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 416-421. Steiner S & Ruther J (2009) How important is sex for females of haplodiploid species under local mate competition? Behavioral Ecology 20: 570-574 Schurmann D, Collatz J, Hagenbucher S, Ruther J & Steidle, JLM(2009) Olfactory host finding, intermediate memory and its potential ecological adaptation in Nasonia vitripennis. Naturwissenschaften 96:383-391.
Abdel-latief M, Garbe L-A, Koch M & Ruther J (2008) An epoxide hydrolase involved in the biosynthesis of an insect sex attractant and its use to localize the production site. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105: 8914-8919
Ruther J & Steiner S (2008) Costs of female odor in males of the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Naturwissenschaften 95: 547-552. Ruther J, Steiner S & Garbe LA (2008) 4-Methylquinazoline is a minor component of the male sex pheromone in Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 99-102. Steiner S, Henrich N & Ruther J (2008) Mating with sperm-depleted males does not increase female mating frequency in the parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 126: 131-137.
Ruther J, Stahl LM, Steiner S, Garbe LA & Tolasch, T (2007) A male sex pheromone in a parasitic wasp and control of the behavioral response by the female's mating status. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 2163-2169. Kock D, Ruther J & Sauer KP (2007) A male sex pheromone in a scorpionfly. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 1249-1256. Steiner S, Steidle JLM & Ruther, J (2007) Host-associated kairomones used for habitat orientation in the parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Journal of Stored Product Research 43: 587-593. Steiner S, Erdmann D, Steidle JLM & Ruther, J. (2007) Host habitat assessment by a parasitoid using fungal volatiles. Frontiers in Zoology 4:3. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-4-3. OPEN ACCESS
Steiner S, Mumm, R & Ruther, J. (2007) Courtship pheromones in parasitic wasps: comparison of bioactive and inactive hydrocarbon profiles by multivariate statistical methods. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 825-838.
Spiewok S, Schmolz, E & Ruther, J. (2006) The mating system of the European hornet Vespa crabro: Male seeking strategies and evidence for the involvement of a sex pheromone. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 2777-2788.
Reinecke A, Ruther J, & Hilker M (2006). Precopulatory isolation in sympatric Melolontha species? Agricultural & Forest Entomology 8: 289-293.
Steiner, S., Hermann, N. & Ruther, J. (2006) Characterization of a female courtship pheromone in the parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 1687-1702.
Reinecke, A., Ruther, J., Mayer, C.J. & Hilker, M. (2006) Optimized trap lure for male Melolontha cockchafers. Journal of Applied Entomology 130: 171-176.
Ruther, J. & Fürstenau, B. (2005) Emission of herbivore induced volatiles in absence of a herbivore - response of Zea mays to green leaf volatiles and terpenoids. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 60c: 743-756.
Ruther, J. & Kleier, S. (2005) Plant-plant signaling: Ethylene synergizes volatile emission in Zea mays induced by exposure to (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31: 2217-2222 .
Steiner, S., Steidle, J.L.M. & Ruther, J. (2005) Female sex pheromone in immature insect males - a case of pre-emergence chemical mimicry? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58: 111-120.
This article was recommended by Rebecca Kilner in Faculty of 1000 Biology, 26 Sep 2005.
Ruther, J. & Mayer, C.J. (2005) Response of garden chafer Phyllopertha horticola to plant volatiles: from screening to application. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 115: 51-59..
Reinecke, A., Ruther, J. & Hilker, M. (2005) Electrophysiological and behavioural response of Melolontha melolontha to saturated and unsaturated aliphatic alcohols. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 115: 33-40.
Koller R, Jung K, Scheu S, Zimmermann G & Ruther, J. (2005) Biocontrol of the forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani): Experiments on the applicability of the "Catch and Infect"-Technique using a combination of infochemical traps with the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria brongniartii. IOBC-WPRS Bulletin 28: 37-44.
Ruther, J. (2004) Male-biassed response of garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, to leaf
alcohol and attraction of both sexes to floral plant volatiles. Chemoecology 14:187-192.
Ruther, J. & Tolasch, T. (2004) Response of garden chafer Phyllopertha horticola to floral Japanese beetle lure. Journal of Applied Entomology 128: 158-160.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A. & Hilker, M. (2004) Olfaktorisch vermittelte Partnerfindung
beim Waldmaikäfer, Melolontha F. Laimburg Journal 1: 197-199.
Ruther, J. & Hilker, M. (2003) Attraction of forest cockchafer Melolontha hippocastani to (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol
and 1,4-benzoquinone: application aspects. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 107: 141-147.
Steinmetz, I., Schmolz, E., Ruther, J. (2003) Cuticular lipids as trail pheromone in a social wasp.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270: 385-291.
Steidle, J.L.M., Steppuhn, A. & Ruther, J. (2003) Specific foraging cues used by a generalist
parasitoid. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29:131-143.
Tolasch, T., Sölter, S., Tóth, M., Ruther, J. & Francke, W. (2003) (R)-Acetoin - female sex pheromone of the summer chafer Amphimallon solstitiale (L.) Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 1045-1050.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A., Tolasch, T. & Hilker, M. (2002) Phenol - Another cockchafer attractant
shared by Melolontha hippocastani Fabr. and M. melolontha L.
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 57c: 910-913.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A., & Hilker, M. (2002) Plant
volatiles in the sexual communication of Melolontha hippocastani: response towards time dependent
bouquets and novel function of (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol as a
sexual kairomone.
Ecological Entomology 27: 76-83.
Ruther, J., Meiners, T. & Steidle, J.L.M. (2002) Rich in phenomena lacking in terms -
A classification of kairomones. Chemoecology 12: 161-167.
Ruther, J., Sieben, S., Schricker, B. (2002) Nestmate recognition in social wasps:
Manipulation of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles induces aggression in the European hornet.
Naturwissenschaften 89: 111-114.
Reinecke, A., Ruther, J. Tolasch, T., Francke, W. & Hilker, M. (2002) Alcoholism in cockchafers: Orientation of male
Melolontha melolontha towards green leaf alcohols. Naturwissenschaften, 89: 265-269.
Reinecke, A., Ruther, J. & Hilker, M. (2002) The scent of food and defence:
Green leaf volatiles and toluquinone as sex attractant mediate mate finding in the European cockchafer,
Melolontha melolontha.
Ecology Letters 5: 257-263.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A. & Hilker, M. (2002) Chemically mediated mate finding in the European cockchafer,
Melolontha hippocastani Fabr. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Mitteilungen der
Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 13: 373-376.
Steidle, J.L.M., Steppuhn, A. & Ruther, J. (2002) The use of pheromones as foraging kairomones by the generalist parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus Förster (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Mitteilungen der
Deutschen Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie 13: 377-380.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A. & Hilker, M. (2002) Chemical orientation in Melolontha
cockchafers. IOBC/WRPS Bulletin 25 (7): 15-20.
Ruther, J. & Steidle, J.L.M. (2002) "Allohormones": A new class of bioactive
substances or old wine in new skins? Journal of Comparative Physiology A 188: 161-162.
Steidle, J.L.M., Lanka, J., Müller, C. & Ruther, J. (2001). The use of general infochemicals in a generalist
parasitoid. Oikos, 95, 78-86.
Ruther, J., Podsiadlowski, L. & Hilker, M. (2001)
Quinones in cockchafers: additional function of a sex
attractant as an antimicrobial agent.
Chemoecology, 11, 225-229.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A., Tolasch, T. & Hilker, M. (2001)
Make love not war: A common arthropod defence compound as
sex pheromone in the forest cockchafer Melolontha hippocastani.
Oecologia, 128, 44-47.
Steidle, J.L.M. & Ruther, J. (2000) Chemicals used for
host recognition by the granary weevil parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus.
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26, 2665-2675.
Ruther, J. (2000) Retention index database for identification of general green
leaf volatiles in plants by coupled capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Journal of Chromatography A, 890/2, 313-319.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A., Thiemann, K., Tolasch, T. & Hilker, M. (2000)
Mate finding in the forest cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani
mediated by volatiles from plants and females. Physiological Entomology, 25, 172-179.
Ruther, J. & Homann, M.; Steidle, J.L.M. (2000) Female derived sex pheromone
mediates courtship in the parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus.
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 96, 265-274.
Ruther, J. & Steidle, J.L.M. (2000) Mites as matchmakers: Semiochemicals from
host associated mites act as kairomones for both sexes in the parasitoid
Lariophagus distinguendus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26, 1205-1217.
Ruther, J., Reinecke, A. & Hilker, M. (2000) Die Rolle von Wirtspflanzendüften
und Sexualpheromonen in der Partnerfindungsstrategie des Waldmaikäfers,
Melolontha hippocastani. Mitt. Biol. Bundesanst. Land- Forstwitsch. 376: 251-252.
Ruther, J., Sieben, S. & Schricker, B. (1998) Role of cuticular lipids in
nestmate recognition of the European hornet Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux , 45, 169-179.
Ruther, J. & Hilker, M. (1998) A versatile method for on-line analysis of volatile
compounds from living samples. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 24, 525-534.
Ruther, J. & Thiemann, K. (1997) Response of the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus
to volatiles emitted by intact plants and conspecifics. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 84: 183-185.
Ruther, J. & Baltes, W. (1994). Sulfur-containing furans in commercial
meat Flavorings. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 42: 2254-2259
Ruther, J. & Baltes, W. (1994). Analysis of purine compounds and creatinine
by ion-pair high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) as a method for the
detection of yeast extracts in commercial meat flavourings. Zeitschrift für Lebensmitteluntersuchung und Forschung 199: 307-310
Ruther, J. & Baltes, W. (1994). Untersuchungen zur Zusammensetzung handelsüblicher
Fleischessenzen. Lebenmittelchemie, 48: 27-34
Book Chapter
Wittkowski, R., Ruther, J., Drinda, H. & Rafiei-Taghanaki, F. (1992).
Formation of Smoke Flavour Compounds by Thermal Lignin Degradation.
In: Teranishi, R.; Takeoka, G.R.; Güntert, M. (Eds.) Flavor Precursors:
Thermal and enzymatic conversions. American Chemical Society, Washington
Habilitation Thesis
Ruther, J. (2003). The interplay of intra- und interspecific infochemicals in the
sexual communication of insects. Cumulative habilitation thesis in Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany.
PhD Thesis
Ruther, J. (1993). Investigations on the composition of commercial meat flavorings.
Patents
Ruther J. (2009) Attractant for garden chafer
Phyllopertha horticola. German Patent DE 10 2004
004900.9 Ruther J., Reinecke A. & Hilker M. (2002) Attractant for cockchafers.
German Patent DE 101 35 103
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