Dr. Jamie Waterman

Research

Jamie is currently a SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Prof. Dr. Matthias Erb in the Biotic Interactions Group. His fellowship project entitled: The kinetics of herbivore feeding and plant volatile emission in information transfer between plants (InterVol) aims to investigate how the spatial and temporal patterns of insect herbivory mediate the generation of viable airborne ‘warning signals’ for neighboring plants. Perviously, Jamie completed his PhD at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment in Sydney, Australia, where his research focused on silicon-based plant defenses against herbivores.

Publications

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2024

Hajdu, Csengele; Molnár, Béla Péter; Waterman, Jamie M; Machado, Ricardo Alberto Ruiz; Radványi, Dalma; Fónagy, Adrien; Khan, Sheharyar Ahmed; Vassor, Thibault; Biet, Baptiste; Erb, Matthias; Kárpáti, Zsolt; Robert, Christelle Aurélie Maud (2024). Volatile-mediated oviposition preference for healthy over root-infested plants by the European corn borer. Plant, cell & environment, 47(6), pp. 2228-2239. Wiley 10.1111/pce.14876

Waterman, Jamie Mitchel; Cofer, Tristan Michael; Wang, Lei; Glauser, Gaetan; Erb, Matthias (2024). High-resolution kinetics of herbivore-induced plant volatile transfer reveal clocked response patterns in neighboring plants. eLife, 12 eLife Sciences Publications 10.7554/eLife.89855

2023

Wang, Lei; Jäggi, Simon; Cofer, Tristan M; Waterman, Jamie M; Walthert, Mario; Glauser, Gaétan; Erb, Matthias (2023). Immature leaves are the dominant volatile-sensing organs of maize. Current biology, 33(17), 3679-3689.e3. Cell Press 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.045

Escobar-Bravo, Rocío; Lin, Po-An; Waterman, Jamie M; Erb, Matthias (2023). Dynamic environmental interactions shaped by vegetative plant volatiles. Natural product reports, 40(4), pp. 840-865. Royal Society of Chemistry 10.1039/d2np00061j

2022

Putra, Rocky; Waterman, Jamie M.; Mathesius, Ulrike; Wojtalewicz, Dominika; Powell, Jeff R.; Hartley, Susan E.; Johnson, Scott N. (2022). Benefits of silicon-enhanced root nodulation in a model legume are contingent upon rhizobial efficacy. Plant and Soil, 477(1-2), pp. 201-217. Springer 10.1007/s11104-022-05358-9

Johnson, S.N., Cibils-Stewart, X., Waterman, J.M., Biru, F., Rowe, R.C., Hartley, S.E. (2022). Elevated atmospheric CO2 changes defence allocation in wheat but herbivore resistance persists. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 10.1098/rspb.2021.2536

2021

Waterman, J.M., Cibils-Stewart, X., Cazzonelli, C.I., Hartley, S.E., Johnson, S.N. (2021). Short-term exposure to silicon rapidly enhances plant resistance to herbivory. Ecology. 102: e03438. 10.1002/ecy.3438

Johnson, S.N., Waterman, J.M., Wuher. R., Rowe, R.C., Hall, C.R., Cibils-Stewart, X. (2021). Siliceous but not nutritious: nitrogen limitation increases anti-herbivore silicon defences in a model grass. Journal of Ecology. 10.1111/1365-2745.13755

Waterman, J.M., Hall, C.R., Mikhael, M., Cazzonelli, C.I., Hartley, S.E., Johnson, S.N. (2021). Short-term resistance that persists: Silicon anti-herbivore defence is rapidly induced and affects carbon-based defence responses. Functional Ecology. 35: 82–92. 10.1111/1365-2435.13702

2020

Waterman, J.M., D’Amato, A.W., Foster, D.R., Orwig, D.A., Pederson, N. (2020). Historic forest composition and structure across an old-growth landscape in New Hampshire, USA. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. (Cited by 1, Google scholar) 10.3159/TORREY-D-18-00033.1

Waterman, J.M., Mann, T.J., Cazzonelli. C.I., Hartley, S.E., Johnson, S.N. (2020). Microbes in Helicoverpa armigera oral secretions contribute to increased senescence around plant wounds. Ecological Entomology. 45: 1224-1229. 10.1111/een.12886

Johnson, S.N., Waterman, J.M., Hall, C.R. (2020). Increased insect herbivore development under elevated CO2 is associated with lower plant defence signaling and minimal declines in nutritional quality. Scientific Reports. 10, 14553, 10.1038/s41598-020-70823-3

Hall, C.R., Dagg, V., Waterman, J.M., Johnson, S.N. (2020). Silicon alters leaf morphology and suppresses insect herbivory in a model grass species. Plants. 9(5), 643. 10.3390/plants9050643

2019

Waterman, J.M., Cazzonelli, C.I., Hartley, S.E., Johnson, S.N. (2019). Simulated herbivory: the key to disentangling plant defence mechanisms. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 34(5): p. 447-58. 10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.008

Hall, C.R., Waterman, J.M., Vandegeer, R.K., Hartley, S.E., Johnson, S.N. (2019). The role of silicon in anti-herbivore phytohormonal signaling. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10.3389/fpls.2019.01132

Institute of Plant Sciences