Publications
Peer reviewed manuscripts
Ikeogu U, Gold KM, Couture JJ, Gambhir N, Simangunsong R, Sapkota S, Colizzi M, Cadle-Davidson L, Reisch BR (2023) Dissecting foliar physiology and chemical properties with integrated high-throughput phenotyping and molecular markers in grape improvement. Vitis: Journal of Grapevine research 62: 37-40
Peron-Danaher R, Cotrozzi L, Masjedi A, Enders LS, Krupke CH, Mickelbart MV, Couture JJ (2023) Drought stress affects spectral separation of maize infested by western corn rootworm. Agronomy 13:2562 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/10/2562
Abendroth JA, Gondhalekar AD, Scharf ME, Couture JJ (2023) Cannabidol reduces fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) growth by reducing consumption and altering detoxification and nutritional enzyme activity in a dose-dependent manner. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 17: 195-204
Gustafson NW, Couture JJ, Dalgleish HJ (2023) Herbivory, plant traits, and nectar chemistry interact to affect the community of insect visitors and pollination in common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Oecologia 201: 91-105
Enders L, Hansen T, Brichler K, Couture J, French E (2022) Aphid species specializing on milkweed harbor taxonomically similar bacterial communities that differ in richness and abundance of core symbionts. Scientific Reports 12: 21127
Enders L, Hansen T, Brichler K, Couture J, French E (2022) Aphid species specializing on milkweed harbor taxonomically similar bacterial communities that differ in richness and abundance of core symbionts. Scientific Reports 12: 21127
Peron-Dahner R, Russell B, Cotrozzi L, Mohammadi M, Couture JJ (2021) Incorporating multi-scale, spectrally detected nitrogen concentrations into assessing nitrogen use efficiency foR winter wheat breeding populations. Remote Sensing 13: 3991
Williams LJ, Cavender-Bares J, Townsend PA, Couture JJ, Wang Z, Stefanski A, Messier C, Reich PB (2021) Remote spectral detection of biodiversity effects on forest productivity. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5: 46-54
De La Mater D, Couture JJ, Puzey JR, Dalglesih HJ (2021) Range-wide variation of milkweed traits and their effect on monarch larvae . American Journal of Botany 108: 388-401
Bolt MA, Beckerman JL, Couture JJ (2021) Agronomic management of industrial hemp alters foliar traits and herbivore performance. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 15:137-151
Mason CJ, Walsh B, Keller J, Couture JJ, Calvin D, Urban JM (2020) Fidelity and timing of attack patterns of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) in ornamental trees in the suburban landscape. Environmental Entomology 49: 1427-1436
Cotrozzi L, Peron R, Tuinstra MR, Mickelbart MV, Couture JJ (2020) Spectroscopic determination of physiological and anatomical leaf traits related with water status in maize. Plant Physiology 184: 1363-1377
Ricono A, Gustafson NW, Eichenberger E, Stahl K, Call H, Couture JJ, Puzey JR, Dalgleish HJ (2020) Fine-scale spatial structuring of genotypes and phenotypes in natural populations of Asclepias syriaca. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 125546
Wang Zp, Chuls Ag, Geygan R, Ye Z, Zheng T, Singh A, Couture JJ, Cavender-Bares J, Kruger EL, Townsend PA (2020) Foliar functional traits from imaging spectroscopy across biomes in eastern North America. New Phytologist 228: 495-511
Kula AAR, Hey MHg, Couture JJ, Townsend PA, Dalgleish HJ (2020) Intraspecific competition and damage severity affect size, quality and induced structural and chemical defenses in the herbaceous perennial, Asclepias syriaca. Plant Ecology 221:421-430
Gold KMg, Townsend PA, Chuls Ag, Hermann Ip, Couture JJ, Larson ER, Gevens AJ (2020) Hyperspectral reflectance sensors for pre-symptomatic detection and differentiation of Phytophthora infestans and Alternaria solani in potato. Remote Sensing 12:286
Gongora-Canul C, Salagado JD, Singh D, Cruz AP, Cotrozzi L, Couture JJ, Cruppe G, Rivadeneira MG, Valent B, Todd B, Poland J, Cruz CD (2020) Temporal dynamics of wheat blast and agreement between remotely sensed data measurements and visual estimations of wheat spike blast (WsB) under field conditions. Phytopathology 110:395-405
Li Z, Yang J, Shang B, Xu Y, Couture JJ, Yuan X, Kobayashi K, Feng Z (2020) Effects of elevated tropospheric O3, water deficiency and nitrogen addition on phytochemical composition in Poplar saplings. Science of the Total Environment 707:35935
Cotrozzi L, Couture JJ (2019) Hyperspectral assessment of plant responses to multi-stress environments: prospects for managing protected agrosystems. Plants, People, Planet 2:244-258
Campos Medina VAg, Cotrozzi Lp, Stewart JJ, Couture JJ (2019) Hyperspectral characterization of Hessian Fly infestation on wheat functional trait responses. PlosONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219431
Struckman S, Couture JJ, LaMar MD, Dalgleish HJ (2019) The demographic effects of functional traits: An integral projection model approach reveals population-level consequences of reproduction-defense tradeoffs. Ecology Letters 22:1396-1406
Wang Z, Townsend PA, Schweiger AK, Couture JJ, Singh A, Hobbie SE, Cavender-Bares, J (2019) Foliar functional traits across three years in a prairie grassland. Remote Sensing of Environment 221:405-416
Rotter MC, Couture JJ, Rothwell EM, Garcia Ju, Holeski LM (2018) Plant resistance traits across the herbivore diet breadth spectrum: A test in the model plant Mimulus guttatus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 19:423-440
Couture JJ, Singh A, Charkowski AO, Groves RL, Gray SM, Bethke PC, Townsend PA (2018) Integrating spectroscopy with potato disease management. Plant Disease 102: 2233-2240
Blood BL, Paschen MA, Klingeman WE, Hadžiabdić Đ, Couture JJ, Ginzel MD (2018) Behavioral responses of Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to volatiles of black walnut and Geosmithia morbida, the causal agent of Thousand Cankers Disease. Environmental Entomology 47:412-421
Cotrozzi L, Townsend PA, Pellegrini E, Nali C, Couture JJ (2018) Reflectance spectroscopy: a novel approach to better understand and monitor the impact of air pollution on Mediterranean plants. Envronmental Science and Pollution Research 25:8249-8267. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9568-2
Press:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/effects_air_pollution_mediterranean_plants_studied_reflectance_spectroscopy_501na3_en.pdf
Rubert-Nason KF, Couture JJ, Gryzmala EAu, Townsend PA, Lindroth RL (2017) Vernal freeze damage and genetic variability alter tree growth, chemistry, and insect interactions. Plant, Cell, and Environment 40:2743-2753.
Cotrozzi L, Couture JJ, Cavender-Bares J, Kingdon CC, Fallon B, Pilz G, Pellegrini E, Nali C, Townsend PA (2017) Using foliar spectral properties to assess the effects of drought on plant water potential. Tree Physiology 37:1582-1591.
Couture JJ, Meehan TD, Rubert-Nason KF, Lindroth RL (2017) Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and ozone on foliar quality of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) and paper birch (Betula papyrifera). Journal of Chemical Ecology 43:26-38. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-016-0798-4
Yuan M, Couture JJ, Townsend PA, Ruark MD, Bland WL (2016) Spectroscopic determination of leaf nitrogen and mass per area in sweet corn and snap bean. Agronomy Journal 8. DOI: 10.2134/agronj2016.05.0260
Couture JJ, Mason CJ, Habeck CW, Lindroth RL (2016) Behavioral and morphological responses of an insect herbivore to low nutrient quality are inhibited by plant chemical defenses. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 10:341-349 DOI 10.1007/s11829-016-9439-7
Couture JJ, Singh A, Rubert-Nason KF, Serbin SP, Lindroth RL, Townsend PA (2016) Spectroscopic determination of ecologically relevant plant secondary metabolites. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7: 1402-1412 DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12596
Cavender-Bares J, Meireles JE, Couture JJ, Kaproth M, Singh A, Kingdon CC, Center A, Zuniga E, Pilz G, Townsend PA (2016) Associations of leaf spectra with genotypic and phylogenetic variation in oaks: prospects for remote detection of biodiversity. Journal of Remote Sensing 221. DOI: 10.3390/rs8030221
Special Issue: Remote Sensing of Biodiversity
Cavender-Bares J, Meireles JE, Couture JJ, Kaproth M, Singh A, Kingdon CC, Center A, Zuniga E, Pilz G, Townsend PA (2016) Associations of leaf spectra with genotypic and phylogenetic variation in oaks: prospects for remote detection of biodiversity. Journal of Remote Sensing 221. DOI: 10.3390/rs8030221
Special Issue: Remote Sensing of Biodiversity
Holeski LM, McKenzie SC, Kruger EL, Couture JJ, Rubert-Nason KF, Lindroth RL (2016) Phytochemical traits underlie genotypic variation in susceptibility of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) to browsing by a keystone forest ungulate. Journal of Ecology 104: 850-863. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12559
Rubert-Nason KF, Couture JJ, Major IT, Constabel CP, Lindroth RL (2015) Influence of genotype, environment, and gypsy moth herbivory on local and systemic chemical defenses in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). Journal of Chemical Ecology 41:651-661. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-015-0600-z
Couture JJ, Serbin SP, Townsend PA (2015) Elevated temperature and periodic water stress alter growth and quality of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and monarch (Danaus plexippus) larval performance. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 9:149-161. DOI:10.1007/s11829-015-9367-y
Couture JJ, Meehan TD, Kruger EL, Lindroth RL (2015) Insect herbivory alters impact of atmospheric change on northern temperate forests. Nature Plants 15016. DOI: 10.1038/nplants.2015.16
Press:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/co2-boosts-trees-ups-damage-of-forest-pests-18757
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/leaf-eating-insects-may-limit-how-much-carbon-forests-absorb-study-says/
http://www.fondriest.com/news/hungrier-insects-shrink-forest-carbon-sink-under-higher-co2-concentrations.htm
Press:
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/co2-boosts-trees-ups-damage-of-forest-pests-18757
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/leaf-eating-insects-may-limit-how-much-carbon-forests-absorb-study-says/
http://www.fondriest.com/news/hungrier-insects-shrink-forest-carbon-sink-under-higher-co2-concentrations.htm
Meehan TD, Couture JJ, Bennett AE, Lindroth RL (2014) Herbivore-mediated materials fluxes in northern deciduous forests under elevated carbon dioxide and ozone concentrations. New Phytologist 204: 397-407 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12947
Hillstrom ML, Couture JJ, Lindroth RL (2014) Elevated carbon dioxide and ozone have weak,
idiosyncratic effects on herbivorous forest insect abundance, species richness, and community
composition. Insect Conservation and Diversity 7: 553-562. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12078
Mason CJ, Couture JJ, Raffa KF (2014) Plant-associated bacteria degrade defense chemicals and reduce their adverse effects on an insect defoliator. Oecologia 175: 901-910. DOI 10.1007/s00442-014-2950-6
Couture JJ, Lindroth RL (2014) Atmospheric change alters frass quality of forest canopy herbivores. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 8:33-47. DOI 10.1007/s11829-013-9286-8
Couture JJ, Holeski LM, Lindroth RL (2014) Impacts of long-term exposure to elevated CO2 and O3 on aspen foliar chemistry across multiple developmental stages. Plant, Cell and Environment 37: 758-765. DOI: 10.1111/pce.12195
Holeski LM, Zinkgraf MS, Couture JJ, Whitham TG, Lindroth RL (2013) Transgenerational effects of herbivory in a group of a long-lived tree species: maternal damage reduces offspring allocation to resistance traits, but not growth. Journal of Ecology 101: 1062-1073. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12110
Couture JJ, Serbin SP, Townsend PA (2013) Spectroscopic sensitivity of real-time, rapidly induced phytochemical change in response to damage. New Phytologist 198: 311-319. DOI:10.1111/nph.12159
Rubert-Nason KF, Holeski L, Couture JJ, Gusse A, Undersander DJ, Lindroth RL (2013) Rapid phytochemical analysis of birch (Betula) and poplar (Populus) foliage by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 405: 1333-1344. DOI:10.1007/s00216-012-6513-6
Couture JJ, Lindroth RL (2012) Atmospheric change alters performance of an invasive forest insect. Global Change Biology 18: 3543-3557. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12014
Couture JJ, Meehan TD, Lindroth RL (2012) Atmospheric change alters foliar quality of host trees and performance of multiple outbreak herbivores. Oecologia 168: 863-876. DOI:10.1007/s00442-011-2139-1
Couture JJ, Servi JS, Lindroth RL (2010) Increased nitrogen availability influences predator-prey interactions by altering host-plant quality. Chemoecology 20: 277-284. DOI:10.1007/s00049-010-0058-y
Book chapters
Couture JJ, Lindroth RL (2013) Impacts of atmospheric change on forest-arthropod interactions. In: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Global Challenges: Understanding and Solutions from Forest Research (eds Matyssek R, Clarke N, Cudlin P, Mikkelsen J-P, Weiser G, Paoletti E), pp 227-248, Elsevier, Netherlands.