Publications
2011 (in progress)
Rasmann S, De Vos M, Casteel C, Tian D, Sun JY, Agrawal A A, Felton G W, and Jander G. Transgenerational resistance against insect herbivory requires jasmonates and siRNA synthesis. (In Press).
Rasmann S, Hiltpold I, Ali J. The Role of Root-Produced Volatile Secondary Metabolites in Mediating Soil Interactions. Plant Physiology. InTech Open Access Publisher. (In press).
Agrawal AA, Petschenka G, and Bingham RA, and Rasmann S. Toxic cardenolides: Chemical ecology and coevolution of specialized plant-herbivore interactions. New Phytologist Tansley review. (In Press)
Johnson MTJ and Rasmann S. The latitudinal herbivorydefence hypothesis takes a detour on the map. New Phytologist. 191: 589–592.
Rasmann S and Agrawal AA . Evolution of specialization: a phylogenetic study of host range in the red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus). The American Naturalist.
read the PR at: http://www.asnamnat.org/node/105
The paper is also cited as a MUST READ (8) in F1000.
Heimpel G: "It is often assumed that closely related host species are more susceptible to being attacked..." Evaluation of: [Rasmann S, Agrawal AA. Evolution of specialization: a phylogenetic study of host range in the red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus). Am Nat. 2011 Jun; 177(6):728-37; doi: 10.1086/659948]. Faculty of 1000, 29 Nov 2011. F1000.com/13381986
Rasmann S and Agrawal AA. Latitudinal patterns in plant defense: evolution of cardenolides, their toxicity, and induction following herbivory. Ecology Letters. 14: 476-483 
Please, visit the special feature on "Evolutionary ecology of plant defences against herbivores".
Rasmann S, Erwin AC, Halitschke R, Agrawal AA. Direct and indirect root defences of milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): trophic cascades, trade-offs and novel methods for studying subterranean herbivory. Journal of Ecology. 99:16–25
Please visit the special feature on "Plant-mediated interactions between above- and belowground communities"
2010
Agrawal AA, Conner JK, and Rasmann S. Tradeoffs and adaptive negative correlations in evolutionary ecology. In: Bell, Eanes, Futuyma, and Levinton (editors), Evolution After Darwin: the First 150 Years. Sinauer Associates. 243-268. (ask me the PDF)
2009
Rasmann S, Johnson MD, Agrawal AA. Induced responses to herbivory and jasmonate in three milkweed species. Journal of Chemical Ecology.
Agrawal AA, Fishbein M, Halitschke R, Hastings AP, Rabosky DL, Rasmann S. The tempo of trait evolution: evidence for adaptive radiation from the study of plant defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of USA 106: 18067–18072.
Rasmann S, Agrawal AA, Cook SC, Erwin AC. Cardenolides, induced responses, and interactions between above and belowground herbivores in the milkweeds (Asclepias spp). Ecology 90: 2393-2404.
Rasmann S and AA Agrawal. Plant defense against herbivory: progress in identifying synergism,redundancy, and antagonism between resistance. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 1-6.
2008
Rasmann S and Agrawal AA. In defense of roots: a research agenda for studying plant resistance to belowground herbivory. Plant Physiology 146: 875-880.
Rasmann S and Turlings TCJ. First Insights into Specificity of Belowground Tritrophic Interactions. Oikos 117: 362–369.
2007
Rasmann S and Turlings TCJ. Simultaneous feeding by aboveground and belowground herbivores affects the plant-mediated attraction of their respective natural enemies. Ecology Letters 10: 926-936.
2005
Rasmann S, Kollner TG, Degenhardt J, Hiltpold I, Toepfer S, Kuhlmann U, Gershenzon J, and Turlings TCJ. Recruitment of entomopathogenic nematodes by insect-damaged maize roots. Nature 434: 732-737.
Gotthard K, Margraf N, Rasmann S, and Rahier M. The evolution of larval foraging behaviour in response to host plant variation in a leaf beetle. Oikos 109: 503-512.
