All of the Lab's Publications Are Available Either as PDFs or Links to Journal Pages

Postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate students in the Frost Lab.



Book Chapters

Hunter MD, MC Hall, BC Reynolds, CJ Frost. 2012. Effects of Herbivores on Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes: The Role of Trait-Mediated Indirect Effects. In: Trait-Mediated Indirect Effects in Ecology. Eds: T Ohgushi, B Holt, and O Schmitz. Ecological Reviews, British Ecological Society. Cambridge University Press.

Frost CJ. 2012. "Confessions of a Frass Lover: Methods summary for canopy-forest floor interactions" in Methods in Forest Canopy Research (M.D. Lowman and T.D. Schowalter), University of California Press.


Peer-Reviewed Publications


2023

Frost CJ. Overlaps and tradeoffs in the diversity and inducibility of volatile chemical profiles among diverse sympatric neo-tropical canopy trees. Plant, Cell, and Environment [Online]

Frost CJ, Ramirez A, Khattri R, Merritt, M, Frost SC. Effects of β-Caryophyllene and oxygen availability on membrane cholesterol and fatty acids in breast cancer cells. Plos ONE [Online]

Frost CJ. Information Potential of an Ubiquitous Phytochemical Cue. New Phytologist [Online]


2022

Santangelo JS et al. Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375, 1275–1281 [Online]

Maurya AK, Pazouki L, Frost CJ. Priming Seeds with Indole and (Z)-3-Hexenyl Acetate Enhances Resistance against Herbivores and Stimulates Growth. Journal of Chemical Ecology [Online]


2021

Frost CJ. A Visual Technique Used by Citizen Scientists Shows Higher Herbivory in Understory vs Canopy Leaves of a Tropical Forest. Ecology. [PDF] [Online]

Lei,B, Frost CJ, Xu T, Herr JR, Carlson JE, Liang, H. Poplar Allene Oxide Synthase 1 Gene Promoter Drives Rapid and Localized Expression by Wounding. Biotechnology Journal International. [Online]

Wells RE, Frost CJ, Yanoviak SP. Effects of Azteca trigona alarm pheromones on heterospecific ant behavior. Insectes Sociaux [PDF] [Online]

Freundlich GE, Shields M, Frost CJ. Dispensing a Synthetic Green Leaf Volatile to Two Plant Species in a Common Garden Differentially Alters Physiological Responses and Herbivory. Agronomy [PDF] [Online]

2020

Maurya AK, Patel RC, Frost CJ. Acute toxicity of the plant volatile indole depends on herbivore specialization. Journal of Pest Science [PDF] [Online]

Adams RMM, Wells RE, Yanoviak SP, Frost CJ, Fox EGP. Interspecific eavesdropping on ant chemical communication. Invited Review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. [PDF][Online]

Harding SC, Frost CJ, Tsai CJ. Defoliation-induced compensatory transpiration is compromised in SUT4-RNAi Populus. Plant Direct [Online]

2019

Maurya AK, Pazouki L, Frost CJ. (2019). Plant seeds are primed by herbivore-induced plant volatiles. BioRxiv [BioRxiv Pre-Preprint]

Freundlich GE, Shields M, Frost CJ. Dispensing a Synthetic Green Leaf Volatile to Two Plant Species in a Common Garden Differentially Alters Physiological Responses and Herbivory. BioRxiv [BioRxiv Pre-Preprint] (NOTE: The final version of this paper is now published in Agronomy - see above in 2021 publications)

Maurya AK, Patel RC, Frost CJ. Acute toxicity of the plant volatile indole depends on herbivore specialization. BioRxiv [BioRxiv Pre-Preprint] (NOTE: The final version of this paper is now published in J.Pest.Sci - see above in 2020 publications)

Mbode MY, Chen Z, Khokhar D, Wolff A, Ai L, Heldermon CD, Boxdag M, Carta F, Supuran CT, Brown KD, Mckenna R, Frost CJ, Frost SC. A non-catalytic function of carbonic anhydrase IX contributes to the glycolytic phenotype and pH regulation in human breast cancer cells. Biochem J. 476(10):1497-1513. [Online] [BioRxiv Pre-Preprint PDF]

Mbode MY, Ramirez A, Alvarez A, Bullock A, O'Donnell R, Mathias JV, Davila J, Frost CJ, Frost SC (2019). Beta-Caryophyllene Enhances the Transcriptional Upregulation of SREBP-dependent Lipid Biosynthesis in Breast Cancer Cells. Current Topics in Biochemical Research [PDF] DOI:10.31300/CTBR.20.2019.1-16

2018

Bissmeyer SE, Freundlich GE, Frost CJ. 2018. The influence of dose of a plant-derived volatile cue on Arabidopsis thaliana resistance against insect herbivores. Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship. 2(1):84-95. [PDF] [Link to Article]

Chen ZA, Mboge MY, McKenna R, Frost CJ, Heldermon C, Frost SC 2018. UFH-001 cells: A novel triple negative, CAIX positive, human breast cancer model system, Cancer Biology and Therapy. [PDF][Link to Article]

2017

Middlebrooks EH, Frost CJ, Tuna IS, Schmalfuss IM, Rahman M, Old Crow A. Reduction of Motion Artifacts and Noise Utilizing Independent Component Analysis in Task-Based Functional MRI for Preoperative Planning in Brain Tumor Patients. American Journal of Neuroradiology. [PDF]

2016

Xue LJ, Frost CJ, Harding SC, Tsai CJ. Drought response transcriptomics are altered in poplar with reduced tonoplast sucrose transporter expression. Scientific Reports [PDF]

2015

Middlebrooks EH, Frost CJ, Dejesus RO, Massini TC, Schmalfuss IM, Mancuso AA. 2015. Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis: A Comprehensive Update of CT Findings and Design of an Effective Diagnostic Imaging Model. American Journal of Neuroradiology. [PDF]


2013

Xue, LJ, Guo, W, Yuan Y, Anino EO, Nyamdari B, Wilson MC, Frost CJ, Chen HY, Babst, BA, Harding SA, CJ Tsai. 2013. Constitutively elevated salicylic acid levels alter photosynthesis and oxidative state but not growth in transgenic Populus. The Plant Cell 25(7): 2714-2730 [PDF]


2012

Frost CJ, B Nyamdari, CJ Tsai, SA Harding. 2012. The tonoplast-localized sucrose transporter in Populus (PtaSUT4) regulates whole-plant water relations, responses to drought, and photosynthesis. Plos One 7(8): e44467 [PDF]

Frost CJ, JM Dean, E Smyers, MC Mescher, JE Carlson, CM De Moraes, JF Tooker. 2012. A petiole-galling insect herbivore decelerates leaf lamina litter decomposition rates. Functional Ecology 26(3):628-636 [PDF]


2011

Rodriguez-Saona CR, N Vorsa, A Singh, J Johnson-Cicalese, S Szendrei, MC Mescher, Frost CJ. 2011. Tracing the history of plant traits under domestication in cranberries: potential consequences on anti-herbivore defenses. Journal of Experimental Botany 62(8): 2633-2644 [PDF]


2010

Barakat A, A Bagniewska-Zadworna, Frost CJ, JE Carlson. 2010. Differential and coordinate response of CAD family genes against insect herbivory in hybrid Populus (P. deltoides x P. nigra). BMC Plant Biology 10:100 [PDF]

Dervinis C, Frost CJ, S Lawrence, N Novak, JM Davis. 2010. Cytokinin primes plant responses to wounding and reduces insect performance. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 29:289-296 [PDF]

Cha DH, HM Appel , Frost CJ, JC Schultz, and K Steiner. 2010. Forest responses to nitrogen deposition depend on herbivory and tree family variation. Forest Ecology and Management 259(10):1930-1937 [PDF]

Rodriguez-Saona CR and Frost CJ. 2010. New evidence for a multi-functional role of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in defense against herbivores. Plant Signaling and Behavior 5:58-60 [PDF]


2009

Rodriguez-Saona CR , LE Rodriguez-Saona, and Frost CJ. 2009. Herbivore-induced volatiles in the perennial shrub, Vaccinium corymbosum, and their role in inter-branch signaling. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35(2): 163-175 [PDF]


2008

Frost CJ, MC Mescher, C Dervinis, JM Davis, JE Carlson, and CM De Moraes. 2008. Priming defense genes and metabolites in hybrid poplar by the green leaf volatile cis-3-hexenyl acetate. New Phytologist 180:722-734. -corresponding author [PDF]

Liang H, Frost CJ, X Wei, NR Brown, JE Carlson, and M Tien. 2008. Improved sugar release from lignocellulosic material by introducing a tyrosine-rich cell wall peptide in poplar. Clean - Soil, Air, Water 36(8):662-668 [PDF]

Frost CJ, MC Mescher, JE Carlson, and CM De Moraes. 2008. Why do distance limitations exist on plant-plant signaling via airborne volatiles? Plant Signaling and Behavior 3(7):466-468 -corresponding author [PDF]

Frost CJ and MD Hunter. 2008. Herbivore-induced shifts in carbon and nitrogen allocation in red oak seedlings. New Phytologist 178:835-845 [PDF]

Frost CJ, MC Mescher, JE Carlson and CM De Moraes. 2008. Plant defense priming against herbivores: getting ready for a different battle. Plant Physiology 146:818-824 [PDF]

Bradford MA, T Gancos, and Frost CJ. 2008. Slow-cycle effects of foliar herbivory alter nitrogen acquisition and population structure of soil fauna. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40:1253-1258 [PDF]

Frost CJ and MD Hunter. 2008. Insect herbivores and their frass affect Quercus rubra leaf quality and initial stages of subsequent litter decomposition Oikos 117:13-22 [PDF]


2007

Frost CJ, HM Appel, JE Carlson, MC Mescher, CM De Moraes and JC Schultz. 2007. Within-plant signaling via volatiles overcomes vascular constraints on systemic signaling and primes responses against herbivores. Ecology Letters 10:490-498 [PDF]

Frost CJ and MD Hunter 2007. Recycling of nitrogen in herbivore feces: plant recovery, herbivore assimilation, soil retention, and leaching losses. Oecologia 151(1):42-53 [PDF]


2004

Frost CJ and MD Hunter 2004. Insect canopy herbivory and frass deposition affect soil nutrient dynamics and export from oak mesocosms. Ecology 85(12):3335-3347 [PDF]