College of Agricultural Sciences

D. H. Cha, Skabeikis, D., Collignon, R. M., Siderhurst, M., Choi, M. - Y., and R. Meer, V., “Behavioral response of little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), to trail chemicals laid on epiphytic moss”, J. Insect Behavior (in press), 2019.

M. - Y. Choi, Lucas, H., Sagili, R., Cha, D. H., and Lee, J. C., “Effect of Erythritol on Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Presence of Naturally-Occurring Sugar Sources, and on the Survival of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae).”, Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 112, no. 2, 2019.

M. - Y. Choi and Lee, J., “Insecticidal Compositions and Methods to Kill Insects”, U.S. Patent 62/863,3022019.

S. - J. Ahn, Donahue, K. M., Koh, Y., Martin, R., and Choi, M. - Y., “Microbial-based dsRNA production to develop cost-effective RNAi application for insect pest management”, International Journal of Insect Science, vol. 11, pp. 1-8, 2019.

S. Garczynski, Hendrickson, C., Harper, A., Unruh, T., Dhingra, A., Ahn, S. - J., and Choi, M. - Y., “Neuropeptides and peptide hormones identified in codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)”, Archives of Insect Biochem. Physiol. (in press), 2019.

S. F. Garczynski, Hendrickson, C. A., Harper, A., Unruh, T. R., Dhingra, A., Ahn, S. - J., and Choi, M. - Y., “Neuropeptides and peptide hormones identified in codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).”, Arch Insect Biochem Physiol, vol. 101, no. 4, p. e21587, 2019.

M. - Y. Choi and VanderMeer, R., “Phenotypic Effects of PBAN RNAi Using Oral Delivery of dsRNA to Corn Earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Tobacco Budworm Larvae”, Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 112, no. 1, 2019.

X. Dou, Liu, S., Ahn, S. - J., Choi, M. - Y., and Jurenka, R., “Transcriptional comparison between pheromone gland-ovipositor and tarsi in the corn earworm moth Helicoverpa zea”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics (in press), 2019.

S. Dou, Lui, S., Ahn, S. - J., Choi, M. - Y., and Jurenka, R., “Transcriptional comparison between pheromone gland-ovipositor and tarsi in the corn earworm moth Helicoverpa zea”. 2019.

S. Dou, Liu, S., Ahn, S. - J., Choi, M. - Y., and Jurenka, R., “Transcriptional comparison between pheromone gland-ovipositor and tarsi in the corn earworm moth Helicoverpa zea”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics , 2019.

X. Dou, Liu, S., Ahn, S. - J., Choi, M. - Y., and Jurenka, R., “Transcriptional comparison between pheromone gland-ovipositor and tarsi in the corn earworm moth Helicoverpa zea.”, Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics, vol. 31, p. 100604, 2019.

M. - Y. Choi and Meer, R. Vander, “Bioactive peptides having insecticides activity”, U.S. Patent 10,017,5382018.

R. Vander Meer, Choi, M. - Y., Schmitt, C. D. Dorme, and Becker, A., “Double-stranded RNA constructs to control insect pests”, U.S. Patent 10,093,9282018.

S. - J. Ahn and Choi, M. - Y., “Identification and characterization of capa and pyrokinin genes in the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera): Gene structure, immunocytochemistry, and differential expression.”, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 99, no. 3, p. e21500, 2018.

R. Vander Meer and Choi, M. - Y., “Lepidopteran Moth Control Using Double-Stranded RNA Constructs”, U.S. Patent 10,093,9252018.

D. E. Gundersen-Rindal, Adrianos, S. L., Allen, M. L., Becnel, J. J., Chen, Y. P., Choi, M. - Y., Estep, A., Evans, J. D., Garczynski, S. F., Geib, S. M., Ghosh, S. K. B., Handler, A. M., Hasegawa, D. K., Heerman, M. C., .J.Hull, J., Hunter, W. B., Kaur, N., Li, J., Li, W., Ling, K. - S., Nayduch, D., Oppert, B. S., Perera, O. P., Perkin, L. C., Sanscrainte, N. D., Sim, S. B., Sparks, M. E., Temeyer, K. B., Meer, R. K. Vander, Wintermantel, W. M., James, R. R., Hackett16, K. J., and Coates, B. S., “Arthropod genomics research in the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service: Applications of RNA interference and CRISPR gene editing technologies in pest control”, Trends in Entomology, vol. 13, pp. 109-137, 2017.

S. - J. Ahn, Martin, R., Rao, S., and Choi, M. - Y., “The complete mitochondrial genome of the gray garden slug Deroceras reticulatum (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)”, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, vol. 219, no. 1, pp. 255 - 256, 2017.

S. Bee Tang, Lee, J. C., Jung, J. Kyo, and Choi, M. - Y., “Effect of erythritol formulation on the mortality, fecundity and physiological excretion in Drosophila suzukii.”, J Insect Physiol, vol. 101, pp. 178-184, 2017.

M. - Y. Choi, Tang, S. Bee, Ahn, S. - J., Amarasekare, K. G., Shearer, P. W., and Lee, J. C., “Effect of non-nutritive sugars to decrease the survivorship of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii”, Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 99, pp. 86 - 94, 2017.

M. - Y. Choi, Ahn, S. - J., A. Kim, Y., and Koh, Y., “Identification and characterization of pyrokinin and CAPA peptides, and corresponding GPCRs from spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, vol. 246, pp. 354 - 362, 2017.

R. VanderMeer and Choi, M. - Y., “Lepidopteran Moth Control Using Double-Stranded RNA Constructs”, 2017.

S. - J. Ahn, Martin, R., Rao, S., and Choi, M. - Y., “Neuropeptides predicted from the transcriptome analysis of the gray garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum”, Peptides, 2017.

M. - Y. Choi and VanderMeer, R., “Bioactive peptides having insecticide activity”, U.S. Patent 621313422016.

P. Nguyen, Kim, A. - Y., Jung, J. Kyo, Donahue, K. M., Jung, C., Choi, M. - Y., and Koh, Y. Ho, “The Biochemical Adaptations of Spotted Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) to Fresh Fruits Reduced Fructose Concentrations and Glutathione-S Transferase Activities”, Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 109, no. 2, pp. 973 - 981, 2016.

Y. Ha Kim, Hur, J. Haeng, Lee, G. Seok, Choi, M. - Y., and Koh, Y. Ho, “Rapid and highly accurate detection of Drosophila suzukii, spotted wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) by loop-mediated isothermal amplification assays”, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, vol. 19, pp. 1211–1216, 2016.