College of Agricultural Sciences

K. Velasco Graham, Choi, M. - Y., and Lee, J. C., “Attracting Chrysopidae With Plant Volatiles for Lace Bug (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Control in Rhododendrons and Azaleas.”, J Insect Sci, vol. 20, no. 5, 2020.

S. - J. Ahn, Corcoran, J. A., Meer, R. K. Vander, and Choi, M. - Y., “Identification and Characterization of GPCRs for Pyrokinin and CAPA Peptides in the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae).”, Front Physiol, vol. 11, p. 559, 2020.

S. - J. Ahn, Oh, H. - W., Corcoran, J., Kim, J. - A., Park, K. - C., Park, C. Gyoo, and Choi, M. - Y., “Sex-biased gene expression in antennae of Drosophila suzukii.”, Arch Insect Biochem Physiol, vol. 104, no. 1, p. e21660, 2020.

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.