College of Agricultural Sciences

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

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

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

R. VanderMeer and Choi, M. - Y., “Formicidae (Ant) control using double-stranded RNA constructs”, 2013.

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.

R. VanderMeer and Choi, M. - Y., “Control of insect pests through RNAi of Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide Receptor”, 2015.

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

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

M. - Y. Choi, “Pheromone Research May Lead to New Insect Control Methods”, Entomology Today, 2014.

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, 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, Ahn, S. - J., Park, K. - C., Meer, R. Vander, é, R. T., and Jurenka, R., “Tarsi of Male Heliothine Moths Contain Aldehydes and Butyrate Esters as Potential Pheromone Components”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 425 - 432, 2016.

S. Avant and Choi, M. - Y., “Targeting pheromones in fire ants”, Agricultural Research, vol. 62, p. 6, 2014.

S. M. Valles, Porter, S. D., Choi, M. - Y., and Oi, D. H., “Successful transmission of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 to Solenopsis invicta fire ant colonies in oil, sugar, and cricket bait formulations”, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, vol. 113, no. 3, pp. 198 - 204, 2013.

A. Rafaeli, Bober, R., Becker, L., Choi, M. - Y., Fuerst, E. - J., and Jurenka, R., “Spatial distribution and differential expression of the PBAN receptor in tissues of adult Helicoverpa spp. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)”, Insect Molecular Biology, vol. 167167, no. 3, pp. 287 - 293, 2007.

M. - Y. Choi and Jurenka, R. A., “Site-directed mutagenesis and PBAN activation of the Helicoverpa zea PBAN-receptor”, FEBS Letters, vol. 584, no. 6, pp. 1212 - 1216, 2010.

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.

K. S. Boo, Choi, M. - Y., Chung, I. B., Eastop, V. F., Pickett, J. A., Wadhams, L. J., and Woodcock, C. M., “Sex Pheromone of the Peach Aphid, Tuberocephalus momonis, and Optimal Blends for Trapping Males and Females in the Field”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 601 - 609, 2000.

R. A. Jurenka, Subchev, M., Abad, J. - L., Choi, M. - Y., and Fabrias, G., “Sex pheromone biosynthetic pathway for disparlure in the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 100, no. 33953323262101, pp. 809 - 814, 2003.

M. - Y. Choi, Fuerst, E. - J., Rafaeli, A., and Jurenka, R., “Role of extracellular domains in PBAN/pyrokinin GPCRs from insects using chimera receptors”, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 296 - 306, 2007.

M. - Y. Choi and Jurenka, R. A., “Role of Extracellular Ca²⁺ and Calcium Channel Activated by a G Protein-Coupled Receptor Regulating Pheromone Production in Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)”, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, vol. 99, no. 5, pp. 905 - 909, 2006.

M. - Y. Choi, Tatsuki, S., and Boo, K. Saeng, “Regulation of sex pheromone biosynthesis in the oriental tobacco budworm, Helicoverpa assulta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)”, Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 44, no. 7-8, pp. 653 - 658, 1998.

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.

M. - Y. Choi, Rafaeli, A., and Jurenka, R. A., “Pyrokinin/PBAN-like peptides in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster”, Cell and Tissue Research, vol. 306, no. 3, pp. 459 - 465, 2001.