College of Agricultural Sciences

M. - Y. Choi, Groot, A., and Jurenka, R. A., “Pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the moths Heliothis subflexa and Heliothis virescens”, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 53 - 58, 2005.

M. - Y. Choi, Han, K. Sik, Boo, K. Saeng, and Jurenka, R. A., “Pheromone biosynthetic pathways in the moths Helicoverpa zea and Helicoverpa assulta.”, Insect Biochem Mol Biol, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1353-9, 2002.

R. VanderMeer and Choi, M. - Y., “ Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN)/Pyrokinin Family of Peptides and Fire Ants, Solenopsis spp”, Formosan Entomologist, no. 31, pp. 1-15, 2011.

M. - Y. Choi, Meer, R. K. Vander, Coy, M., and Scharf, M. E., “Phenotypic impacts of PBAN RNA interference in an ant, Solenopsis invicta, and a moth, Helicoverpa zea”, Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 58, no. 8, pp. 1159 - 1165, 2012.

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.

M. - Y. Choi, Raina, A., and Meer, R. K. Vander, “PBAN/pyrokinin peptides in the central nervous system of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta”, Cell and Tissue Research, vol. 335, no. 2, pp. 431 - 439, 2009.

M. - Y. Choi and Jurenka, R. A., “PBAN stimulation of pheromone biosynthesis by inducing calcium influx in pheromone glands of Helicoverpa zea”, Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 555 - 560, 2004.

M. - Y. Choi, Meer, R. K. Vander, Shoemaker, D. W., and Valles, S. M., “PBAN gene architecture and expression in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta”, Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 161 - 165, 2011.

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.

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 Meer, R. K. Vander, “Molecular Structure and Diversity of PBAN/pyrokinin Family Peptides in Ants”, Frontiers in Endocrinology, vol. 3, 2012.

P. S. Stern, Yu, L., Choi, M. - Y., Jurenka, R. A., Becker, L., and Rafaeli, A., “Molecular modeling of the binding of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide to its receptor”, Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 803 - 818, 2007.

M. - Y. Choi, Meer, R. K. Vander, and Valles, S. M., “Molecular diversity of PBAN family peptides from fire ants”, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, vol. 74, pp. 67-80, 2010.

J. J. Hull, Brent, C. S., Choi, M. - Y., Mikó, Z., Fodor, J., and Fónagy, A., “Molecular and Functional Characterization of Pyrokinin-like Peptides in the Western Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae)”, Insects, vol. 12, no. 10, p. 914, 2021.

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. Joon Ahn, Choi, M. - Y., and Boo, K. Saeng, “Mating Effect on Sex Pheromone Production of the Oriental tobacco budworm, Helicoverpa assulta”, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 43 - 48, 2002.

R. K. Vander Meer, Preston, C. A., and Choi, M. - Y., “Isolation of a Pyrazine Alarm Pheromone Component from the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 163 - 170, 2010.

M. - Y. Choi, Tanaka, M., Kataoka, H., Boo, K. S., and Tatsuki, S., “Isolation and identification of the cDNA encoding the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide and additional neuropeptides in the oriental tobacco budworm, Helicoverpa assulta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).”, Insect Biochem Mol Biol, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 759-66, 1998.

M. - Y. Choi and Boo, K. S., “Initiation and termination of pupal diapause in the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea”, Korean Journal of Applied Entomology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 139-144, 1987.

M. - Y. Choi and Meer, R. K. Vander, “Identification of a new member of the PBAN family of neuropeptides from the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta”, Insect Molecular Biology, vol. 18, no. 2B, pp. 161 - 169, 2009.

M. - Y. Choi, Lee, J. Min, Han, K. Sik, and Boo, K. Saeng, “Identification of a new member of PBAN family and immunoreactivity in the central nervous system from Adoxophyes sp. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)”, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 927 - 935, 2004.

M. - Y. Choi, Fuerst, E. - J., Rafaeli, A., and Jurenka, R., “Identification of a G protein-coupled receptor for pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide from pheromone glands of the moth Helicoverpa zea”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 100, no. 17466149061611954616317151413679168061-3, pp. 9721 - 9726, 2003.

S. - J. Ahn, Donnell, R. J. Mc, Corcoran, J. A., Martin, R. C., and Choi, M. - Y., “Identification and functional characterization of the first molluscan neuromedin U receptor in the slug, Deroceras reticulatum.”, Sci Rep, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 22308, 2020.

J. - S. Yoon, Ahn, S. - J., Flinn, C. M., and Choi, M. - Y., “Identification and functional analysis of dsRNases in spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii.”, Arch Insect Biochem Physiol, p. e21822, 2021.