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Michael E. Scharf is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They specialize in subfields such as Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science, alongside Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their scholarly work addresses topics including Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Insects and Parasite Interactions, Insect Pest Control Strategies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, as well as Dermatological Diseases and Infestations.

Michael E. Scharf has published extensively in journals such as Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Scientific Reports, Current Opinion in Insect Science, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Insects. These outlets represent frequent venues for their research dissemination.

The following recent papers illustrate key areas of their research:

  • Synergistic Toxicity Interactions between Plant Essential Oil Components against the Common Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius L.), 2020, Insects
  • Larval pesticide exposure impacts monarch butterfly performance, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Plant essential oil constituents enhance deltamethrin toxicity in a resistant population of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius L.) by inhibiting cytochrome P450 enzymes, 2021, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Bed bugs, Cimex lectularius L., exhibiting metabolic and target site deltamethrin resistance are susceptible to plant essential oils, 2020, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Excretion of non-metabolized insecticides in honeydew of striped pine scale, 2020, Chemosphere

Frequent collaborators include Ameya D. Gondhalekar, Zachery M. Wolfe, Sudip Gaire, Chow-Yang Lee, and Marta Murgia. These co-authors have contributed to multiple research outputs alongside Michael E. Scharf.

Best Publications

  • Molecular traces of alternative social organization in a termite genome

    Nicolas Terrapon;Nicolas Terrapon;Cai Li;Hugh M. Robertson;Lu Ji

  • Social exploitation of hexamerin: RNAi reveals a major caste-regulatory factor in termites

    Xuguo Zhou;Faith M. Oi;Michael E. Scharf

  • Genome-wide transcription profile of field- and laboratory-selected dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)-resistant Drosophila

    J. H. F. Pedra;L. M. McIntyre;M. E. Scharf;Barry R. Pittendrigh

  • Parallel metatranscriptome analyses of host and symbiont gene expression in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes.

    Aurélien Tartar;Aurélien Tartar;Marsha M Wheeler;Marsha M Wheeler;Xuguo Zhou;Xuguo Zhou;Monique R Coy

  • RNA interference in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes through ingestion of double-stranded RNA.

    Xuguo Zhou;Marsha M. Wheeler;Faith M. Oi;Michael E. Scharf

  • Unique features of a global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome

    Joshua B. Benoit;Zach N. Adelman;Klaus Reinhardt;Amanda Dolan

  • Gene expression in honey bee (Apis mellifera) larvae exposed to pesticides and Varroa mites (Varroa destructor)

    Aleš Gregorc;Jay D. Evans;Mike Scharf;James D. Ellis

  • Correlation of cellulase gene expression and cellulolytic activity throughout the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes.

    Xuguo Zhou;Joseph A. Smith;Faith M. Oi;Philip G. Koehler

  • Termite digestomes as sources for novel lignocellulases

    Michael E. Scharf;Aurélien Tartar

  • Larval susceptibility of an insecticide-resistant western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) population to soil insecticides: laboratory bioassays, assays of detoxification enzymes, and field performance.

    Robert J. Wright;Michael E. Scharf;Lance J. Meinke;Xuguo Zhou

  • Caste- and development-associated gene expression in a lower termite.

    Michael E. Scharf;Dancia Wu-Scharf;Barry Robert Pittendrigh;Gary W. Bennett

  • Behavioral and Physiological Resistance of the German Cockroach to Gel Baits (Blattodea: Blattellidae)

    Changlu Wang;Michael E. Scharf;Gary W. Bennett

  • Nicotinoid and pyrethroid insecticide resistance in houseflies (Diptera: Muscidae) collected from Florida dairies.

    Phillip E Kaufman;Sonia C Nunez;Rajinder S Mann;Christopher J Geden

  • The hindgut lumen prokaryotic microbiota of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes and its responses to dietary lignocellulose composition

    Drion G. Boucias;Yunpeng Cai;Yijun Sun;Verena-Ulrike Lietze

  • Gene expression profiles among immature and adult reproductive castes of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes.

    M. E. Scharf;D. Wu-Scharf;X. Zhou;B. R. Pittendrigh

  • Expression of Cyp6g1 and Cyp12d1 in DDT resistant and susceptible strains of Drosophila melanogaster

    R. A. Festucci‐Buselli;A. S. Carvalho‐Dias;M. De Oliveira‐Andrade;C. Caixeta‐Nunes

  • Hexamerin-based regulation of juvenile hormone-dependent gene expression underlies phenotypic plasticity in a social insect.

    Xuguo Zhou;Matthew R. Tarver;Michael E. Scharf

  • Expression and induction of three family 4 cytochrome P450 (CYP4)* genes identified from insecticide‐resistant and susceptible western corn rootworms, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

    M. E. Scharf;S. Parimi;Lance J. Meinke;L. D. Chandler

  • Differential expression and induction of two Drosophila cytochrome P450 genes near the Rst(2)DDT locus.

    A. Brandt;M. Scharf;J. H.F. Pedra;G. Holmes

  • Rapid evolutionary responses to insecticide resistance management interventions by the German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.)

    Mahsa Fardisi;Ameya D. Gondhalekar;Aaron R. Ashbrook;Michael E. Scharf

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuguo Zhou
Xuguo Zhou University of Kentucky
Blair D. Siegfried
Blair D. Siegfried Pennsylvania State University
Drion G. Boucias
Drion G. Boucias University of Florida
Ian Kaplan
Ian Kaplan Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert M. Waterhouse
Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William M. Muir
William M. Muir Purdue University West Lafayette
Edward L. Vargo
Edward L. Vargo Texas A&M University
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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