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Ritsuo Nishida

Ritsuo Nishida

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Biology and Biochemistry

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50
Citations
8154
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17714
National Ranking
1280

Overview

Ritsuo Nishida is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in research that intersects agricultural and biological sciences with medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biochemistry, and plant science.

The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics such as plant and animal studies, insect-plant interactions and control, insect behavior and control techniques, neurobiology and insect physiology research, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, insect utilization and effects, and insect pheromone research and control.

Ritsuo Nishida has contributed to several publications, with recent papers including:

  • Carotenoids of dragonflies, from the perspective of comparative biochemical and chemical ecological studies (2020), published in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
  • Elucidation of the whole carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of aphids at the gene level and arthropodal food chain involving aphids and the red dragonfly (2021), published in BMC Zoology
  • Carotenoids of hemipteran insects, from the perspective of chemo-systematic and chemical ecological studies (2021), published in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
  • Oviposition stimulants underlying different preferences between host races in the leaf-mining moth Acrocercops transecta (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) (2022), published in Scientific Reports
  • Synthesis and activity of 3-oxo-α-ionone analogs as male attractants for the solanaceous fruit fly, Bactrocera latifrons (Diptera: Tephritidae) (2021), published in Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Frequent coauthors in Nishida's research include Hajime Ono, K. H. Tan, Takashi Maoka, Naoki Kawase, and Tetsuyuki Uéda. Their collaborative work spans multiple projects and enriches the scope of research in insect science and related biochemical studies.

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect a focus on biochemical and ecological interactions, with the majority of papers appearing in Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, as well as journals such as BMC Zoology, Scientific Reports, Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, and the Journal of Chemical Ecology.

The interdisciplinary nature of Nishida's research integrates aspects of chemical ecology, biochemical pathways particularly related to carotenoids, and insect behavior and physiology. This body of work contributes to a deeper understanding of ecological relationships and biochemical mechanisms in insect and plant systems.

Best Publications

  • Sequestration of defensive substances from plants by Lepidoptera.

    Ritsuo Nishida

  • Methyl Eugenol: Its Occurrence, Distribution, and Role in Nature, Especially in Relation to Insect Behavior and Pollination

    Keng Hong Tan;Ritsuo Nishida

  • Synonymization of key pest species within the Bactrocera dorsalis species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae): taxonomic changes based on a review of 20 years of integrative morphological, molecular, cytogenetic, behavioural and chemoecological data

    Mark K. Schutze;Mark K. Schutze;Nidchaya Aketarawong;Weerawan Amornsak;Karen F. Armstrong

  • Accumulation of phenylpropanoids in the rectal glands of males of the Oriental fruit fly, Dacus dorsalis

    R. Nishida;K. H. Tan;M. Serit;N. H. Lajis

  • Sequestration of distasteful compounds by some pharmacophagous insects

    Ritsuo Nishida;Hiroshi Fukami

  • Sex pheromone and mating competition after methyl eugenol consumption in the Bactrocera dorsalis complex

    Keng-Hong Tan;R. Nishida

  • Mutual reproductive benefits between a wild orchid, Bulbophyllum patens, and Bactrocera fruit flies via a Floral synomone

    Keng-hong Tan;Ritsuo Nishida

  • Chemical ecology of insect–plant interactions: ecological significance of plant secondary metabolites

    Ritsuo Nishida

  • Odor thresholds of the stereoisomers of methyl jasmonate

    Terry E. Acree;Ritsuo Nishida;Hiroshi Fukami

  • α-copaene, a potential rendezvous cue for the mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata ?

    Ritsuo Nishida;Todd E. Shelly;Timothy S. Whittier;Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro

  • Floral Synomone of a Wild Orchid, Bulbophyllum cheiri, Lures Bactrocera Fruit Flies for Pollination

    Keng-Hong Tan;Ritsuo Nishida;Yock-Chai Toong

  • Oviposition stimulants of aCitrus-feeding swallowtail butterfly,Papilio xuthus L

    R. Nishida;T. Ohsugi;S. Kokubo;H. Fukami

  • Ecological adaptation of an Aristolochiaceae-feeding swallowtail butterfly,Atrophaneura alcinous, to aristolochic acids

    Ritsuo Nishida;Hiroshi Fukami

  • Fatty Acid-amino Acid Conjugates Diversification in Lepidopteran Caterpillars

    Naoko Yoshinaga;Hans T. Alborn;Tomoaki Nakanishi;David M. Suckling

  • Male sex pheromone of a giant danaine butterfly,Idea leuconoe

    R. Nishida;S. Schulz;C. S. Kim;H. Fukami

  • Ecological significance of male attractant in the defence and mating strategies of the fruit fly, Bactrocera papayae

    Tan Keng Hong;Ritsuo Nishida

  • Scheloribatid mites as the source of pumiliotoxins in dendrobatid frogs.

    Wataru Takada;Tomoyo Sakata;Satoshi Shimano;Yoshinari Enami

  • Sex pheromone of the German cockroach (Blattella germanica L.) responsible for male wing-raising: 3,11-dimethyl-2-nonacosanone.

    R. Nishida;H. Fukami;S. Ishii

  • Acquisition of female-attracting fragrance by males of Oriental fruit fly from a Hawaiian lei flower, Fagraea berteriana

    Ritsuo Nishida;Todd E. Shelly;Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro

  • Oviposition stimulants of an Aristolochiaceae-feeding swallowtail butterfly,Atrophaneura alcinous.

    Ritsuo Nishida;Hiroshi Fukami

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd E. Shelly
Todd E. Shelly United States Department of Agriculture
James H. Tumlinson
James H. Tumlinson Pennsylvania State University
Fumio Matsuda
Fumio Matsuda Osaka University
Hans T. Alborn
Hans T. Alborn United States Department of Agriculture
Kostas Bourtzis
Kostas Bourtzis International Atomic Energy Agency
Naohiko Anzai
Naohiko Anzai Chiba University
Walter S. Leal
Walter S. Leal University of California, Davis
Hitoshi Endou
Hitoshi Endou Kyorin University
Eric B. Jang
Eric B. Jang Agricultural Research Service
Sunday Ekesi
Sunday Ekesi International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

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