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Xuguo Zhou is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research centers primarily on topics related to insect biology, pest management, and molecular interactions between insects and plants.

Their publication record includes contributions across multiple subfields of study, with a focus on insect science, molecular biology, plant science, genetics, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main fields of study for Zhou's work are:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the prominent subfields Zhou has contributed to include:

  • Insect Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Zhou's research topics cover a range of areas around insect resistance, genetics, and interactions with pesticides and plants. Key topics include:

  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhou include:

  • Youjun Zhang
  • Qingjun Wu
  • Zhaojiang Guo
  • Shaoli Wang
  • Austin Merchant

Zhou often publishes in venues related to pest and pesticide science, physiology, and microbiology, with multiple contributions in:

  • Pest Management Science
  • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Representative recent papers include:

  • "Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins," 2021, published in Cell
  • "MAPK-directed activation of the whitefly transcription factor CREB leads to P450-mediated imidacloprid resistance," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "MAPK-dependent hormonal signaling plasticity contributes to overcoming Bacillus thuringiensis toxin action in an insect host," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Gene reuse facilitates rapid radiation and independent adaptation to diverse habitats in the Asian honeybee," 2020, published in Science Advances
  • "Epitranscriptomic regulation of insecticide resistance," 2021, published in Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Genome sequencing of the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED/Q

    Wen Xie;Chunhai Chen;Zezhong Yang;Litao Guo

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

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

  • Mitochondrial phylogenomics of Hemiptera reveals adaptive innovations driving the diversification of true bugs.

    Hu Li;John Moeller Leavengood Jr.;Eric G. Chapman;Daniel Burkhardt

  • 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

  • MAPK Signaling Pathway Alters Expression of Midgut ALP and ABCC Genes and Causes Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Toxin in Diamondback Moth

    Zhaojiang Guo;Shi Kang;Defeng Chen;Qingjun Wu

  • Reference Gene Selection for qRT-PCR Analysis in the Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

    Rumei Li;Wen Xie;Shaoli Wang;Qingjun Wu

  • Multiple Forms of Vector Manipulation by a Plant-Infecting Virus: Bemisia tabaci and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus

    Baiming Liu;Evan L Preisser;Dong Chu;Huipeng Pan

  • Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins

    Jixing Xia;Zhaojiang Guo;Zezhong Yang;Haolin Han

  • Rapid Spread of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in China Is Aided Differentially by Two Invasive Whiteflies

    Huipeng Pan;Dong Chu;Wenqian Yan;Qi Su

  • 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

  • Novel mutations and mutation combinations of ryanodine receptor in a chlorantraniliprole resistant population of Plutella xylostella (L.)

    Lei Guo;Pei Liang;Xuguo Zhou;Xiwu Gao

  • Capturing the Phylogeny of Holometabola with Mitochondrial Genome Data and Bayesian Site-Heterogeneous Mixture Models.

    Fan Song;Hu Li;Pei Jiang;Xuguo Zhou

  • Exploring valid reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR analysis in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae).

    Wei Fu;Wen Xie;Zhuo Zhang;Shaoli Wang

  • 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

  • Corpse management in social insects.

    Qian Sun;Xuguo Zhou

  • 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

  • MAPK-directed activation of the whitefly transcription factor CREB leads to P450-mediated imidacloprid resistance.

    Xin Yang;Shun Deng;Xuegao Wei;Jing Yang

  • The Complete Mitochondrial Genome and Novel Gene Arrangement of the Unique-Headed Bug Stenopirates sp. (Hemiptera: Enicocephalidae)

    Hu Li;Hui Liu;Aimin Shi;Pavel Štys

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Youjun Zhang
Youjun Zhang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Wen Xie
Wen Xie University of Pittsburgh
Michael E. Scharf
Michael E. Scharf Purdue University West Lafayette
Kenneth F. Haynes
Kenneth F. Haynes University of Kentucky
Hu Li
Hu Li Guizhou University
Yong Liu
Yong Liu Central South University
Blair D. Siegfried
Blair D. Siegfried Pennsylvania State University
Xiwu Gao
Xiwu Gao China Agricultural University
Evan L. Preisser
Evan L. Preisser University of Rhode Island
Richard L. Hellmich
Richard L. Hellmich Iowa State University

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