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Overview

Yidong Wu is affiliated with Nanjing Agricultural University in China and has a research focus primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work predominantly covers Molecular Biology, Insect Science, and Plant Science, with additional contributions in Surgery and Organic Chemistry.

The main themes of their research include Insect Resistance and Genetics, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Insect Pest Control Strategies, and Genetically Modified Organisms Research.

Yidong Wu has coauthored extensively with a number of researchers, including Yihua Yang, with whom they have collaborated on 50 publications, followed by Xingliang Wang (14 coauthored papers), Fang Guan (12 papers), Yu Shi (11 papers), and Yayun Zuo (10 papers).

Their research has appeared consistently in several scientific venues, especially in:

  • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology (13 publications)
  • Pest Management Science (10 publications)
  • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (9 publications)
  • Insect Science (6 publications)
  • Journal of Economic Entomology (5 publications)

Some of Yidong Wu's recent papers include:

  • Genome mapping coupled with CRISPR gene editing reveals a P450 gene confers avermectin resistance in the beet armyworm, 2021, PLoS Genetics
  • Whole-genome sequencing to detect mutations associated with resistance to insecticides and Bt proteins in Spodoptera frugiperda, 2020, Insect Science
  • Functional redundancy of two ABC transporter proteins in mediating toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis to cotton bollworm, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Global population genomic signature of Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm) supports complex introduction events across the Old World, 2022, Communications Biology
  • Determinants of Insecticide Resistance Evolution: Comparative Analysis Among Heliothines, 2022, Annual Review of Entomology

Best Publications

  • Enhanced strength and ductility in a high-entropy alloy via ordered oxygen complexes

    Zhifeng Lei;Xiongjun Liu;Yuan Wu;Hui Wang

  • A refractory Hf25Nb25Ti25Zr25 high-entropy alloy with excellent structural stability and tensile properties

    Y.D. Wu;Y.H. Cai;T. Wang;J.J. Si

  • Disruption of a Cadherin Gene Associated with Resistance to Cry1Ac δ-Endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in Helicoverpa armigera

    Xinjun Xu;Liangying Yu;Yidong Wu

  • Genomic innovations, transcriptional plasticity and gene loss underlying the evolution and divergence of two highly polyphagous and invasive Helicoverpa pest species

    S. L. Pearce;D. F. Clarke;D. F. Clarke;P. D. East;S. Elfekih

  • Phase composition and solid solution strengthening effect in TiZrNbMoV high-entropy alloys

    Y.D. Wu;Y.H. Cai;X.H. Chen;T. Wang

  • CYP6AE gene cluster knockout in Helicoverpa armigera reveals role in detoxification of phytochemicals and insecticides.

    Huidong Wang;Yu Shi;Lu Wang;Shuai Liu

  • Biotype and insecticide resistance status of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci from China

    Zhenyu Wang;Haifei Yan;Yihua Yang;Yidong Wu

  • High levels of resistance to chlorantraniliprole evolved in field populations of Plutella xylostella.

    Xingliang Wang;Yidong Wu

  • Diverse genetic basis of field-evolved resistance to Bt cotton in cotton bollworm from China

    Haonan Zhang;Wen Tian;Jing Zhao;Lin Jin

  • The involvement of microsomal oxidases in pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera from Asia

    Y. Yang;Y. Wu;S. Chen;G. J. Devine

  • Large-scale test of the natural refuge strategy for delaying insect resistance to transgenic Bt crops

    Lin Jin;Haonan Zhang;Yanhui Lu;Yihua Yang

  • Early warning of cotton bollworm resistance associated with intensive planting of Bt cotton in China.

    Haonan Zhang;Wei Yin;Jing Zhao;Lin Jin

  • Characterisation of abamectin resistance in a field-evolved multiresistant population of Plutella xylostella.

    Xin Pu;Yihua Yang;Shuwen Wu;Yidong Wu

  • Insecticide Resistance Status of Field Populations of Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from China

    Wunan Che;Tian Shi;Yidong Wu;Yihua Yang

  • Efficacy of genetically modified Bt toxins against insects with different genetic mechanisms of resistance

    Bruce E. Tabashnik;Fangneng P. Huang;Mukti N. Ghimire;B. Rogers Leonard

  • Characterisation of field-evolved resistance to chlorantraniliprole in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, from China.

    Xingliang Wang;Shem K Khakame;Chao Ye;Yihua Yang

  • Functional validation of cadherin as a receptor of Bt toxin Cry1Ac in Helicoverpa armigera utilizing the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

    Jing Wang;Haonan Zhang;Huidong Wang;Shan Zhao

  • Current status of insecticide resistance in Helicoverpa armigera after 15 years of Bt cotton planting in China.

    Yihua Yang;Yapeng Li;Yidong Wu

  • Dominant point mutation in a tetraspanin gene associated with field-evolved resistance of cotton bollworm to transgenic Bt cotton

    Lin Jin;Jing Wang;Fang Guan;Jianpeng Zhang

  • Detection and Mechanisms of Resistance Evolved in Insects to Cry Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis

    Yidong Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yihua Yang
Yihua Yang Nanjing Agricultural University
Xidong Hui
Xidong Hui University of Science and Technology Beijing
Bruce E. Tabashnik
Bruce E. Tabashnik University of Arizona
John G. Oakeshott
John G. Oakeshott Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yandong Wang
Yandong Wang University of Science and Technology Beijing
Karl H.J. Gordon
Karl H.J. Gordon Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
René Feyereisen
René Feyereisen University of Copenhagen
Robyn J. Russell
Robyn J. Russell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Robert F. Hess
Robert F. Hess McGill University
Ian Denholm
Ian Denholm University of Hertfordshire

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