Contact Information
505 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Additional Campus Affiliations
C. W. Kearns, C. L. Metcalf, and W. P. Flint Endowed Chair, Entomology
Professor, Entomology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Recent Publications
Liu, Y., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Zhou, X., Xie, W., & Zhang, Y. (2026). Transformer is involved in female sex determination in Bemisia tabaci. Insect Molecular Biology, 35(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/imb.70000
Chen, S., Ruan, Y., Li, Z., Zhou, C., Chen, Q., Zhou, X., Zhang, Y., Yang, C., & Pan, H. (2025). CRISPR/Cas9–mediated editing of the melanization gene ebony in the 28-spotted ladybeetle, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 208, Article 106231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp.2024.106231
Dong, L., Zhu, L., Cheng, Z., Bai, Y., Li, P., Yang, H., Tang, S., Crickmore, N., Zhou, X., Guo, Z., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Characterization of an Ecdysone Oxidase from Plutella xylostella (L.) and Its Role in Bt Cry1Ac Resistance. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 73(2), 1193-1202. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c10298
Duan, Y., Wang, Y., Yang, F., Gao, Y., Liu, Z., Zhang, P., Lu, J., Fan, R., Zhou, X., Yang, J., & Ren, M. (2025). Molecular target for sprayable double-stranded RNA-based biopesticide against Amphitetranychus viennensis (Acari, Tetranychidae). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 289, Article 138982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.138982
Hu, Y., Gong, C., Yang, Z., Han, H., Tian, T., Yang, X., Xie, W., Wang, S., Wu, Q., Zhou, X., Turlings, T. C. J., Guo, Z., & Zhang, Y. (2025). Functional Divergence of Plant-Derived Thaumatin-Like Protein Genes in Two Closely Related Whitefly Species. Advanced Science, 12(16), Article 2502193. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202502193