Xuguo “Joe” Zhou

• Ph.D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Insect Toxicology. December 2002
• M.S. China Agricultural University, Insect Toxicology. June 1997
• B.A. Beijing Agricultural College, Plant Protection/Entomology July 1991

• Tartar, A., X. Zhou, D. G. Boucias and M. E. Scharf. 2008. Digestome analysis reveals evidence of collaborative host-symbiont digestion and lignin degradation in termites. Under Review.
• Zhou, X., J.A. Smith, P.G. Koehler, F.M. Oi, G.W. Bennett and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Correlation of cellulase gene expression and cellulolytic activity throughout the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Gene. 395: 29-39.
• Wheeler M. M., X. Zhou, F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Molecular and biochemical markers for monitoring dynamic shifts in the hindgut protozoa of Reticulitermes flavipes. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 37:1366-1374.

• Zhou, X., M. M. Wheeler, F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf. 2008. RNA interference in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes through ingestion of double-stranded RNA. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 38: 805-815.
• Scharf, M.E., X. Zhou, and M. A. Schwinghammer. 2008. Application of RNA interference in functional-genomics studies of a social insect. In: Sailen Barik (ed), Methods in molecular biology: siRNA, shRNA and miRNA protocols. 442:205-229.
• Scharf, M.E., C.E. Buckspan, T.L. Grzymala, X. Zhou. 2007. Regulation of polyphenic caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes by interaction of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. J. Exp. Biol. 210:4390-4398.
• Zhou, X., M.R. Tarver, and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Hexamerin-based regulation of juvenile hormone-dependent gene expression underlies phenotypic plasticity in a social insect. Development. 134: 601-610.
• Zhou, X., C. Song, T. L. Grzymala, F.M. Oi, and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Juvenile hormone and colony conditions differentially influence cytochrome P450 gene expression in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Insect Mol. Biol. 15: 749-761. (Impact factor: 2.390).
• Zhou, X.G., M.R. Tarver, G.W. Bennett, F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf. 2006. Two hexamerin genes from the termite R. flavipes: sequence, evolution, expression and proposed functions in caste regulation. Gene: 376: 47-58.
• Zhou, X.G., F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf. 2006. Social exploitation of hexamerin: RNAi reveals a major caste-regulatory factor in termites. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA (TRACK II): 103:4499-4504.
• Scharf, M.E., C.R. Ratliff, D.W. Scharf, X. Zhou, B.R. Pittendrigh and G.W. Bennett. 2005. Effects of juvenile hormone III on Reticulitermes flavipes: changes in hemolymph protein composition and gene expression. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 35: 207-215.
• Scharf, M.E., D.W. Scharf, X. Zhou, B.R. Pittendrigh and G.W. Bennett. 2005. Gene expression profiles among immature and adult reproductive castes of the termite R. flavipes. Insect Mol. Biol. 14: 31-44.
• Scharf, M.E. and X. Zhou. 2005. Termite sociogenomics: a growing field. Correspondence to Nature Reviews Genetics. [ http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v6/n4/corres/nrg1575_fs.html]

• Zhou, X., M. M. Wheeler, F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf. 2008. Inhibition of termite cellulases by carbohydrate-based cellulase inhibitors: evidence from in vitro biochemistry and in vivo feeding studies. Pesticide Biochem. Physiol. 90:31-41.
• Kuruganti, S., Lam V., X. Zhou, G.W. Bennet, B.R. Pittendrigh, and R. Ganguly. 2007. High expression of Cyp6g1, a cytochrome P450 gene, does not necessarily confer DDT resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Gene. 388: 43-53.
• Nowatzki, T. M., X. Zhou, L. J. Meinke, T. Vaughn, and B. D. Siegfried. 2006. Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3bb1 protein on the feeding behavior and longevity of adult western corn rootworms (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 99: 927-930.
• Zhou, X., M.E. Scharf, G. Sarath, L.J. Meinke, L.D. Chandler and B.D. Siegfried. 2005. Immunological assessment of insecticide resistance associated esterases in the western corn rootworm. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 58: 157-165.
• Sun, L. J., X. Zhou, J. Zhang, and X. W. Gao. 2005. Polymorphisms in a carboxylesterase gene between organophosphate resistant and susceptible cotton aphids, Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae). J. Econ. Entomol. 98:1325-1332.
• Zhou, X. 2005. Western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, a model system for the study of insecticide resistance. pp. 250-268. In: T. X. Liu and L. Kang (eds), Latest progress in the entomological research, Science Press, Beijing, China.
• Zhou, X., M.E. Scharf, G. Sarath, L.J. Meinke, L.D. Chandler and B.D. Siegfried. 2004. Partial purification and characterization of a methyl-parathion resistance-associated general esterase in Diabrotica. virgifera virgifera. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 78: 114-125.
• Zhou, X., M.E. Scharf, L. J. Meinke, L. D. Chandler, and B. D. Siegfried. 2003. Characterization of general esterases from methyl-parathion resistant and susceptible populations of western corn rootworms, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 96: 1855-1863.
• Zhou, X., M.E. Scharf, S. Parimi, L.J. Meinke, R.J. Wright, L.D. Chandler and B.D. Siegfried. 2002. Diagnostic assays based on esterase-mediated resistance mechanisms in western corn rootworms. J. Econ. Entomol. 95: 1261-1266.
• Gao, X.W., X. Zhou, and B. Z. Zheng. 2001. A comparison of sensitivity to inhibitor among acetylcholinesterase (AChE) molecular forms of resistant and susceptible strains in Helicoverpa armigera. Entomologia Sinica. 8: 49-54.
• Wright, R. J., M. E. Scharf, L. J. Meinke, X. Zhou, B. D. Siegfried, and L. D. Chandler. 2000. Larval susceptibility of an insecticide-resistant western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) population to soil insecticides: laboratory bioassays, assays of detoxification enzymes, and field performance. J. Econ. Entomol. 93: 7-13.

• Zhou, X. 2000. Cultural Entomology, the legacy of Chinese fighting crickets. pp. 646-712. In: H. S. Xie (ed), Encyclopedia of pets, China Agricultural Press, Beijing, China.
• Wang, Y. and X. Zhou. 1996. Cultural Entomology: insects in art, China Agricultural Press, Beijing, China. 289 pp.

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