Yihan Xia

2022

Release of moth pheromone compounds from Nicotiana benthamiana upon transient expression of heterologous biosynthetic genes

Biosynthesis of the Sex Pheromone Component (E,Z)-7,9-Dodecadienyl Acetate in the European Grapevine Moth, Lobesia botrana, Involving Δ11 Desaturation and an Elusive Δ7 Desaturase

Biological production of insect pheromones in cell and plant factories.

METHODS OF PRODUCING INSECT PHEROMONES

2021

Green Chemistry Production of Codlemone, the Sex Pheromone of the Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella), by Metabolic Engineering of the Oilseed Crop Camelina (Camelina sativa)

Production of Moth Sex Pheromone Precursors in Nicotiana spp. by Agrobacterium-mediated Stable Transformation.

Multi-Functional Desaturases in Two Spodoptera Moths with ∆ 11 and ∆ 12 Desaturation Activities

Large number of putative chemoreception and pheromone biosynthesis genes revealed by analyzing transcriptome from ovipositor-pheromone glands of Chilo suppressalis

Putative Pathway of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis and Degradation by Expression Patterns of Genes Identified from Female Pheromone Gland and Adult Antenna of Sesamia inferens (Walker).

Differential expression patterns in chemosensory and non-chemosensory tissues of putative chemosensory genes identified by transcriptome analysis of insect pest the purple stem borer Sesamia inferens (Walker)