Invited Reviews / Book Chapters

5. M.E. Scharf, X. Zhou and M.A. Schwinghammer. 2008.  Application of RNAi in functional-genomics studies of a social insect. In Methods in Molecular Biology: siRNA, shRNA and miRNA protocols (S. Barik, Ed.). In Press.

4. Scharf, M.E.  2003.  Neurological effects of insecticides.  Encyclopedia of Pest Management (D. Pimental, Ed.), Marcel-Dekker, New York (online version).

3. Siegfried, B.D. and M.E. Scharf.  2001.  Mechanisms of organophosphate resistance in insects.  In, Biochemical sites of insecticide action and resistance (I. Ishaaya, Ed.), pp. 269-272.  Springer-Verlag, New York. 

2. Siegfried, B.D., L.J. Meinke and M.E. Scharf.  1998.  Resistance management concerns for areawide management programs.  J. Agric. Entomol.  15: 359-370.

1. Scharf, M.E. &  G.W. Bennett.  1997.  Insecticide resistance in the German cockroach and current options for its management.  Recent  Res. Devel. in Entomol. Vol. 1: 23-35.

Refereed Publications

58. Wheeler, M.M., X. Zhou, M.E. Scharf and F.M. Oi. 2007. Molecular and biochemical markers for monitoring dynamic shifts in cellulolytic protozoa in Reticulitermes flavipes. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol.  In Revision.

57. Zhou, X., M.M. Wheeler, F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Inhibition of termite cellulases by carbohydrate-based cellulase inhibitors: evidence from in vitro biochemistry and in vivo feeding studies. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol.  Accepted for Publication.

56. 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 R. flavipes. GENE 395: 29-39.

55. Nguyen, S.N., C. Song and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Toxicity, synergism and neurological effects of novel volatile insecticides to insecticide-susceptible and -resistant Drosophila strains. J. Econ. Entomol. 100(2): 534-544.

54. Zhou X., M.R. Tarver and M.E. Scharf. 2007. Hexamerin-based regulation of juvenile hormone responsive gene expression underlies phenotypic plasticity in a social insect. DEVELOPMENT 134: 601-610.

53. Zhou, X., C. Song, Grzymala T.L., F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf.  2006.  Juvenile hormone and colony conditions differentially influence cytochrome P450 gene expression in the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Insect Mol. Biol.: 15(6): 749-761.

52. Saltzmann, K.A., K.D. Saltzmann, J.J. Neal, M.E. Scharf and G.W. Bennett. 2006. Effects of the juvenile hormone analog pyriproxyfen on  German cockroach, Blattella germanica, tergal gland development and production of tergal gland-secreted proteins. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 63: 15-23.

51. Saltzmann, K.D., K.A. Saltzmann, J.J. Neal, M.E. Scharf and G.W. Bennett. 2006. Characterization of a tergal gland-secreted alpha-amylase in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Insect Mol. Biol. 15(4): 425-433.

50. Zhou, X., M.R. Tarver, G.W. Bennett, F.M. Oi and M.E. Scharf.  2006. Two hexamerin genes from the termite R. flavipes: sequence, expression, and proposed functions in caste regulation. GENE 376(1): 47-58.

49. Zhou, X., 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 103(12): 4499-4504.

48. Scharf, M.E., S.N. Nguyen and C. Song.  2006.  Evaluation of volatile low molecular weight insecticides using Drosophila melanogaster as a model. Pest Manage. Sci. 62: 655-663.

47. Wang, C., M.E. Scharf and G.W. Bennett.  2006.  A Genetic Basis for Resistance to Gel Baits, Fipronil, and Sugar-Based Attractants in German Cockroaches.  J. Econ. Entomol. 99(5): 1761-1767.

46. Green, J.M., M.E. Scharf and G.W. Bennett. 2006.  Aggression and resource partitioning of subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes and R. tibialis in a laboratory assay. Sociobiology 47(2): 315-327.

45. Scharf, M.E., X.G. Zhou and G.W. Bennett.  2005. The application of molecular genomics in addressing long-standing questions on termite biology.  Proc. 5th International Conference on Urban Pests, pp. 19-27.

44. Green, J.M., M.E. Scharf and G.W. Bennett. 2005.  Impacts of soil moisture level on consumption and distribution of three sympatric subterranean termites in a laboratory assay.  J. Econ. Entomol. 98(3): 933-937.

43. Buczkowski, G., M.E. Scharf, C.R. Ratliff and G.W. Bennett.  2005. Efficacy of simulated barrier treatments against laboratory colonies of the pharaoh ant.  J. Econ. Entomol. 98(2): 485-492.

42. 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.  Archives. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 58(3): 157-165.

41. Scharf, M.E., C.R. Ratliff, D. Wu-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. Molec. Biol.  35(3): 207-215.

40. Scharf, M.E., D.Wu-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(1): 31-44.

39. Festucci-Buselli, R.A.,  A.S. Carvalho-Dias, M. Oliveira-Andrade, C. Caixeta-Nunes, H. Li, J. J. Stuart, W. Muir, M.E. Scharf and B. R. Pittendrigh.  2005.  Expression of Cyp6g1 and Cyp12d1 in DDT resistant and susceptible strains of Drosophila melanogaster.  Insect Mol. Biol. 14(1): 69-78.

38. Pedra, J.H.F., R. A. Festucci-Buselli, W. Sun, W. Muir, M.E. Scharf and B.R. Pittendrigh.  2005.  Profiling of abundant proteins associated with DDT resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.  Proteomics 5(1): 258-269.

37. Siegfried, B.D., L.J. Meinke, S. Parimi, M.E. Scharf, T.J. Nowatzki, X. Zhou and L.D. Chandler.  2004. Monitoring western corn rootworm susceptibility to carbaryl and cucurbitacin baits in the Areawide management pilot program.  J. Econ. Entomol. 97(5): 1726-1733.

36. Wang, C., M.E. Scharf and G.W. Bennett.  2004.  Behavioral and Physiological Resistance of the German cockroach to Gel Baits.  J. Econ. Entomol.  97(6): 2067-2072.

35. Scharf, M.E., D. Wu-Scharf, G.W. Bennett and B.R. Pittendrigh.  2004.  Catalytic activity and expression of two flavin-containing monooxygenases from D. melanogaster.  Archives. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 57: 28-39.

34. Pedra, J.H.F., L.M. McIntyre, M.E. Scharf and B.R. Pittendrigh.  2004.  Genome-wide transcription profile of field- and laboratory-selected DDT-resistant Drosophila.  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA.  101(18): 7034-7039.

33. Scharf, M.E, C.R. Ratliff and G.W. Bennett.  2004.  Impacts of residual insecticide barriers on perimeter-invading ants, with particular reference to the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile Say.  J. Econ. Entomol. 97(2): 601-605.

32. 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 v. virgifera.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 78: 114-125.

31. Ye, W., C.Y. Lee, R.H. Scheffrahn, J.M. Aleong, N.Y. Su, G.W. Bennett and M.E. Scharf.  2004.  Phylogenetic relationships of nearctic Reticulitermes species with particular reference to R. arenincola Goellner.  Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 30(3): 815-822.

30. Scharf, M.E., D. Wu-Scharf, B.R. Pittendrigh and G.W. Bennett.  2003.  Caste and development-associated gene expression in a lower termite.  Genome Biology 4(10): R62 (http://genomebiology.com/2003/4/10/R62).

29. 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 rootworm.  J. Econ. Entomol. 96(6): 1855-1863.

28. Scharf, M.E., C.R. Ratliff, J.T. Hoteling, B.R. Pittendrigh and G.W. Bennett.  2003. Caste differentiation responses of two sympatric Reticulitermes termite species to JH homologs and synthetic juvenoids in two laboratory assays.  Insectes Sociaux 50(4): 346-354.

27. Wu-Scharf, D., M.E. Scharf, B.R. Pittendrigh and G.W. Bennett.  2002.  Expressed sequence tags from a polyphenic Reticulitermes flavipes cDNA library.  Sociobiology 41: 479-489.

26. Parimi, S., M.E. Scharf, L.J. Meinke, L.D. Chandler and B.D. Siegfried.  2003.  Inheritance of organophosphate resistance-associated esterases in Nebraska western corn rootworm populations.  J. Econ. Entomol.  96: 131-136.

25. 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(6): 1261-1266.

24. Brandt, A., M.E. Scharf, J.H.F. Pedra, G. Holmes, A. Dean, M. Kreitman and B.R. Pittendrigh. 2002.  Differential expression and induction of two Drosophila cytochrome P450 genes near the Rst(2)DDT locus.  Insect Molec. Biol. 11(4): 337-342.

23. Durham, E.W., B.D. Siegfried and M.E. Scharf.  2002.  In vivo and in vitro metabolism of fipronil by larvae of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis.  Pest Manage. Sci. 58:799-804.

22. Scharf, M.E., E.A. Buss, C.R. Ratliff, D.J. Brad and G.W. Bennett.  2002.  Invertebrate taxa associated with subterranean termite monitoring devices in the Eastern Midwest.  Sociobiology.  39: 441-457.

21. Durham, E.W., M.E. Scharf and B.D. Siegfried.  2001.  Toxicity and neurophysiological effects of fipronil and its oxidative sulfone metabolite on European corn borer larvae.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 71: 97-106.

20. Scharf, M.E., S. Parimi, B.D. Siegfried, L.J. Meinke and L.D. Chandler.  2001.  Expression and induction of three family 4 cytochrome P450 genes identified from insecticide resistant and susceptible western corn rootworms.  Insect Mol. Biol. 10(2): 139-146.

19. Scharf, M.E., B.D. Siegfried, L.J. Meinke  and L.D. Chandler.  2000.  Fipronil metabolism, oxidative sulfone formation and toxicity among organophosphate resistant and susceptible western corn rootworm populations.  Pest Manage. Sci.  56: 757-766.

18. Scharf, M.E., B.D. Siegfried, L.J. Meinke, R.J. Wright  and L.D. Chandler.  2000.  Cytochrome P450 mediated N-demethylation activity and induction in insecticide-resistant and susceptible western corn rootworm populations.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 67: 137-143.

17. Miota, F., B.D. Siegfried, M.E. Scharf  and M.J. Lydy.  2000.  Induction of cytochrome P450 by the herbicide atrazine in Chironomus  tentans larvae.  Chemosphere 40: 285-291.

16. Wright, R. J., M.E. Scharf, L. J. Meinke, B. D. Siegfried and L. D. Chandler.  2000.  Susceptibility of western corn rootworm larvae to soil insecticides: field performance, laboratory bioassays, and assays of detoxification enzymes.  J. Econ. Entomol.  93: 7-13.

15. Scharf, M.E., C.Y. Lee, J.J. Neal & G.W. Bennett.  1999.   Cytochrome P450 MA expression in insecticide-resistant German cockroaches.  J. Econ. Entomol.  92: 788-793.

14. Scharf, M.E. and B.D. Siegfried.  1999.  Toxicity and neurophysiological effects of fipronil and fipronil-sulfone  on the western corn rootworm.  Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol.  40: 150-156. 

13. Scharf, M.E., L.J. Meinke, R.J. Wright , L.D. Chandler and B.D. Siegfried.  1999.  Metabolism of Carbaryl by insecticide resistant and susceptible western corn rootworm populations.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol.  63:  85-96.

12. Scharf, M.E., L.J. Meinke, B.D. Siegfried, R.J. Wright  and L.D. Chandler.  1999. Carbaryl susceptibility, diagnostic concentration determination and synergism for U. S. populations of western corn rootworm.  J. Econ. Entomol.  92: 33-39.

11. Miota, F., M.E. Scharf, P. Marçon, M. Ono, R.J. Wright, L.D. Chandler, L.J. Meinke and B.D. Siegfried.  1998.  Mechanisms of methyl and ethyl parathion resistance in the western corn rootworm.  Pestic.  Biochem. Physiol. 61: 39-52.

10. Scharf, M.E., J.J. Neal, C.B. Marcus & G.W. Bennett. 1998.  Cytochrome P450 purification and immunological detection in an insecticide resistant strain of German cockroach.  Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol.  28 (1): 1-9.

9. Dong, K., S.M. Valles, M.E. Scharf, B.C. Zeichner and G.W. Bennett.  1998.  The knockdown resistance mutation in pyrethroid-resistant German cockroaches.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 60: 195-204.

8. Wu, D., M.E. Scharf, J. J. Neal, D.R. Suiter and G.W. Bennett.  1998.  Mechanisms of fenvalerate resistance in the German cockroach.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 61: 53-62.

7. Scharf, M.E., J.J. Neal & G.W. Bennett.  1998.  Changes of insecticide resistance levels and detoxication enzymes following insecticide selection in the German cockroach.  Pestic. Biochem. Physiol.  59: 67-79.

6. Scharf, M.E., W. Kaakeh & G.W. Bennett.  1997.  Changes in an insecticide resistant field-population of German cockroach following exposure to an insecticide mixture.  J. Econ. Entomol.  90: 38-48.

5. Scharf, M.E., G.J. Small, J. Hemingway & G.W. Bennett.  1997.  Examination of esterases from insecticide resistant and susceptible strains of B. germanica. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol.  27: 489-497.

4. Kaakeh, W., M.E. Scharf & G.W. Bennett.  1997.  Comparative contact activity and residual life of juvenile hormone analogs used for German cockroach control.  J.  Econ. Entomol. 90: 1247-1253.

3. Kaakeh, W., M.E. Scharf & G.W. Bennett.  1997.  Efficacy of conventional insecticide and juvenoid mixtures on an insecticide resistant field population of German cockroach.  J. Agric. Entomol.  14: 339-348.

2. Scharf, M.E., J. Hemingway, B.L. Reid, G.J. Small & G.W. Bennett.  1996.  Toxicological and biochemical characterization of insecticide resistance in a field-collected strain of B. germanica.  J. Econ. Entomol.  89: 322-331.

1. Scharf, M.E., G.W. Bennett, B.L. Reid & C. Qiu.  1995.  A comparison of three insecticide resistance detection methods for the German cockroach.  J. Econ. Entomol.  88: 536-542.