2023
Chen J, Setia G, Lin L-H, Sun Q, and Husseneder C. 2023. Weight and protozoa number but not bacteria diversity are associated with successful pair formation of dealates in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0293813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293813
Doherty EM, Sun Q, and Wilson BE. 2023. Efficacy of stored grain insecticides against two pest beetles in rough rice. Journal of Economic Entomology, 116(5): 1922–1933. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad169
Sun J, Liu W-K, Ellsworth C, Sun Q, Pan Y-F, Huang Y-C, and Deng W-M. 2023. Integrating lipid metabolism, pheromone production and perception by Fruitless and Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4. Science Advances, 9(26): eadf6254. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf6254
Richardson S and Sun Q. 2023. Effects of soil moisture on tunneling, survivorship, and food consumption of the Formosan and eastern subterranean termites (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Environmental Entomology, 52(4): 539–545. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad049
McCarthy J, Khadka A, Hakanoglu H, and Sun Q. 2023. Influence of soldiers on exploratory foraging behavior in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Insects, 14(2): 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020198
Doherty EM, Sun Q, and Wilson BE. 2023. Stored rice varietal resistance towards Sitophilus oryzae. Crop Protection: 165:106162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2022.106162
2022
Chen J, Gissendanner CR, Tikhe CV, Li H-F, Sun Q, and Husseneder C. 2022. Genomics and geographic diversity of bacteriophages associated with endosymbionts in the guts of workers and alates of Coptotermes species (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 881538. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.881538
Castillo P, Husseneder C, and Sun Q. 2022. Molecular characterization and expression variation of the odorant receptor co-receptor in the Formosan subterranean termite. PLoS ONE, 17(4): e0267841. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267841
Zhao C, Zhu F, Sun Q and Zhou X. 2022. Editorial: Mechanisms and strategies of arthropod adaptation to the chemical environment. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 889757. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.889757
2021
Ngo K, Castillo P, Laine RA, Sun Q. 2021. Effects of menadione on survival, feeding, and tunneling activity of the Formosan subterranean termite. Insects, 12(12): 1109; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121109
Castillo P, Le N, Sun Q. 2021. Comparative antennal morphometry and sensilla organization in the reproductive and non-reproductive castes of the Formosan subterranean termite. Insects, 12(7): 576; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070576
Shi J, Zhang C, Huang S, Merchant A, Sun Q, Zhou C, Haynes KF, and Zhou X. 2021. Managing corpses from different castes in the eastern subterranean termite. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(5): 662–671; https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa060
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2021. Temporal changes in cuticular hydrocarbons during worker-reproductive transition in the eastern subterranean termite (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(5): 643-653; https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa027
2020
Sun Q, Hampton JD, Merchant A, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2020. Cooperative policing behavior regulates the reproductive division of labor in a termite. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1928): 20200780. PDF
2018
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2018. Managing the risks and rewards of death in social insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 373(1754), 20170258. PDF
Prior to 2018
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Hampton JD, Zhou X. 2017. Sex-specific inhibition and stimulation of worker-reproductive transition in a termite. The Science of Nature, 104(9-10): 79. PDF
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2017. Dynamic changes in death cues modulate risks and rewards of corpse management in a social insect. Functional Ecology, 31(3): 697-706. PDF
Yin Z, Sun Q, Zhang X, Jing H. 2014. Optimised formation of blue Maillard reaction products of xylose and glycine model systems and associated antioxidant activity. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94(7): 1332-1339.
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2013. Differential undertaking response of a lower termite to congeneric and conspecific corpses. Scientific Reports, 3: 1650. PDF
Sun Q and Zhou X. 2013. Corpse management in social insects. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 9(3): 313-321. PDF
Sun Q, Yin Z, Jing H. 2009. Color characteristics and radical scavenging activity of four model systems of Maillard reaction between amino acids and monosaccharides. Food Science, 30(11): 118-123.
Chen J, Setia G, Lin L-H, Sun Q, and Husseneder C. 2023. Weight and protozoa number but not bacteria diversity are associated with successful pair formation of dealates in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus. PLoS ONE 18(11): e0293813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293813
Doherty EM, Sun Q, and Wilson BE. 2023. Efficacy of stored grain insecticides against two pest beetles in rough rice. Journal of Economic Entomology, 116(5): 1922–1933. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad169
Sun J, Liu W-K, Ellsworth C, Sun Q, Pan Y-F, Huang Y-C, and Deng W-M. 2023. Integrating lipid metabolism, pheromone production and perception by Fruitless and Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4. Science Advances, 9(26): eadf6254. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf6254
Richardson S and Sun Q. 2023. Effects of soil moisture on tunneling, survivorship, and food consumption of the Formosan and eastern subterranean termites (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Environmental Entomology, 52(4): 539–545. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad049
McCarthy J, Khadka A, Hakanoglu H, and Sun Q. 2023. Influence of soldiers on exploratory foraging behavior in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Insects, 14(2): 198. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020198
Doherty EM, Sun Q, and Wilson BE. 2023. Stored rice varietal resistance towards Sitophilus oryzae. Crop Protection: 165:106162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2022.106162
2022
Chen J, Gissendanner CR, Tikhe CV, Li H-F, Sun Q, and Husseneder C. 2022. Genomics and geographic diversity of bacteriophages associated with endosymbionts in the guts of workers and alates of Coptotermes species (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 881538. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.881538
Castillo P, Husseneder C, and Sun Q. 2022. Molecular characterization and expression variation of the odorant receptor co-receptor in the Formosan subterranean termite. PLoS ONE, 17(4): e0267841. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267841
Zhao C, Zhu F, Sun Q and Zhou X. 2022. Editorial: Mechanisms and strategies of arthropod adaptation to the chemical environment. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 889757. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.889757
2021
Ngo K, Castillo P, Laine RA, Sun Q. 2021. Effects of menadione on survival, feeding, and tunneling activity of the Formosan subterranean termite. Insects, 12(12): 1109; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121109
Castillo P, Le N, Sun Q. 2021. Comparative antennal morphometry and sensilla organization in the reproductive and non-reproductive castes of the Formosan subterranean termite. Insects, 12(7): 576; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12070576
Shi J, Zhang C, Huang S, Merchant A, Sun Q, Zhou C, Haynes KF, and Zhou X. 2021. Managing corpses from different castes in the eastern subterranean termite. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(5): 662–671; https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa060
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2021. Temporal changes in cuticular hydrocarbons during worker-reproductive transition in the eastern subterranean termite (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114(5): 643-653; https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa027
2020
Sun Q, Hampton JD, Merchant A, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2020. Cooperative policing behavior regulates the reproductive division of labor in a termite. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1928): 20200780. PDF
2018
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2018. Managing the risks and rewards of death in social insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 373(1754), 20170258. PDF
Prior to 2018
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Hampton JD, Zhou X. 2017. Sex-specific inhibition and stimulation of worker-reproductive transition in a termite. The Science of Nature, 104(9-10): 79. PDF
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2017. Dynamic changes in death cues modulate risks and rewards of corpse management in a social insect. Functional Ecology, 31(3): 697-706. PDF
Yin Z, Sun Q, Zhang X, Jing H. 2014. Optimised formation of blue Maillard reaction products of xylose and glycine model systems and associated antioxidant activity. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 94(7): 1332-1339.
Sun Q, Haynes KF, Zhou X. 2013. Differential undertaking response of a lower termite to congeneric and conspecific corpses. Scientific Reports, 3: 1650. PDF
Sun Q and Zhou X. 2013. Corpse management in social insects. International Journal of Biological Sciences, 9(3): 313-321. PDF
Sun Q, Yin Z, Jing H. 2009. Color characteristics and radical scavenging activity of four model systems of Maillard reaction between amino acids and monosaccharides. Food Science, 30(11): 118-123.