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CRIS Project Number: 1275-22000-155-00D
Start Date: 10/01/98 Term Date: 09/30/03
(Replaces CRIS 1275-22000-101-00D)

CRIS Project Title: Semiochemically Mediated Enhancement of Native Beneficials and Suppression of Key Pest Insects

Objective:

Develop chemical lures and trapping techniques for the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). (Specific Project: 1275-22000-155-02S; Start Date: 02/23/99; Term Date: 08/22/01)
Develop chemical lures and trapping techniques for the pink hibiscus mealybug (PHM), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). (Specific Project: 1275-22000-155-03S; Start Date: 02/23/99; Term Date: 04/24/04)

Progress:

Identified two male-specific ALB compounds by using the optimized GC-EAD system. The compounds are chemically unusual and previously unknown from insects.
Discovered two female-specific PHM compounds by GC-EAD, one of which has been identified, synthesized, and successfully field-tested in St Croix, Virgin Islands.

Plans:

Determine the behavioral role of the ALB male-specific compounds, and the chemical identity of the female contact recognition pheromone.
Replicate field tests of the known PHM pheromone component, and identify the unknown component.

COLLABORATORS

Vic Mastro and BaoDe Wang, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Otis, MA, ALB semiochemistry.
YouQing Luo, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, ALB behavior and synthetic pheromone bioassay.
Dale Meyerdirk, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Riverdale, MD, PHM semiochemistry.
Miguel Serrano, USDA-ARS-USHRL, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, PHM rearing and synthetic pheromone bioassay.
Larry Ertle, USDA-ARS-BIRL, Newark, DE, PHM aeration in quarantine.
Paul Robbins, Cornell University, pheromones of scarab beetle pests of turf grass.
Jerome Klun, USDA-ARS-ICEL, Beltsville, MD, identification of pickleworm moth semiochemicals.
Miguel Borges, ICEL visiting scientist from EMBRAPA, Brasilia, Brazil, pheromone of Euschistus heros.

EDUCATION

1992	Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY (SUNY-CESF); major, Organic Chemistry.
1980	B.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Beijing Medical University, China; major, Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2000-Present	Research Chemist, ICEL, PSI, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD
2000-2000	Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park.
1998-2000	Research Chemist, ICEL, USDA, ARS, PSI, Beltsville, MD
1992-1998	Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, New York State Agr. Exp. Stn., Geneva, NY.
1987-1992	Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, SUNY-CESF.
1987-1987	Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, SUNY-CESF.
1983-1986	Associate Engineer, The Central Laboratory, Beijing Medical University.
1980-1983	Lecturer, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Beijing Medical University.
1971-1976	Technician, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Beijing Medical University.

PUBLICATIONS

PATENTS

Zhang, A., Oliver, J. E., and Aldrich, J. R. Aggregation Pheromone for the Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)”. U.S Government Patent Serial No. 09/347,907, D.N. 0227.99. Field July 7, 1999.
Roelofs, W. L., Schal, C., Webster, F. X., Charlton, R. E., and Zhang, A. Cockroach Attractant for the Brown-banded Cockroach, Supella longipalpa”. U. S. Government Patent No. 5,050,951 . Field February 10, 1994.
Roelofs, W. L., Schal, C., Webster, F. X., Charlton, R. E., and Zhang, A. Cockroach Attractant for the Brown-banded Cockroach, Supella longipalpa”. U.S. Government Patent No. 5,296,220. Field December 7, 1992.
Teale, S. A., Webster, F. X., and Zhang, A. New Aggregation Pheromone for the Bark Beetle, Ips Pini and Uses Thereof. U. S. Government Patent No. 5,167,955 . Field May 17, 1991.
Zhang, A., Oliver, J. E., and Aldrich, J. R. Aggregation pheromone for the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). U. S. Government Patent Serial No. 09/347,907, D.N. 0227.99. Filed July 7, 1999.
Roelofs, W. L., Webster, F. X., and Charlton, R. E. Cockroach attractant for the brown-banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa. U. S. Government Patent No. 5,296,220. Filed March 22, 1994.
Roelofs, W. L., Webster, F. X., and Charlton, R. E. Cockroach attractant for the brown-banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa. U. S. Government Patent.