Dong-Hwan Choe
| Program: | Ph.D. |
| Major Professor: | Michael Rust |
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| Location: | 102 College Bldg N |
| Phone (office): | (951) 827-5805 |
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Education
- B.S. Agriculture Korea University, Seoul, Korea 2002
- M.S. University of California, Riverside 2005
Research Focus
Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) Behavior, Insect Behavior, Inter-specific Interaction, Urban Entomology
Selected Publications
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• Rust, M. K., Choe, D. H. (2006) Behavioral interactions between ants, pest, and parasitoids - Implications for biological control. Hoddle, M and Johnson, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th California Conference on Biological Control, Riverside, CA., 107-111.
• Choe, D. H., Rust, M. K. (2006) Homopteran chemical signatures reduce aggression of tending ants. Chemoecology 16: 175-178.
• Choe, D. H., Rust, M. K. (2006) Agonistic behavior of Argentine ants to scales and scale parasitoids and their cuticular extracts. Sociobiology 48: 799-818.
• Choe, D. H., Rust, M. K. (2007) Use of plant resin by a bee assassin bug, Apiomerus flaviventris (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100: 320-326.
• Choe, D. H., Rust, M. K. (2008) Horizontal transfer of insecticides in the laboratory colonies of the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology (in press).