Russell A Jurenka

Recent publications:
N. Krishnan, C. Gorman, J. Stewart, S. Bradbury, R. Jurenka. 2025.
Using insecticidal compounds to elucidate the potential role of neurotransmitters in Lepidoptera pupal ecdysis. Scientific Reports 15, 4763.

R. Jurenka. 2025. Fatty acid origin of insect pheromones. Insect Lipid Metabolism, 501-518.

X. Dou, R. Jurenka. 2023. Pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide family in insects: a review. Frontiers in Endocrinology 14, 1274750.

Krishnan, N., Jurenka, R., Bradbury, S., 2021. Neonicotinoids can cause arrested pupal ecdysis in Lepidoptera. Scientific Reports 11, 15787.

Golov, Y., Liberzon, A., Gurka, R., Soroker, V., Jurenka, R., Harari, A., 2021. Navigation in an odorant-landscape: mate finding and mate choice in a nocturnal moth. Entomologia Generalis doi:10.1127/entomologia/2021/1276.

Gonzalez-Karlsson, A., Golov, Y., Steinitz, H., Goldenberg, I., Gurka, R., Liberzon, A., Soroker, V., Jurenka, R., Harari, A., 2021. Males perceive honest information from female released sex pheromone in a moth. Behavioral Ecology arab073, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab073

Jurenka, R.A. (2020). Lepidoptera: Female Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis and its Hormonal Regulation. In "Insect Pheromone Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2nd edition" (Blomquist, G., Vogt, R., Eds.), Academic Press, New York. pp. 13-88.

Dou, X., Zhang, A., Jurenka, R., 2020. Functional identification of fatty acyl reductases in female pheromone gland and tarsi of the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.103260

Dou, X., Liu, S., Soroker, V., Harari, A.R., Jurenka, R., 2019. Pheromone gland transcriptome of the pink bollworm moth, Pectinophora gossypiella: comparison between a laboratory and field population. PLoS One 14, e0220187. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220187