
Hong Geun KimGachon University | kyungwon · Department of Life Science
Hong Geun Kim
PhD
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December 2015 - May 2016
December 2015 - November 2016
August 2008 - August 2014
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Seasonal activity of ticks, including disease vectors of fatal severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, was monitored using CO2-bait traps from April to November in 2019 and 2020 in a rural area in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Traps were deployed for 24 h once a month in four vegetation types: grassland, grave, mountain trail, and shr...
A ragweed leaf beetle, Ophraella communa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), has been highlighted as a potential biological control agent of Ambrosia artemisiifolia. O. communa and A. artemisiifolia are native in North America and alien species in East Asia and Europe. As an invasive weed, A. artemisiifolia causes severe economic losses as reducing agricu...
Conventionally, sampling for insects has been limited to the ground level or low altitudes. Recent progress in unmanned aerial vehicles has made it more feasible to use this technique for aerial sampling of insect populations. In this study, we developed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle with remote-controlled insect net openings that allows se...
Transient receptor potential channels (TRPs) are a family of cation channels involved in various sensory mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster, including mechanosensing. Phylogenetic analysis of mechanosensory TRPs in seven members of the TRPV, TRPN and TRPA subfamilies reveals a unique TcTrpA5 in Tribolium castaneum that is likely lost in D. melan...
The bean bug, Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) is a polyphagous insect pest and has a wide range of hosts including leguminous plants and tree fruits. Currently, the management of R. pedestris mainly relies on the use of insecticides, and most studies have focused on the lethal effects of insecticides. However, insecticides can not only ki...
The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is considered a serious invasive species capable of causing significant agricultural and nuisance problems. Researchers in the USA recently identified the two-component H. halys aggregation pheromone from populations in North America and found that when it is combined with the pheromone synergist m...
Understanding the relationships between environmental factors and aquatic communities at the large scale is important for conserving freshwater biodiversity and sustaining ecological integrity. In this study, we evaluated the ecological status of the Han River watershed in Korea with the predictive distribution maps for EPT (Ephemeroptera, Plecopte...
The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is a major pest on greenhouse crops including sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), which is one of the leading greenhouse crops in South Korea. Synthetic insecticides, especially the neonicotinoids, have been used to conventionally control this pest. There have been continuo...
It has already been reported that short neuropeptide F (sNPF) stimulates feeding behaviors in a wide variety of insect species. In the present study, we cloned cDNA, encoding a sNPF receptor homologue from a silkworm, Bombyx mori, named BsNPF-R. The amino acid sequence of BsNPF-R was compared with those of sNPF-R thus far reported, which is shared...
Distillers dried grain (DDG) and makgeolli spent grain (MSG) are agricultural byproducts to produce alcoholic beverage. However, they are known to contain enough nutrients. Mealworm is a promising insect resource for an animal feed ingredient as well as alternative human food. With low cost, DDG and MSG were investigated as a feed ingredient for re...
Harmonic radar tracking system for insects has been introduced to understand insect movement, particularly those which move at low altitudes and over relatively short ranges. Although entomologists have used direct observation and mark-and-recapture techniques as tracking methods, there are drawbacks such as low recapture rates in the case of marki...
Mealworms, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), are widely used as food sourcefor animal rearing as well as human diet. Conventionally, mealworms raised on wheat bran. In this study, we investigated the effects of brewer`s spent grain (BSG) on the growth of mealworm larvae to reduce the rearing cost. We prepared five different diets with v...
We have screened four natural products against 640 single compounds, which shows more two folds gene expression for both endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) and FOXO-family transcription factor (FOXO1). The results were as follows. (?)-Car-3-ene-2,5-dione from Asarum sieboldii Miq. is C10H12O2 molecular formula and the 164 kDa molecular...
The spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), has recently emerged as an invasive pest in the United States, threatening the grape and tree fruit industries. The biology of L. delicatula is poorly known. This invasive pest has rapidly spread and established itself in new regions (e.g., South Korea), taking advantage of...
Monoacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2 (MOGAT2) plays critical roles in lipid homeostasis. We reported a cDNA designed BmMOGAT2 encoding an MOGAT2 homologue cloned from the fat body of the silkworm Bombyx mori, by using conserved domain homology search method. The resultant BmMOGAT2 was translated to a protein encoding 352 amino acids with a theoreti...
The white-spotted chafer, Protaetia brevitarsis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is an economically important insect in Korea. Traditionally, it has been regarded as a medicine for preventing liver-related diseases and suppressing liver cancer. Recently, this beetle was enlisted as a temporal food ingredient by Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. T...
The current market size of insect industry in Korea is estimated at 300 million dollars and more than 500 local farms are related to many insect industry. One of the strong candidates for insect industry is Korean horn beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma. Early this year, we reported a viral disease extremely fatal to A. dichotoma larvae. While we were pr...
Exosomes are 30-150nm vesicles that are secreted from a range of cells. Recently, exosomes have been the subject of considerable research because there is mounting awareness of their diverse functions, including a role in cell-cell communication and presenting pathogens for immune responses. Exosomes contain diverse nucleic acid and protein cargos,...
The white-spotted chafer, Protaetia brevitarsis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), has been traditionally used in Korea as a medicine for preventing liver-related diseases and suppressing liver cancer. Therefore, this insect is economically important and is commercially reared and sold in Korea. Recently, P. brevitarsis was listed as a temporal food ingre...
Increased use of rhinoceros beetles (Allomyrina dichotoma ) for food and medicine, and their elevated value as pets has led to an increase in the number of their breeding farms. Mass breeding of the insects in these farms leads to entomological diseases. In this study, we investigate cannibalism resulting from overcrowded breeding of A. dichotoma l...
The Korean rhinoceros beetle (Allomyrina dichotoma) is popular as a pet and as a food ingredient, and it is commercially distributed in Korea. It is also traditionally regarded as a medicine for liver-related diseases. Recently, the Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus was introduced from Southeast Asia. This virus is reported as a disease factor for A. di...
To investigate whether Serratia marcescens (Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae) isolated from Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae) acts as an opportunistic bacterium in peroral infection, the primary entomopathogenic bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bacillales: Bacillaceae) and Paenibacillus popilliae (Eubacteriales: Bacillac...
The giant mealworm beetle, Zophobas atratus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), is reared for commercial purposes as a live feed for animals. In 2011, it was officially introduced in Korea, and since then it has been considered commercially important. This beetle is a good animal feed resource because of its high protein content with balanced nutrients. H...
Beetles Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis Kolbe (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae) and Allomyrina dichotoma Linn. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are widely used in traditional medicine, and the number of insect-rearing farms is increasing in South Korea. The purpose of this study was to establish a multiplex PCR-based assay for rapid simultaneous detection of mult...
Insects have developed various strategies to overcome unfavorable temperature conditions. Thermal acclimation is a physiological strategy to survive under variable temperature conditions. We investigated the role of three thermo-transient receptor potential channels (TRPs) - painless (TC007561), pyrexia (TC09731), and trpA1 (TC002449) - in heat-ind...
Temperature is an important environmental factor affecting survival of living organisms, especially heterothermic ones like insects. We are interested in thermosensory-mediated behavioral responses in insects, both in terms of their genetic basis and physiological responses. We have chosen to study the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum herbst.(...