Publications

Selected Publications 
Representing Research Activities

  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1980. Properties of Tribolium gut chitin synthetase. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 13: 121-128.
  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1980. Inhibition of Tribolium gut chitin synthetase. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 13: 129-136.
  • Cohen, E. 1982. In vitro chitin synthesis in an insect: formation and structure of microfibrils. Europ. J. Cell Biol. 16: 289-294.
  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1982. Properties and inhibition of insect integumental chitin synthetase. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 17: 301-306.
  • Wool, D., Noiman, S., Manheim, O. and Cohen, E. 1982. Malathion resistance in Tribolium strains and their hybrids. Inheritance patterns and possible enzymatic mechanisms. Biochem. Genet. 20: 621-636.
  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1983. Chitin synthetase as a biochemical probe for insecticidal compounds. In Proceedings of the 5th International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 25-32.
  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1985. Chlorocyclohexane insecticides and sex attractants: Similar stereospecificity for neuroactivity and interaction with a housefly 35S-t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate binding site. Life Sci. 36: 1837-1842.
  • Margulies, L., Rosen, H. and Cohen, E. 1985. Energy transfer at the surface of clays, a method for protecting pesticides from photodegradation. Nature 315: 658-659.
  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1986. Effects of insecticides and GABAergic agents on the housefly 35S-t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate binding site. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 25: 63-72.
  • Cohen, E. 1986. Inhibition of chitin synthesis. In: Chitin in Nature and Technology (Muzzarelli, R. A. A., Jeuniaux, C. and Gooday, G. W. Eds.). pp. 139-145. Plenum Press, New York.
  • Chet, I., Cohen, E. and Elster, I. 1986. The role of chitinase and chitin synthetase inhibitors in controlling plant pathogen fungi. In: Chitin in Nature and Technology (Muzzarelli, R. A. A., Jeuniaux, C. and Gooday, G. W. Eds.). pp. 237-240. Plenum Press, New York.
  • Cohen, E. 1986. Glutathione-S-transferase activity and its induction in various strains of Tribolium castaneum. Ent. exp. appl. 41: 39-44.
  • Cohen, E., Elster, I. and Chet, I. 1986. Properties and inhibition of Sclerotium rolfsii chitin synthetase. Pestic. Sci. 17: 175-182.
  • Cohen, E. and Gerson, U. 1986. Isolation and purification of glutathione-S-transferase from the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Insect Biochem.16: 449-454.
  • Cohen, E., Gamliel, A. and Katan. J. 1986. Glutathione and glutathione-S-transferase in fungi: Effect of pentachloronitro- benzene and 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene; purification and characterization of the transferase from Fusarium. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 26: 1-9.
  • Margulies, L., Cohen, E. and Rosen, H. 1987. Photostabilization of bioresmethrin on clay surfaces. Pestic. Sci. 18: 79-87.
  • Cohen, E. 1987. Chitin Biochemistry: Synthesis and Inhibition. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 32: 71-93.
  • Cohen, E. 1987. Purification of glutathione-S-transferase from the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 88B: 675-681.
  • Cohen, E. 1987. Interference with chitin biosynthesis in insects. InChitin and Benzoylphenyl Ureas (Wright, J. E. and Retnakaran, A. Eds) pp. 43-73. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
  • Margulies, L., Rozen, H. and Cohen, E. 1988. Photostabilization of a nitromethylene heterocycle insecticide on the surface of montmorillonite. Clays and Clay Minerals. 36: 159-164.
  • Cohen, E., Gamliel, A., and Katan, J. 1988. The fungitoxicity of chlorophenols to the pathogenic fungi, Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani: A structure-activity relationship study. Pestic. Sci.24: 139-146.
  • Ruzo, L. O., Cohen. E. and Capua, S. 1988. Comparative metabolism of the pyrethroids bifenthrin and deltamethrin in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. J. Agric. Food Chem. 36: 1040-1043.
  • Podoler, H., Steinberg, S., Rosen, D., Cohen, E. and El_Hamlauwi, M. 1988. Coexistence of Aphytis holoxanthus and Pteroptrix smithi on citrus - A combination of interspecific interactions and pesticide effect.Proceedings of the sixth International Citrus Congress (Goren, R. and Mendel, G. Eds.) pp. 1177-1185. Balaban Publishers, Philadelphia.
  • Gamliel, A., Katan, J. and Cohen, E. 1989. Toxicity of chloro- nitrobenzenes to Fusarium oxysporum and Rhizoctonia solani as related to their structure. Phytoparasitica 17: 101-106.
  • Gerson, U. and Cohen, E. 1989. Resurgence of spider mites (Acari: Tetranichidae) induced by synthetic pyrethroids. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 6:29-46.
  • Cohen, E. 1990. Extracellular biopolymers as targets for pest control. In: Pesticides and Alternatives: Innovative Chemical and Biological Approaches to Pest Control (Casida, J. E. Ed.). pp. 23-32. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
  • Capua, S., Cohen, E. and Gerson, U. 1990. Non-specific esterases in mites - a comparative study. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 96C: 125-130.
  • Capua, S., Cohen, E., Gerson, U. and Adato, I. 1990. Degradation of malathion and pyrethroids by the mites Rhizoglyphus robini and Tetranychus urticae. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 96C: 427-432.
  • Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1990. Insect and fungal chitin synthetase activity: Specificity of lectins as enhancers and nucleoside peptides as inhibitors. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 37: 249-253.
  • Cohen, E. 1991. Chitin biochemistry. In: The Physiology of the Insect Epidermis (Retnakaran, A. and Binnington K. C. Eds.). pp. 94-112. CSIRO Publications, Melbourne.
  • Cohen, E., Rozen, H., Joseph, T., Braun, S. and Margulies L. 1991. Photodegradation of Bacillus thuringiensis Kurstaki from UV irradiation.J. Invertebr. Pathol. 57: 343-351.
  • Capua, S., Cohen, E. and Gerson, U. 1991. Induction of aldrin epoxidation and glutathione S-transferase in the mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Ent. exp. appl. 59: 43-50.
  • Gerson, E., Mozes-Koch, R. and Cohen, E. 1991. The mite Rhizoglyphus robini (Astigmata: Acaridae) as an experimental animal. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 12: 103-110.
  • Cohen, E. and Teomi, S. 1992. Enzymes associated with defence against toxic oxygen species in PCNB-tolerant and sensitive soil fungi. J. Phytopathol. 135: 251-261.
  • Cohen, E. 1992. Chitin polymerization and degradation as targets for pesticide action. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 22: 245-261.
  • Margulies, L., Rozen, H., Stern, T., Rytwo, G., Rubin, B., Ruzo, L. O., Nir, S., and Cohen, E. 1992. Photostabilization of pesticides by clays and chromophores. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 22: 467-486.
  • Cohen, E. 1993. Chitin synthase: An enzyme and a selective target for pesticide action. In: Pesticides/ Environment: Molecular Biological Approaches (Mitsui, T., Matsumura, F. and Yamaguchi, I. Eds.). pp. 101-113. Pesticide Science Society of Japan, Tokyo.
  • Cohen, E., Podoler H. and El-Hamlawi, M. 1994. Delayed effects of malathion on hymenopteran parasites: The role of the scale cover of diaspidid insects. In: Advances in the Study of Ahytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) (Rosen, D. Ed.). pp. 183-190. Intercept, Andover.
  • Cohen, E. and Teomi S. 1995. Enzymes associated with defence against reactive oxygen species in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 111C: 435-440.
  • Ringo, J., Jona, G., Rockwell, R., Segal, D. and Cohen, E. 1995. Genetic variation for resistance to chlorpyrifos in Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) infesting grapes in Israel. J. Econ. Entomol. 88:1158-1163.
  • Cohen E., Quistad, G. B. and Casida, J. E. 1996. Cytotoxicity of nimbolide, epoxyazadiradione and other limonoids from neem insecticide. Life Sci. 58: 1075- 1081.
  • Cohen, E., Quistad, G. B., Jefferies, P. R. and Casida, J. E. 1996. Nimbolide is the principal cytotoxic component of neem-seed preparations. Pestic. Sci. 48: 135-140.
  • Laidley, C. W. Cohen, E. and Casida, J. E. 1997. Protein phosphatase in neuroblastoma cells: [3H]cantharidine binding site in relation to cytotoxicity. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Therap. 280: 1152-1158.
  • Cohen, E. and Quistad, G. B. 1998. Cytotoxic effects of arthropod venoms on various cultured cells. Toxicon. 36: 353-358.
  • Levitin, E. and Cohen, E. 1998. The involvement of acetylcholinesterase in resistance of the California red scale Aonidiella aurantii to organophosphorus pesticides. Ent. Exp. Appl. 88: 115-121.
  • Cohen, E. Joseph, T. and Wassermann-Golan, M. 2000. Photostabilization of biocontrol agents by berberine. Intern. J. Pest Manag. 47: 63-67.
  • Cohen, E. 2001. Chitin synthesis and inhibition - a revisit. Pest Manag. Sci. 57: 946-950.
  • Yerushalmi, N. and Cohen, E. 2002. Acetylcholinesterase of the California red scale Aonidiella aurantii Mask. Catalysis, inhibition and reactivation. Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 72: 133-141.
  • Cohen, E., Joseph, T., Kahana, F. and Magdassi, S. 2003. Photostabilization of an entomopathogenic fungus using composite clay matrices. Photochem. Photobiol. 77: 180-185
  • Reuveni, H. and Cohen, E. 2004. Evaluation of mechanisms of azinphos-methyl resistance in the codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.). Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 57: 92-100.
  • Reuveni, H. and Cohen, E. 2004. Resistance of the codling moth Cydia Pomonella (L.) (Lep., Totricidae) to pesticides in Israel. JEN 128: 645-651.
  • Cohen, E., Joseph, T., Lapides, I. and Yariv, S. 2005. The adsorption of Berberine by montmorillonite and thermo-XED analysis of the organo-clay Complex. Clay Minerals 40: 223-232.
  • Cohen, E. 2006. Pesticide-mediated homeostatic modulation in arthropods. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol. 85: 21-27.
  • Reuveni, H. and Cohen, E. 2007. Toxicity of azinphos-methyl to various developmental stages of the codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Pest Manag. Sci. 63: 129-133.
  • Cohen, E. 2009. Chitin. In: Encyclopedia of Insects (Resh, V. H. and Carde, R., Eds.). pp. 156-157.Elsevier, Amaterdam.
  • Cohen, E. 2009. Fat Body. In: Encyclopedia of Insects (Resh, V. H. and Carde, R., Eds.). pp. 356-357.Elsevier, Amaterdam.
  • Cohen, E. and Joseph, T. 2009. Photostabilization of Beauveria Bassiana conidia using anionic dyes. Appl. Clay Sci. 42: 569-574.
  • Cohen, E. 2013. Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part I.Adv. Insect Physiology (Cohen, E., Ed.). Volume 44, Academic Press, London. p. 355.
  • Cohen, E. 2013. Water homeostasis and osmoregulation as targets in the control of insect pests. In: Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part I. Adv. Insect Physiology Volume 44 (Cohen, E., Ed.). Academic Press. London. pp. 1-61.
  • Cohen, E. 2014. Target Receptors in the Control of Insect Pests: Part II. Adv. Insect Physiology (Cohen, E., Ed.). Volume 46, Academic Press, London. p. 510.
  • Katzman-Ya’koboviotz, M., Buttler, M. T. and Cohen, E. 2016. Inhibition of α-glucosidase activity by N-deoxynojirimycin analogs in several insect phloem sap feeders. Insect Sci. 23: 59-67.
  • Rezende, L. Gustavo, Vargas, Helena Carolina Martins, Moussian B. and Cohen, E. 2016. Composite eggshell matrices: Chorionic layers and sub-chorionic cuticular envelopes. In: Extracellular Composite Matrices in Arthropods (Cohen, E., Moussian, B. Eds.). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. pp. 325-366.
  • Cohen, E. 2016. Extracellular Composite Matrices in Arthropods (Cohen, E., Moussian, B. Eds.). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. p. 712.
Ephraim Cohen