Daifeng Cheng

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 878 citations indexed

About

Daifeng Cheng is a scholar working on Insect Science, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daifeng Cheng has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 878 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Insect Science, 12 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Daifeng Cheng's work include Insect behavior and control techniques (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (11 papers). Daifeng Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Insect behavior and control techniques (17 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (12 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (11 papers). Daifeng Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Australia. Daifeng Cheng's co-authors include Guangwen Liang, Yongyue Lu, Yijuan Xu, Markus Riegler, Zijun Guo, Zhiyong Xi, Xiaofang He, Lu Ren, Ling Zeng and Zhiling Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Daifeng Cheng

25 papers receiving 870 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Gut symbiont enhances insecticide resistance in a significant pest, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

2017 297 citations Daifeng Cheng, Zijun Guo et al. Microbiome profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daifeng Cheng China	14	721	217	171	162	115	28	878
Lin‐Quan Ge China	16	595 0.8×	349 1.6×	105 0.6×	372 2.3×	100 0.9×	44	799
Guangwen Liang China	17	929 1.3×	319 1.5×	221 1.3×	433 2.7×	185 1.6×	58	1.2k
Xiangzhen Zhu China	17	551 0.8×	286 1.3×	83 0.5×	241 1.5×	110 1.0×	93	779
Wenkai Wang China	12	370 0.5×	207 1.0×	123 0.7×	283 1.7×	157 1.4×	66	644
Fevzi Uçkan Türkiye	17	570 0.8×	196 0.9×	76 0.4×	364 2.2×	86 0.7×	59	721
Xiaoling Tan China	18	462 0.6×	164 0.8×	69 0.4×	341 2.1×	137 1.2×	43	665
Chuanren Li China	17	516 0.7×	240 1.1×	86 0.5×	413 2.5×	162 1.4×	58	814
Chuanlin Yin China	12	277 0.4×	234 1.1×	88 0.5×	157 1.0×	51 0.4×	25	495
Kaleem Tariq China	17	575 0.8×	349 1.6×	52 0.3×	326 2.0×	81 0.7×	37	736
Yingchuan Peng China	19	618 0.9×	792 3.6×	102 0.6×	328 2.0×	47 0.4×	39	1.0k

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Jiang, Yanling, et al.. (2025). Clock genes regulate sex pheromone production and male mating ability in Bactrocera dorsalis. Insect Science. 33(1). 33–43.

Lu, Yongyue, et al.. (2025). Expression of a pheromone binding protein affected by timeless gene governs female mating behavior in Bactrocera dorsalis. BMC Biology. 23(1). 56–56.

Li, Doudou, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of Bactrocera dorsalis Resistance to Seven Insecticides in South China. Insects. 15(9). 679–679. 3 indexed citations

Jiang, Yanling, et al.. (2024). The Sexual Dimorphism in Rectum and Protein Digestion Pathway Influence Sex Pheromone Synthesis in Male Bactrocera Dorsalis. Advanced Science. 11(44). e2407353–e2407353. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yanling, et al.. (2024). Molecular module for glucose production influences sex pheromone synthesis in Bactrocera dorsalis. Cell Reports. 43(12). 115030–115030. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Daifeng, et al.. (2023). Reproductive behavior of fruit flies: courtship, mating, and oviposition. Pest Management Science. 80(3). 935–952. 7 indexed citations

Yuval, Boaz, et al.. (2023). Protein feeding mediates sex pheromone biosynthesis in an insect. eLife. 12. 16 indexed citations

Gao, Zijie, Yongyue Lu, Luoluo Wang, et al.. (2023). Differences in rectal amino acid levels determine bacteria-originated sex pheromone specificity in two closely related flies. The ISME Journal. 17(10). 1741–1750. 5 indexed citations

Wu, Jiao, et al.. (2022). Effects of four chemosterilants on Bactrocera tau. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 243. 114028–114028. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Huimin, et al.. (2022). Gut bacteria induce oviposition preference through ovipositor recognition in fruit fly. Communications Biology. 5(1). 973–973. 24 indexed citations

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Ren, Lu, et al.. (2021). Rectal bacteria produce sex pheromones in the male oriental fruit fly. Current Biology. 31(10). 2220–2226.e4. 49 indexed citations

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Huang, Hongmei, Lu Ren, Hui‐Jing Li, et al.. (2020). The nesting preference of an invasive ant is associated with the cues produced by actinobacteria in soil. PLoS Pathogens. 16(9). e1008800–e1008800. 30 indexed citations

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Cheng, Daifeng, Siqi Chen, Naomi E. Pierce, et al.. (2019). Symbiotic microbiota may reflect host adaptation by resident to invasive ant species. PLoS Pathogens. 15(7). e1007942–e1007942. 32 indexed citations

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Huang, Hongmei, Hui‐Jing Li, Lu Ren, & Daifeng Cheng. (2019). Microbial Communities in Different Developmental Stages of the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, Are Associated with Differentially Expressed Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein-Encoding Genes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85(13). 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xiaofeng, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhenshi Chen, et al.. (2018). The Divergence in Bacterial Components Associated with Bactrocera dorsalis across Developmental Stages. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 114–114. 79 indexed citations

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Cheng, Daifeng, Zijun Guo, Markus Riegler, et al.. (2017). Gut symbiont enhances insecticide resistance in a significant pest, the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Microbiome. 5(1). 13–13. 297 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jiang, Jianjun, et al.. (2017). The plant pathogen Gluconobacter cerinus strain CDF1 is beneficial to the fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis. AMB Express. 7(1). 207–207. 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Daifeng, Yongyue Lu, Ling Zeng, Guangwen Liang, & Xiaofang He. (2015). Si-CSP9 regulates the integument and moulting process of larvae in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 9245–9245. 45 indexed citations

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Cheng, Daifeng, et al.. (2014). Association between changes in reproductive activity and D-glucose metabolism in the tephritid fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7489–7489. 8 indexed citations

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Cheng, Daifeng, Zhiling Zhang, Xiaofang He, & Guangwen Liang. (2013). Validation of Reference Genes in Solenopsis invicta in Different Developmental Stages, Castes and Tissues. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57718–e57718. 80 indexed citations

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