Professor

B.Sc.(Hons.), Ph.D., Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

Tel: 6533888 ext:   3523

chowyang@usm.my

Research Profile

Ecology, behaviour and control of urban insect pests such as termites, ants and cockroaches; insecticide resistance in the German cockroach.

 

Current Research

Foraging behaviour, nutritional ecology, feeding preference and management of urban pest ants and termites.

Ecology and feeding behaviour of German and American cockroaches.

Insecticide resistance and its underlying mechanisms in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica.

Molecular phylogenetics of subterranean termites, Coptotermes spp.

Biology, environmental physiology and management of tropical bed bug.

Field and laboratory evaluations of novel and conventional insecticide formulations against termites, pest ants and cockroaches.

Development and testing of bait matrices for the management of pest ants and cockroaches.

 

Collaborators

Singapore Pest Management Association

Dow AgroSciences Asia

Sumitomo Chemicals, Japan

Bayer AG, Germany

Reckitt Benckiser, Australia

SC Johnson & Son, USA

DuPont, USA

Pest Control Association of Malaysia

Purdue University, USA

University of Georgia, USA

Sanus Acoustics, Mississippi, USA

National University of Singapore

CSIRO Entomology, Australia

Kyoto University, Japan

 

Selected Publications

1.  Loke PY & CY Lee.  2006.  Effects of colony composition and food type on nutrient distribution in colonies of Monomorium orientale Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology (USA) 99: 129 – 133. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/075.pdf> ]

 

2.  Loke PY & CY Lee. 2006.  Influence of colony caste composition, food nutritional content and satiation on feeding behaviour of a tropical pest ant, Monomorium orientale (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).  Sociobiology (USA) 47: 5 – 18.  [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/076.pdf> ]

 

3.    Duangkhae S, C Chatchawan & CY Lee.  2006.  Field evaluation of a hydramethylnon gel bait formulation against German cockroaches in Bangkok, Thailand (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). Medical Entomology and Zoology (Japan) 57: 361-364. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/080.pdf> ]

 

4.    Chong KF & CY Lee.  2006.  Food preferences and foraging activity of field populations of the ghost ant, Tapinoma indicum (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).  Sociobiology (USA) 48: 875 – 883.  [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/081.pdf> ]

 

5.    Eow AGH & CY Lee. 2007. Comparative nutritional preference of tropical household ants, Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus), Monomorium floricola (Jerdon) and Monomorium destructor (Jerdon) (Hymenotera: Formicidae).  Sociobiology (USA) 49: 165 – 186. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/082.pdf> ]

 

6.    Yeoh BH & CY Lee.  2007. Soil arthropods associated with termite bait monitoring stations in Malaysia. Sociobiology (USA) 49: 187 – 196. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/083.pdf> ]

 

7.    Jenkins TM, SC Jones, CY Lee, BT Forschler, G Lopez-Martinez, NT Gallagher, G Greene, M Neal, B Thistleton, S Kleinschmidt & C Harvey.  2007.  Phylogeography elucidates maternal origins of exotic Coptotermes gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 612 – 621. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/084.pdf> ]

 

8.    Kistner DH, KF Chong and CY Lee.  2007. A new Malaysian myrmecophilous cricket (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae).  Sociobiology (USA) 50: 173 – 182. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/085.pdf> ]

 

9.    Lee CY, C Vongkaluang & M Lenz. 2007. Challenges to subterranean termite management in multi-genera faunas in South East Asia and Australia.  Sociobiology (USA) 50: 213 – 221. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/089.pdf> ]

 

10.    Yeap BK, AS Othman, VS Lee & CY Lee. 2007.  Genetic relationship between Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) and Coptotermes vastator Light (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).  Journal of Economic Entomology (USA) 100: 467 – 474. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/090.pdf> ]

 

11.    Yeoh BH & CY Lee.  2007.  Tunneling responses of the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi in termiticide-treated sand (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).  Sociobiology (USA) 50: 457 – 468. [pdf <http://idisk.mac.com/chowyang/Public/091.pdf> ]

 

12.    Yeoh BH & CY Lee.  2007. Tunneling activity, wood consumption and survivorship of Coptotermes gestroi, Coptotermes curvignathus and Coptotermes kalshoveni (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in the laboratory.  Sociobiology (USA) 50: 1087 - 1096. [pdf <http://web.mac.com/chowyang/iWeb/Site/Publication%20list_files/092.pdf> ]

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