Publications

Sajjad, M., Sajjad, A., Chishti, G.A., Khan, E.U., Mozūraitis, R., Binyameen, M. 2024. Insect larvae as an alternate protein source in poultry feed improve the performance and meat quality of broilers. Animals, 14 (14): art. no. 2053. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14142053

Abbas, M.G., Azeem, M., Bashir, M.U., Ali, F., Mozūratis, R., Binyameen, M. 2024. Chemical composition, repellent, and oviposition deterrent potential of wild plant essential oils against three mosquito species. Molecules, 29 (11): art. no. 2657. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29112657

Parveen, A., Abbas, M.G., Keefover-Ring, K., Binyameen, M., Mozūraitis, R., Azeem, M. 2024. Chemical composition of essential oils from natural populations of Artemisia scoparia collected at different altitudes: Antibacterial, mosquito repellent, and larvicidal effects. Molecules, 29 (6): art. no. 1359. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29061359

Enge, S., Mérot, C., Mozūraitis, R., Apšegaitė, V., Bernatchez, L., Martens, G.A., Radžiutė, S., Pavia, H., Berdan, E.L. 2023. A supergene in seaweed flies modulates male traits and female perception. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 290 (2008): art. no. 20231494. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1494

Haris, A., Azeem, M., Abbas, M.G., Mumtaz, M., Mozūraitis, R., Binyameen, M. 2023. Prolonged repellent activity of plant essential oils against dengue vector, Aedes aegypti. Molecules, 28 (3): art. no. 1351. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031351

Abbas, M.G., Haris, A., Binyameen, M., Nazir, A., Mozūratis, R , Azeem, M. 2023. Chemical composition, larvicidal and repellent activities of wild plant essential oils against Aedes aegypti. Biology, 12 (1): art. no. 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010008

Iqbal, S., Khan, F.A., Haris, A., Mozūraitis, R., Binyameen, M., Azeem, M. 2023. Essential oils of four wild plants inhibit the blood seeking behaviour of female Aedes aegytpi. Experimental Parasitology, 244: art. no. 108424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2022.108424

Hajkazemian, M., Hill, S.R., Mozūraitis, R., Ranford-Cartwright, L., Emami, S.N., Ignell, R. 2022. Mosquito host-seeking diel rhythm and chemosensory gene expression is affected by age and Plasmodium stages. Scientific Reports, 12 (1): art. no. 18814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23529-7

Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Būda, V., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Būdienė, J., Aleknavicius, D., Mozūraitis, R. 2022. Sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides and fruit flies Rhagoletis batava: Search for volatile semiochemicals involved in pest attraction. Horticulturae, 8 (2): art. no. 179. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8020179

Būda, V., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Čepulytė, R., Bumbulytė, G., Mozūraitis, R. 2022. Electroantennographic and behavioural responses of European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, to the volatile organic compounds from sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, fruit. Insects, 13(2): 114. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020114

Azeem, M., Zaman, T., Abbasi, A.M., Abid, M., Mozūraitis, R., Alwahibi, M.S., Elshikh, M.S. (2022) Pesticidal potential of some wild plant essential oils against grain pests Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797) and Aspergillus flavus (Link, 1809). Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 15 (1): art. no. 103482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103482

Mozūraitis, R., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Aleknavičius, D., Budienė, J., Stanevičienė, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Servienė, E., Būda, V. (2022) Volatiles produced by yeasts related to Prunus avium and P. cerasus fruits and their potentials to modulate the behaviour of the pest Rhagoletis cerasi fruit flies. Journal of Fungi, 8 (2); art. no. 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020095

Kumar, S., Ahmad, R., Saeed, S., Azeem, M., Mozūraitis, R., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Zhu, G.P. (2022) Chemical composition of fresh leaves headspace aroma and essential oils of four Coriander cultivars. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13: art. no. 820644. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.820644

Hajkazemian, M., Bosse, C., Mozūraitis, R., Emami, S.N. (2021) Battleground midgut: The cost to the mosquito for hosting the malaria parasite. Biology of the Cell, 113 (2): 79–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/boc.202000039

Stanevičienė, R., Lukša, J., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Z., Ravoitytė, B., Losinska-Sičiūnienė, R., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2021) Mycobiota in the carposphere of sour and sweet cherries and antagonistic features of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 9 (7): art. no. 1423. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071423

Stromsky, V.E., Hajkazemian, M., Vaisbourd, E., Mozūraitis, R., Emami, S.N. (2021) Plasmodium metabolite HMBPP stimulates feeding of main mosquito vectors on blood and artificial toxic sources. Communications Biology, 4 (1): art. no. 1161. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02689-8

Mozūraitis, R., Aleknavičius, D., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Stanevičienė, R., Emami, S.N., Apšegaitė, V., Radžiutė, S., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Servienė, E., Būda, V. (2020) Hippophae rhamnoides berry related Pichia kudriavzevii yeast volatiles modify behaviour of Rhagoletis batava flies. Journal of Advanced Research, 21: 71–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2019.08.001

Būda, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Radžiutė, S., Apšegaitė, V., Stamm, P., Schulz, S., Aleknavičius, D., Mozūraitis, R. (2020) Male-Produced (-)-delta-Heptalactone, Pheromone of Fruit Fly Rhagoletis batava (Diptera: Tephritidae), a Sea Buckthorn Berries Pest. Insects, 11 (2): art. no. 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11020138

Lukša, J., Vepštaitė-Monstavičė, I., Apšegaitė, V., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Stanevičienė, R., Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Ž., Ravoitytė, B., Aleknavičius, D., Būda, V., Mozūraitis, R., Servienė, E. (2020) Fungal microbiota of sea buckthorn berries at two ripening stages and volatile profiling of potential biocontrol yeasts. Microorganisms, 8 (3): art. no. 456. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030456

Mozūraitis, R., Hajkazemian, M., Zawada, J.W., Szymczak, J., Palsson, K., Sekar, V., Biryukova, I., Friedlander, M.R., Koekemoer, L.L., Baird, J.K., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Emami, S.N. (2020) Male swarming aggregation pheromones increase female attraction and mating success among multiple African malaria vector mosquito species. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4 (10): 13951–1401. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1264-9

Mozūraitis, R., Murtazina, R., Zurita, J., Pei, Y.X., Ilag, L., Wiklund, C., Karlson, A.K.B. (2019) Anti-aphrodisiac pheromone, a renewable signal in adult butterflies. Scientific Reports. 9: art. no. 14262. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50838-1

Azeem, M., Zaman, T., Tahir, M., Haris, A., Iqbal, Z., Binyameen, M., Nazir, A., Shad, S.A., Majeed, S., Mozūraitis, R. (2019) Chemical composition and repellent activity of native plants essential against dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Industrial Crops and Products. 140: art. no. 111609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111609

Emami, S.N., Hajkazemian, M., Mozūraitis, R. (2019) Can Plasmodium’s tricks for enhancing its transmission be turned against the parasite? New hopes for vector control. Pathogens and Global Health, 113 (8): 325–335. https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2019.1703398

Fors, L., Mozūraitis, R., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Verschut, T.A., Hamback, PA. (2018) Selection by parasitoid females among closely related hosts based on volatiles: Identifying relevant chemical cues. Ecology and Evolution 8 (6): 3219-3228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3877

Emami, S.N., Lindberg, B.G., Hua, S., Hill, S.R., Mozūraitis, R., Lehm, P., Birgersson, G., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Ignell, R., Faye, I. (2017) A key malaria metabolite modulates vector blood seeking, feeding, and susceptibility to infection. Science. 355 (6329): 1076-1080. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aah4563

Verschut, T.A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Apšegaitė, V., Mozūraitis, R., Hamback, P.A. (2017) Natal origin affects host preference and larval performance relationships in a tritrophic system. Ecology and Evolution. 7 (7): 2079-2090. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2826

Mozūraitis, R., Kutra, J.,Borg-Karlson, A.K., Būda, V. (2017) Dynamics of putative sex pheromone components during heat periods in estrus-induced cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 100 (9): 7686-7695. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-12376

Mozūraitis R., Radžiutė S., Apšegaitė V., Cravcenco A., Būda V., Nylin S. (2016) Volatiles released from foliar extract of host plant enhance landing rates of gravid Polygonia c-album females, but do not stimulate oviposition. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 158 (3): 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12405

Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Apšegaitė V., Radžiutė S., Mozūraitis R., Būda V., Pečiulytė D. (2016) Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of Ips typographus (L.) to trans-4-thujanol-a host tree volatile compound. Annals of Forest Science. 73 (2): 247-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-015-0494-5

Fors, L., Liblikas, I., Andersson, P., Borg-Karlson, A.K., Cabezas, N., Mozūraitis, R., Hamback, P.A. (2015) Chemical communication and host search in Galerucella leaf beetles. Chemoecology. 25 (1): 33-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-014-0174-1

Roos, J., Bejai, S., Mozūraitis, R., Dixelius, C. (2015) Susceptibility to Verticillium longisporum is linked to monoterpene production by TPS23/27 in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal. 81 (4): 572-585. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12752

Pitts, R. J., Mozūraitis, R., Gauvin-Bialecki, A., Lemperiere, G. (2014) The roles of kairomones, synomones and pheromones in the chemically-mediated behaviour of male mosquitoes. Acta Tropica. 132 (Suppl.): S26-S34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.09.005

Mozūraitis, R., Būda, V. (2013) Intra- and interspecific activities of semiochemicals from the sex pheromone gland of the Welsh clearwing, Synanthedon scoliaeformis. Journal of chemical ecology. 39 (8): 1066–1069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-013-0301-4

Būda, V., Mozūraitis, R., Kutra, Jonas, Borg-Karlson, A.K. (2012) p-Cresol : a sex pheromone component identified from the estrous urine of mares. Journal of chemical ecology. 38 (7): p. 811–813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0138-2

Mozūraitis, R., Murtazina, R., Nylin, S., Borg-Karlson, A.-K. (2012) Nonvolatile chemical cues affect host-plant ranking by gravid Polygonia c-album females. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung = A journal of biosciences. C. 67 (1–2): 93–102. https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-2012-1-212

Mozūraitis, R., Būda, V., Kutra, J., Borg-Karlson, A.K. (2012) p- and m- Cresols esmitted from estrous urine are reliable volatile chemical markers of ovulation in mares. Animal reproduction science. 130 (1–2): 51–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.12.008