| Mosquitoes smell and avoid the insect repellent DEET Z Syed, WS Leal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (36), 13598-13603, 2008 | 391 | 2008 |
| Acute olfactory response of Culex mosquitoes to a human-and bird-derived attractant Z Syed, WS Leal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (44), 18803-18808, 2009 | 297 | 2009 |
| Knockdown of a mosquito odorant-binding protein involved in the sensitive detection of oviposition attractants J Pelletier, A Guidolin, Z Syed, AJ Cornel, WS Leal Journal of chemical ecology 36, 245-248, 2010 | 211 | 2010 |
| Reverse and conventional chemical ecology approaches for the development of oviposition attractants for Culex mosquitoes WS Leal, RMR Barbosa, W Xu, Y Ishida, Z Syed, N Latte, AM Chen, ... PloS one 3 (8), e3045, 2008 | 200 | 2008 |
| Pheromone reception in fruit flies expressing a moth's odorant receptor Z Syed, Y Ishida, K Taylor, DA Kimbrell, WS Leal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (44), 16538-16543, 2006 | 187 | 2006 |
| Volatile codes: Correlation of olfactory signals and reception in Drosophila-yeast chemical communication NH Scheidler, C Liu, KA Hamby, FG Zalom, Z Syed Scientific reports 5 (1), 14059, 2015 | 156 | 2015 |
| Advances in the Chemical Ecology of the Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) and its Applications KR Cloonan, J Abraham, S Angeli, Z Syed, C Rodriguez-Saona Journal of chemical ecology 44, 922-939, 2018 | 136 | 2018 |
| Maxillary Palps Are Broad Spectrum Odorant Detectors in Culex quinquefasciatus Z Syed, WS Leal Chemical senses 32 (8), 727-738, 2007 | 126 | 2007 |
| The molecular receptive range of an olfactory receptor in vivo (Drosophila melanogaster Or22a) D Pelz, T Roeske, Z Syed, M Bruyne, CG Galizia Journal of neurobiology 66 (14), 1544-1563, 2006 | 111 | 2006 |
| Daily rhythms in antennal protein and olfactory sensitivity in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae SSC Rund, NA Bonar, MM Champion, JP Ghazi, CM Houk, MT Leming, ... Scientific reports 3 (1), 2494, 2013 | 102 | 2013 |
| Tsetse flies are attracted to the invasive plant Lantana camara PM Guerin, Z Syed Journal of Insect Physiology 50 (1), 43, 2004 | 90 | 2004 |
| Bombykol receptors in the silkworm moth and the fruit fly Z Syed, A Kopp, DA Kimbrell, WS Leal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (20), 9436-9439, 2010 | 74 | 2010 |
| Chemical ecology of animal and human pathogen vectors in a changing global climate JA Pickett, MA Birkett, SY Dewhirst, JG Logan, MO Omolo, B Torto, ... Journal of chemical ecology 36, 113-121, 2010 | 66 | 2010 |
| Pheromone binding to general odorant-binding proteins from the navel orangeworm Z Liu, DM Vidal, Z Syed, Y Ishida, WS Leal Journal of Chemical Ecology 36, 787-794, 2010 | 60 | 2010 |
| Chemosensory and behavioural adaptations of ectoparasitic arthropods P Guerenstein, S Grenacher, MÁ Vlimant, PA Diehl, P Steullet, Z Syed Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 83 (316), 213-229, 2000 | 58 | 2000 |
| siRNA-Mediated Silencing of doublesex during Female Development of the Dengue Vector Mosquito Aedes aegypti K Mysore, L Sun, M Tomchaney, G Sullivan, H Adams, AS Piscoya, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 9 (11), e0004213, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
| CRISPR/Cas9 mediated gene knockout reveals a more important role of PBP1 than PBP2 in the perception of female sex pheromone components in Spodoptera litura GH Zhu, MY Zheng, JB Sun, SA Khuhro, Q Yan, Y Huang, Z Syed, ... Insect biochemistry and molecular biology 115, 103244, 2019 | 54 | 2019 |
| The making of a pest: Insights from the evolution of chemosensory receptor families in a pestiferous and invasive fly, Drosophila suzukii PV Hickner, CL Rivaldi, CM Johnson, M Siddappaji, GJ Raster, Z Syed BMC genomics 17, 1-17, 2016 | 53 | 2016 |
| Moth sex pheromone receptors and deceitful parapheromones P Xu, SF Garczynski, E Atungulu, Z Syed, YM Choo, DM Vidal, CHL Zitelli, ... PloS one 7 (7), e41653, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Generic insect repellent detector from the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster Z Syed, J Pelletier, E Flounders, RF Chitolina, WS Leal PLoS One 6 (3), e17705, 2011 | 50 | 2011 |
