Research Group:

1.The ecology and evolution of insect pests

We are interested in the role and dynamics of bacterial symbionts in whitefly and planthopper and how they affect their host’s interaction with its pathogens.

We are also interested in the coevolution of plant (such as transgenic cotton) and insect pest (such as cotton bollworm, common cutworm, whitefly, mirid bug et al.).

2.Biological Control of Insect Pests

We focus on biological control of insect pests, and develop microbial insecticides against whitefly, aphid, common cutworm et al. Other than microbial insecticides, we also develop biological control product against plant virus (such as tomato yellow leaf curl virus et al.).