Lian-Sheng Zang PhD

Distinguished Professor of Entomology

Doctoral Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides 
Contact details
Room 419, Science and Chemistry Building, East Campus, Guizhou University

Email: lszang@gzu.edu.cn  or  lsz0415@163.com;

Phone: +86-18104312690
Qualifications 
PhD - Entomology, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China 2005

MSc - Entomology, Jilin Agricultural University, China 2001

BSc - Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, China 1998
Positions held
2020 – Present Distinguished Professor – Guizhou University, China

2008 – 2022 Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor – Jilin Agricultural University, China

2005 – 2008 Postdoc – Texas A&M University, USA
Profile 
Lian-Sheng is a Distinguished Professor working on biological control of plant pests with natural enemies, biological invasion by alien insect pests and integrated pest management in crops. In recent years, his research has mainly focused on applied science in agricultural pest management with natural enemies. His work has resulted in successful applications of many natural enemies, such as Encarsia, Eretmocerus, Harmonia axyridis, Trichogramma, Anastatus and Mesocomys, in biological control of Agriforest pests over 400,000 Ha. He has served on editorial boards of many international journals including Biological Control and Frontiers in Physiology. He has published more than 200 scientific papers. In 2021, he was invited by Annual Review of Entomology to publish a paper entitled ‘Biological Control with Trichogramma in China: History, Present Status, and Perspectives’. His research has been supported by numerous national grants and he has received multiple awards and distinctions, including the Leadership in Scientific Innovation of Distinguished Talents awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China in 2014. 

Selected recent publications (*corresponding author)

1. Lian-Sheng Zang, Wang S, Zhang F, Desneux N. 2021. Biological control with Trichogramma in China: history, present status and perspectives. Annual Review of Entomology, 66: 463-484

2. Ting-Ting Xu, Xian Wu, Zhen-Bao Luo, Liang-De Tang, Jun-Yi Gao and Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2024. Light intensity differentially mediates the life cycle of lepidopteran leaf feeders and stem borers. Pest Management Science, DOI 10.1002/ps.8125

3. Wang Y, Hou YY, Iqbal A, Wang S, Monticelli LS, Desneux N, Lian-Sheng Zang *. 2024. Inundative release of Trichogramma dendrolimi at different developmental stages enhances the control efficacy over Ostrinia furnacalis. Journal of Pest Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01731-4

4. Tang L-D, Smagghe G, Su Wang S, Lü Z-X, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2024. Dead-end trap plants as an environment-friendly IPM tool: A case study of the successful use of vetiver grass in China. Entomologia Generalis, DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/2194

5. Li TH., et al., Lian-Sheng Zang *. 2023. Protective scale variation on Spodoptera egg masses can potentially support the cost-effective use of Trichogramma parasitoids. Entomologia Generalis, 43: 939–944.

6. TianHao Li, Adeney de Freitas Bueno, Nicolas Desneux, Lisheng Zhang, Zhenying Wang, Hui Dong, Su Wang, LianSheng Zang*. 2023. Current status of the biological control of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda by egg parasitoids. Journal of Pest Science, 96:1345–1363

7. Tian-Hao Li, Yue Ma, Yang-Yang Hou, Phillip O. Y. Nkunika, Nicolas Desneux, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2023. Variation in egg mass scale thickness of three Spodoptera species and its effects on egg parasitoid performance. Journal of Pest Science, 96:1393–1402

8. Tian-Hao Li, Xingeng Wang, Nicolas Desneux, Li-Wei Song, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2023. Performance of Chouioia cunea reared from a coleopteran alternative host as a biocontrol agent against the invasive lepidopteran pest, Hyphantria cunea. Pest Management Science, 79: 1500–1507

9. Hou YY, Ma Y, Xu W, Desneux N, Nkunika POY, Bao HP, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2022. Spodoptera frugiperda egg mass scale thickness modulates Trichogramma parasitoid performance. Gentomologia Generalis, 42(4): 589-596.

10. Chen YM, Lian-Sheng Zang*, Koc-Bilican B, et al. 2022. Macroporous Surgical Mesh from a Natural Cocoon Composite. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10（18）：5728-5738，DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06941.

11. Chen YM, Iqbal A, Lv RE, Xingeng Wang, Nicolas Desneux, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2022. Chinese oak silkworm Antherae pernyi egg, a suitable factitious host for rearing eupelmid egg parasitoids. Pest Management Science. DOI 10.1002/ps.6796.

12. Lian-Sheng Zang, Chen YM, Koc-Bilican B, Bilican I, Sakir M, Wait J, Çolak A, Karaduman T, Ceylan A, Ali A, Elbuken C, Onses MS, Kaya M. 2021. From bio-waste to biomaterials: The eggshells of Chinese oak silkworm as templates for SERS-active surfaces. Chemical Engineering Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.131874

13. Asim Iqbal, Yong-Ming Chen, Yang-Yang Hou, Chang-Chun Ruan, Nicolas Desneux, Muhammad Qayash Khan, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2021. Rearing Trichogramma ostriniae on the factitious host Antheraea pernyi via multiparasitism with Trichogramma chilonis facilitates enhanced biocontrol potential against Ostrinia furnacalis. Biological Control, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104567

14. Yong-Ming Chen, Sami Pekdemir, Ismail Bilican，Behlul Koc-Bilican, Betul Cakmak, Asad Ali, Lian-Sheng Zang*, M. Serdar Onses, Murat Kaya. 2021. Production of natural chitin film from pupal shell of moth: Fabrication of plasmonic surfaces for SERS-based sensing applications. Carbohydrate Polymers，https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117909

15. YongMing Chen, XingRan Qu1, TianHao Li, Asim Iqbal, Xingeng Wang, ZhiYong Ren, Nicolas Desneux, Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2021. Performances of six eupelmid egg parasitoids from China on Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica with different host age regimes. Journal of Pest Science, 94：309-319