Lian-Sheng Zang PhD

Zang, Lian-Sheng, PhD, Leadership in Scientific Innovation of the Ten-Thousand Talents Plan for the People’s Republic of China

Distinguished Professor of Entomology

Doctoral Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides (link to the main page of the lab)

Contact details

Room 419, Science and Chemistry Building, East Campus

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 Entomologia Generalis. 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. Li T.-H., Wang X., Desneux N., Wang S., Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2025. Egg coverings in insects: ecological adaptation to abiotic and biotic selective pressures.Biological Reviews, 100: 99-112

2.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

3. Zhu X.-Y., Wang T., Tariq H., Sun J.-W., Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2025. Plant Immunity Inducer-Enhanced Volatiles in Rice: Boosting Indirect Defense against Striped Stem Borers Through Parasitoid Attraction. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5c05057

4. Shen Z., Tang L.-D., Desneux N., Lian Sheng Zang*. 2025. Diapause in parasitoids: a systematic review.Journal of Pest Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-025-01876-4

5. Chen X., Smagghe G., Chen Y.-M., Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2025. Laterally acquired chitinase genes in venom facilitate parasitism in egg parasitoid wasps. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 183, 104362, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2025.104362

6. Chen Y.-M., Qu X.-R., Shang C.-J., Peng L.-F., Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2024. Identification of morphologically similar genera based on reproductive systems and immature stages: a case study of Anastatus and Mesocomys (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae).Insect Systematics and Diversity,https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae031

7.Chen Y.-M., Gong R.-N., Wang X., Desneux N., Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2024. Assessing potential for biological control of Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica using Anastatus gansuensis, a thelytokous parasitoid firstly reported in Eupelmidae. Pest Management Science, DOI 10.1002/ps.8447

8.Xu T.-T., Wu X., Luo Z.-B., Tang L.-D., Gao J.-Y., 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

9.Wang Y., Hou Y.-Y., Iqbal A., Wang S., Monticelli L.S., 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

10.Tang L.-D., Smagghe G., 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

11. Li T.-H., 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.

12. Li T.-H., de Freitas Bueno A., Desneux N., Zhang L., Wang Z., Dong H., Wang S., 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

13.Li T.-H, Ma Y., Hou Y.-Y., Nkunika P.O.Y., Desneux N., 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

14. Li T.-H., Wang X., Desneux N., Song L.-W., 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

15.Hou Y.-Y., Ma Y., Xu W., Desneux N., Nkunika P.O.Y., Bao H.-P.,Lian-Sheng Zang*. 2022. Spodoptera frugiperda egg mass scale thickness modulates Trichogramma parasitoid performance. Entomologia Generalis, 42(4): 589-596.

16.Chen Y.-M., 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.  

17.Chen Y.-M., Iqbal A, Lv R.-E., Wang X., Desneux N., 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.

18.Chen X., Jaworski C.C., Dai H., Liang Y., Guo X., Wang S., Lian-Sheng Zang*, Desneux N. 2022. Combining banker plants to achieve longterm pest control in multipest and multinatural enemy cropping systems. Journal of Pest Science, 95（2）：685-697

19.Lian-Sheng Zang, Chen Y.-M., Koc-Bilican B., Bilican I., Sakir M., Wait J., Çolak A., Karaduman T., Ceylan A., Ali A., Elbuken C., Onses M.S., 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

20.Chen Y.-M., Pekdemir S., Ismail Bilican I., Koc-Bilican B., Cakmak B., Ali A., Lian-Sheng Zang*, Serdar Onses M., Kaya M. 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

Grants (Ongoing) (PI = General Coordinator)

1.2023-2026: China-EU Joint Annual Meeting of Key Technological Innovation Cooperation Research for IPM in Agriculture, National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFE0104800), PI. 17,000,000 RMB

2.2023-2027: Exploitation and Utilization of Natural Enemy Insect Resources and Development of New Products, National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFD1400600), Subproject PI. 500,000 RMB

3.2022-2025: Studies on mechanisms of host-odour recognition and adaptation of Trichogramma on the factitious host eggs of Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraea pernyi, NSFC (32172469), PI. 580,000 RMB

4.2024-2026: Guizhou Provincial Technological Innovation Team for the Exploitation and Utilization of Natural Enemy Insect Resources and Development of New Products, Qiankehe Platform Talent [BQW (2024) 004], PI. 1,000,000 RMB