Feng-Qi Li PhD

Associate Professor of Insect Chemical Ecology

Master’s Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides

Contact details

Room 418, Physics and Chemistry Building, East Campus, Guizhou university

Email fqli@gzu.edu.cn

Phone:+86 15010792970

Qualifications

BSc – Henan Agriculture University, China 2005

MSc – Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China 2008

PhD – Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 2012

Positions held

2012-2015 Postdoc –Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2015-2023 Research Assistant, Associate Researcher – Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, China

2023 –present Associate Professor – Guizhou University, China

Profile

FengQi Li has worked on insect chemical ecology for over ten years, including biosynthesis of pheromones, olfactory recognition mechanisms, and interactions between plants and insects. His research has been supported by numerous grants, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key R&D Program, the Guizhou Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and a general project of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation. He has published over 30 academic papers in international journals including Plant, Cell & Environment, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, and Pest Management Science. He has obtained seven invention patents relating to development and optimization of insect pheromone trapping products for sycamore lace bug, fall armyworm, tomato leafminer, and Macdunnoughia confusa, some which have been commercialized.

Selected recent publications (*corresponding authors)

Wu, G.Y., C.Y. Wu, Y. Dewer, P.Y. Li, B.J. Hao, L.S Zang, and F.Q. Li* (2024) Comparative genomics reveals evolutionary drivers of the dietary shift in Hemiptera. B Entomol Res, 114(1):41-48. 

Li, F.Q., J.H. Tian, Z.J. Di, C. Qu, Y.J. Fu, S.Y. Yang*, and C. Luo* (2024) Orco mediates olfactory behavior and oviposition in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Pestic Biochem Physiol 199:105773.

Li, F.Q., A.S. Marzouk, Y. Dewer, H.X. Kang*, and G.R. Wang* (2022) Genome-wide association study of rice leaf metabolites and volatiles. Int J Biol Macromol 222:2479-2485.

Tian, J.H., Y. Dewer, C. Qu, F.Q. Li*, and C. Luo (2022) Heat-shock protein 70-a hub gene-underwent adaptive evolution involved in whitefly-wild tomato interaction. Pest Manag Sci 78(11):4471-4479.

Zhan, H.X., Y. Dewer, J. Zhang, J.P. Tian, D. Li, C. Qu, Z. Yang, F.Q. Li*, and C. Luo (2021) Odorant-binding protein 1 plays a crucial role in the olfactory response of Bemisia tabaci to R-Curcumene. J Agric Food Chem 69(43):12785-12793.

Li, F.Q., Y. Dewer, D. Li, C. Qu, and C. Luo*(2021) Functional and evolutionary characterization of chemosensory protein CSP2 in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Pest Manag Sci 77(1):378-388.

Li, F.Q., C.Y. Wu, M.Z. Gao, M.M. Jiao, C. Qu, G. Asier*, and C. Luo*(2019) Transcriptome sequencing, molecular markers, and transcription factor discovery of Platanus acerifolia in the presence of Corythucha ciliata. Sci Data 6(1): 128.

Li, F.Q., W. Li, Y.J. Lin, J.A. Pickett, M.A. Birkett, K.M. Wu, G.R. Wang*, and J.J. Zhou* (2018) Expression of lima bean terpene synthases in rice enhances recruitment of a beneficial enemy of a major rice pest. Plant Cell Environ 41(1):111-120.