Associate Professor of Entomology
Master’s Supervisor
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides
Contact details
D-418, Centre for R&D of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University
Email chenym@gzu.edu.cn
Phone +86 18843176128
Qualifications
BSc – Jilin Agricultural University, China 2013-2017
MSc & PhD – Jilin Agricultural University, China 2017-2022
Positions held
2022 – present, Associate Professor – Guizhou University, China
Profile
Dr. Yong-Ming, a young scholar, is mainly engaged in development and utilization of insect natural enemies, understanding outbreak mechanisms of major agricultural and forestry pests, and high-value use of insect organic wastes. He is skillful at classification and identification of parasitoids, behavioral ecology, mass rearing, and parasitoid-host interactions. So far, he has published nearly 30 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. He has been the principal investigator of one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and obtained two patents.
Selected recent publications (*corresponding author)
Chen YM#, Shang CJ#, Song CM, Ao ZM, Tariq H, Monticelli LS, Li DB, Biondi A, Bueno AF, Kaya M, Zang LS* (2025) Comparative assessment of five native Anastatus parasitoids for optimized biological control of Halyomorpha halys. Entomologia Generalis.
Gong RN, Chen YM*, Luan JB, Li CY, Sun X, Tariq H, Zang LS (2025) A strain of Rickettsia induces thelytoky in Anastatus gansuensis via maternal transmission. Journal of Pest Science. DOI:10.1007/s10340-025-01960-9.
Chen YM, Qu XR, Li TH, Iqbal A, Wang X, Ren ZY, Desneux N, Zang LS* (2020) 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.
Iqbal A, Chen YM, Hou YY, Zhang L, Desneux N, Zang LS* (2019) Factitious host species impact on the outcome of multiparasitism between egg parasitoids. Journal of Pest Science 92:1261-1269.
Iqbal A, Hou YY, Chen YM, Ali A, Monticelli LS, Desneux N, Zang LS* (2020) Impact of Trichogramma parasitoid age on the outcome of multiparasitism in the factitious host eggs of Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraea pernyi. Journal of Pest Science 93:1347-1357.
Chen YM, Qu XR, Shang CJ, Peng LF, Zang LS* (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 8. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae031.
Chen YM, Gong RN, Wang X, Desneux N, Zang LS* (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. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8447.
Chen YM, Iqbal A, Lv RE, Wang X, Desneux N, Zang LS* (2022) Chinese oak silkworm Antherae pernyi egg, a suitable factitious host for rearing eupelmid egg parasitoids. Pest Management Science 78:1789-1799.
Chen YM, Zang LS*, Koc-Bilican B, Bilican I, Holland C, Cansaran-Duman D, Karaduman T, Çolak A, Bayır Y, Halici Z, Ozmen S, Ali A, Labidi J, Elbuken C, Kaya M* (2022) Macroporous surgical mesh from a natural cocoon composite. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10:5728-5738.
Chen YM, Pekdemir S, Bilican I, Koc-Bilican B, Cakmak B, Ali A, Zang LS*, Onses MS, Kaya M* (2021) Production of natural chitin film from pupal shell of moth: Fabrication of plasmonic surfaces for SERS-based sensing applications. Carbohydrate Polymers 262:117909.
Chen YM, Sun JW, Iqbal A, Lv R, Wang H, Zang LS* (2020) An investigation of Caligula japonica (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) egg distribution and associated parasitoids on walnut trees (Juglans regia L.) in northwestern China. International Journal of Pest Management 68:184-191.
Chen YM, Gibson GAP, Peng LF, Iqbal A, Zang LS* (2019) Anastatus Motschulsky (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae): egg parasitoids of Caligula japonica Moore (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) in China. Zookeys 881:109-134
Mu MY, Chen YM*, Wang X, Desneux N, Zang LS (2023) Comparative demographics, population projections and egg maturation patterns of four eupelmid egg parasitoids on the factitious host Antherae pernyi. Pest Management Science 79:3631-3641.
Wu SS, Shen Z, Xue JZ, Tariq H, Zang LS, Chen YM* (2025) Functional response of two Mesocomys species on factitious host Antheraea pernyi and their biocontrol potential against the Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8653.
Shen Z, Chen YM, Huang M, Tariq H, Tang LD, Wei J, Bai QY, Kamfwa K, Ramírez‐Romero R, Monticelli LS, Zang LS* (2025) Mass rearing of Chelonus parasitoids with the alternative host Corcyra cephalonica: a promising biocontrol option against fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.70081.
Chen X, Smagghe G, Chen YM, Zang LS* (2025) Laterally acquired chitinase genes in venom facilitate parasitism in egg parasitoid wasps. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2025.104362.
Chen X, Chen YM, Wang S, Ye XH, Chen MY, Zang LS* (2023) A chromosome-level genome assembly of Caligula japonica as a resource for evolutionary studies in Lepidoptera. Entomologia Generalis 43:1183-1192.
Shang CJ, Talamas EJ, Wang X, Chen YM*, Zang LS (2024) Trissolcus comperei, a newly-reported egg parasitoid of Halyomorpha halys from China. Biological Control 196:105583.
Wang RZ, Chen X, Zhou H, Tariq H, Zang LS, Chen YM* (2024) Parasitic behavior and developmental morphology of Mesocomys trabalae (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), a promising parasitoid of the Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae124.
Zhao QY, Chen X, Wang RZ, Chen YM, Zang LS* (2023) Comparative analysis of the venom proteins from two eupelmid egg parasitoids Anastatus japonicus and Mesocomys trabalae. Biology 12.
Wang RZ, Chen X, Tariq T, Lv RE, Chen YM*, Zang LS (2024) Parasitic behaviour and developmental morphology of Anastatus japonicus reared on the factitious host Antheraea pernyi. Bulletin of Entomological Research:1-11.
Zang ZY, Chen YM, Xu W, Zang LS* (2023) Evidence of two-sex life table analysis supporting Anastatus japonicus, a more effective biological control agent of Caligula japonica compared with other two Anastatus species. Biological Control 180:105188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105188.
Wei XY, Chen YM*, Wang X, Lv RE, Zang LS* (2022) Demography and fitness of Anastatus japonicus reared from Antheraea pernyi as a biological control agent of Caligula japonica. Insects 13:349
Zang LS, Chen YM, Koc-Bilican B, Bilican I, Sakir M, Wait J, Çolak A, Karaduman T, Ceylan A, Ali A, Elbuken C, Serdar Onses M, Kaya M* (2021) From bio-waste to biomaterials: The eggshells of Chinese oak silkworm as templates for SERS-active surfaces. Chemical Engineering Journal 426:131874.
Wang J, Chen YM, Yang XB, Lv RE, Desneux N, Zang LS* (2021) Parasitism and suitability of Aprostocetus brevipedicellus on Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraea pernyi, a dominant factitious host. Insects 12:694.
Iqbal A, Chen YM, Hou YY, Ruan CC, Desneux N, Qayash Khan M, Zang LS* (2021) Rearing Trichogramma ostriniae on the factitious host Antheraea pernyi via multiparasitism with Trichogramma chilonis facilitates enhanced biocontrol potential against Ostrinia furnacalis. Biological Control 156.
Chi H*, Kavousi A, Gharekhani G, Atlihan R, Salih Özgökçe M, Güncan A, Gökçe A, Smith CL, Benelli G, Guedes RNC, Amir-Maafi M, Shirazi J, Taghizadeh R, Maroufpoor M, Xu YY, Zheng FQ, Ye BH, Chen ZZ, You MS, Fu JW, Li JY, Shi M-Z, Hu ZQ, Zheng CY, Luo L, Yuan ZL, Zang LS, Chen YM, Tuan SJ, Lin YY, Wang H-H, Gotoh T, Shaef Ullah M, Botto-Mahan C, De Bona S, Bussaman P, Gabre RM, Saska P, Schneider MI, Ullah F, Desneux N (2023) Advances in theory, data analysis, and application of the age-stage, two-sex life table for demographic research, biological control, and pest management. Entomologia Generalis 43:705-732.