Liang-De Tang PhD

Associate Professor of Entomology

Master’s Supervisor

State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides 

Contact details

Room 418, Science Building, East Campus, Guizhou University

Email ldtang@gzu.edu.cn

Phone +86 13698950265

Qualifications

BSc – Hunan Agricultural University, China 2003

MSc – Guangxi University, China 2007

PhD – South China Agricultural University, China 2010

Positions held

2013-2015 Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher – Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China

2016-2018 Associate Researcher – Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China

2019-2021 Deputy Mayor – People's Government of Miyi County, Sichuan, China

2021 – present Associate Professor – Guizhou University, China

Profile

Tang is an entomologist, mainly engaged in biological control and integrated pest management of horticultural crops. His work has effectively promoted the progress of local integrated pest management, especially in the field of vegetable thrips pest control. He has published more than 100 scientific works and obtained several national and provincial grants. He has served on the Committee of Agricultural Entomology of the Chinese Society of Entomology for two consecutive sessions (2018-2023, 2023-present). He is also a reviewer of several international journals. Tang has received several awards, such as the High-level Talent Award in Hainan Province.

Selected recent publications (*corresponding authors)

Tang, L.D., G. Smagghe, S. Wang*, ZX Lü, L.S. 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 44(1): 81-93.

Huang, Y.Q., X.B. Yang, Q.R. Bai, S. Singh, L.D. Tang*, L.S. Zang (2024) Performance of the two parasitoid species, Aphelinus varipes and Lysiphlebia japonica against sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari. Biological Control 194: 105532.

Zhang Y.F., L.S. Zang, L.H. Guo, S. Singh, S.Y. Wu, X,B. Yang*, L.D. Tang* (2024) Neoseiulus mites as biological control agents against Megalurothrips usitatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and Frankliniella intonsa (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on cowpea crop: laboratory to field. Journal of Economic Entomology 117(4): 1367-1376.

Tang L.D., L.H. Guo, Z. Shen, Y.M. Chen, L.S. Zang* (2023) Comparison of the biology of Frankliniella intonsa and Megalurothrips usitatus on cowpea pods under natural regimes through an age-stage, two-sex lifetable approach. Bulletin of Entomological Research 113, 555-564.

Yu X.R., T. Tariq, L.H. Guo, S.Y. Wu, L.D. Tang*, L.S. Zang (2023) Assessing the effectiveness of imidacloprid and thiamethoxam via root irrigation against Megalurothrips usitatus and its residual effects on cowpea. Journal of Economic Entomology 116(5): 1767-1775.

Tang L.D., L.H. Guo, J.H. Wu, L.S. Zang* (2023) Thrips in genus Megalurothrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): biodiversity, bioecology, and IPM. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 8: 1-11.

Tang L.D., J.W. Sun, P. Dai, M.Y. Mu,  P.O.Y. Nkunika, N. Desneux, L.S. Zang* (2023) Performance of two dominant Trichogrammatid species of fall armyworm from China and Africa under contrasted temperature and humidity regimes. Biological Control 179: 105179.

Shen Z., L.H. Liu, L.S. Zang, T.J. Deng, Z.B. Luo, J.Y. Gao, L.D. Tang* (2023) Evaluation of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) as a biocontrol agent of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based on two-sex life table and functional response analyses. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 4: 48.

Guo L.H., S.Y. Wu, R.N. Gong, L.D. Tang* (2023) Parthenogenesis affects interspecific competition between Megalurothrips usitatus and Frankliniella intonsa (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in changing environment: evidence from life table study. Journal of Economic Entomology 116: 2043-2051.

Tang L.D., L.H. Guo, A. Ali, N. Desneux, L.S. Zang* (2022) Synergism of adjuvants mixed with spinetoram for the management of bean flower thrips, Megalurothrips usitatus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in cowpeas. Journal of Economic Entomology 115: 2013-2019.

Zhang Y.D., X.C. Zhang, Q.H. Tian, S. Ali, L.D. Tang,* J.H. Wu* (2022) Toxicological and biochemical description of synergism of Beauveria bassiana and Emamectin Benzoate against Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagrall). Journal of Fungi 8: 916.

Li Z.Y., W.Y. Chen, X.S. Wang, W. Sang, H.P. Pan, S. Ali, L.D. Tang*, J.H. Wu* (2022) Transcriptome analysis of Megalurothrips usitatus identifies olfactory genes with ligands binding characteristics of MusiOBP1 and MusiCSP1. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 978534.