Liang-De Tang PhD
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Liang-De TangPhD
AssociateProfessor 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
Qualifications
BSc – Hunan Agricultural University, China 2003
MSc – Guangxi University, China 2007
PhD – South China Agricultural University, China2010
Positions held
2013-2015 Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher – Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy ofTropical Agricultural Sciences, China
2016-2018 Associate Researcher – Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy ofTropical Agricultural Sciences, China
2019-2021 Deputy Mayor – People's Government of Miyi County, Sichuan, China
2021 – present AssociateProfessor – 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 130 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.
Research Projects
Sub-project of National Key R & D Program of China, Research on Population Development and Ecological Control Techniques of Tomato Leafminer，2025.10-2028.09, Host.
Sub-project of National Key R & D Program of China (2023YFD1400604-04), Quality control technology and standards of Chelonus formosanus and Trichogramma leucaniae，2024.01-2027.12, Host.
Guizhou Provincial Science Foundation, Mass-Rearing of Natural Enemies Using Eri Silkworm: Research and Demonstration , 2026.01-2028.12, Host.
Guizhou Provincial Science Foundation (Qiankehejichu-ZK[2024]047), The function of detoxification metabolism in the process of Sesamia inferens transforming into waxy sorghum, 2024.04-2027.04, Host.
Kweichow Moutai Group Technology Project, Research and demonstration of biological control technology for major pests and diseases of organic sorghum for Maotai-flavor liquor, 2021.01-2023.12, Main participant (ranked second).
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31601636), The mechanism of olfactory recognition based on odorant binding proteins in Megalurothrips usitatus, 2017.01-2019.12, Host.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (31601636), The mechanism of olfactory recognition based on odorant binding proteins in Diachasmimorpha longicaudata, 2016.01-2019.12, Main participant (ranked second).
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs ' Belt and Road ' science and technology project (ZYLH2018010304), Joint investigation of tropical fruit and vegetable pests and their biocontrol resources, 2018.01-2018.12, Host.
Hainan Provincial Key Science Foundation (ZDXM2015046), Key technology research and demonstration promotion of green prevention and control of cowpea thrips in Hainan Province, 2015.01-2016.12, Host.
Hainan Provincial Science Foundation (314104), The trapping effect of host, light and color on thrips and its optimal utilization, 2014.01-2015.12, Host.
Basic scientific research business expenses of central public welfare research institutes (1630042017025, 2014hzs1J008, 2015hzs1J003), 2014.01-2021.12, Host.
Provincial Key Laboratory Open Fund (BPIA2016-004, BPIA2016-004), 2017.01-2018.12, Host.
Selected recent publications (*corresponding authors)
Tang, L.D., Y. Sun, H. Tariq, Y.M. Chen, T. Zhang, L.S. Zang. (2025). The eri silkworm-based industry in China. Entomologia Generalis.In production.
Shen, Z., M. Huang, H. Tariq, J. Wei, K. Kamfwa, A. de Freitas Bueno, L.D. Tang*, L.S. Zang. (2025). Economics Trumps Biology: Corcyra cephalonica as the Optimal Factitious Host for Cost-Effective Mass Production of Chelonus bifoveolatus, a Key Parasitoid of Spodoptera frugiperda. Pest Management Science. In production.
Mu, M.Y., Z.P. Zou, L.D. Tang*, N. Desneux, L.S. Zang. (2025). Controlling the clutch size of Trichogramma wasps on the factitious host of Antheraea pernyi to improve their breeding quality and pest control potential. Pest Management Science 81: 4493-4500.
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.
YuX.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.
TangL.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.
TangL.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.
ShenZ., 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.
GuoL.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 Entomology116: 2043-2051.
TangL.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.
ZhangY.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 Fungi8: 916.
LiZ.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.