CROP PROTECTION OPENS UP NEW ERA OF CONSERVATION AND UTILIZATION OF GREEN OPTIONS

Dr. Guirong Wang, Professor at the Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. He received his PhD in Agricultural insect and pest control from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, in 2002. Subsequently, he joined the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted an Associate Professor in 2005 and a professor in 2010. During 2005–2010, he worked on insect olfaction at Vanderbilt University, USA, as a Senior Research Associate. He is currently engaged in the study of insect chemical ecology and functional genomics. His aim is not only to reveal the molecular mechanism of olfactory coding in agricultural pest insects, but also to develop novel environmentally-friendly green pesticides

Dr. Yuanchao Wang, Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University. He received his PhD in Plant Pathology from Nanjing Agricultural University (NJAU) in 1996. After finished two and half years Postdoc research in Biotechnology Institute in Zhejiang University, he joined NJAU in 1999. He was promoted a full professor in 2005. Research in Yuanchao’s laboratory mainly focuses on oomycete pathogens, including Phytophthora, that cause economically important plant diseases. He investigates the molecular basis of the plant-pathogen arms race by elucidating the function of pathogen virulence proteins called effectors, which directly manipulate plant immunity to facilitate disease development. Using effectors as molecular probes, his research provides mechanistic insight into microbial pathogenesis and plant immunity. This basic research sets the foundation for achieving broad-spectrum pathogen resistance in crops. Currently, his group studies the Phytophthora sojae and Phakopsora pachyrhizi, both causes the devastating disease in soybean crops

Dr. Guangfu Yang, Professor at the Central China Normal University (CCNU), China. He received his PhD in pesticide science from Nankai University in 1997. Subsequently, he joined the Institute of Organic Synthesis of CCNU as a Lecturer and became a Professor in 2001. He has served as the Dean of College of Chemistry of CCNU (2001–2014), and as Assistant President of CCNU (2014–2017). He is the director of the Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education) (2003–present) and the director of the International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensor Technology and Health (2018–present). He has been working in the field of pesticide discovery and its chemical biology for almost 30 years. He has invented six green pesticides, including benquitrione as the first selective herbicide used for the weed control in sorghum crops

Dr. Kongming Wu, Professor at the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. He currently holds the post of president, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science. He received his PhD in Agricultural insect and pest control from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 1994. He was selected as Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2011. His research focuses on biology and management strategies of cotton insect pests, including migratory biology, integrated pest management strategy of cotton insect pests, impacts of Bt transgenic cotton on evolution of pest status in agricultural ecosystem, and insect resistance management strategy of cotton bollworm / pink bollworm to Bt cotton. These strategies, in applying the principle of agro-ecology and moving towards the concept of a sustainable agriculture, have been widely used for insect pest management in Chinese agricultural system, which play very important roles in reducing the utilization of insecticides and improving economic output of cotton in China. He has published more than 200 academic articles in scientific journals including Science, Nature, Nature Biotechnology, PNAS and Annual Review of Entomology, etc

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