Xingliang Wang Ph.D. Associate professor of Entomology
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Phone::+8613814096123 E-mail: wxl@njau.edu.cn Research area:Insect Molecular Toxicology |
Education and research description:
I graduated from Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), China in the year 2007 with a B.Sc. degree in ecology. I obtained a Ph.D. degree in entomology from NAU in 2012 and subsequently joined Dr. Yidong Wu´s Lab. In 2016, I was appointed as associate professor of NAU entomology department and then worked as academic visitor at Rothamsted Research in the UK for one year. Now, our research group (Insect Molecular Toxicology Lab.) useing a wide range of biochemical, molecular biological, cell biological, electrophysiological techniques and QTL sequencing and bioinformatics approaches to investigate the appearance, evolution and management of resistance to insecticides and toxins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis in important agricultural pests.
Research interests:
With supports from National Natural Science Foundation of China (31301693, 31772196), National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFD0200506) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Y0201500183), my current research focuses on:
1) Analysis biochemical and molecular properties of the genes potentially involved in conferring insecticide toxicity and resistance in insects, particularly, the Diamondback month and Asian corn borer. This research will help our colleagues develop effective strategies for insect pest control and resistance management.
2) Study the pharmacological mechanisms underlying allosteric modulation of insect glutamate-gated chloride channels (GluCls) and other members of the cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel (cys-loop LGIC) family. This research aims to gain a better understanding of characteristics of the relative receptors that may be useful for the design of novel compounds with insecticidal potential.
3) Develop rapid molecular diagnostic kits and synergistic products based on the ingredients with different mode of action/resistance mechanisms, so as to provide information on the appearance and evolution of resistance in the field to researchers and farmers in integrated pest management.
Publications:
Wang, X.L., Puinean A.M., O’Reilly O.R., Williamson M.S., Smelt C.L.C., Millar N.S., and Wu Y.D.* 2017. Mutations on M3 helix of Plutella xylostella glutamate-gated chloride channel confer unequal resistance to abamectin by two different mechanisms. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 86: 50-57.
Wang X.L., Wang R., Yang Y.H., Wu S.W., O'Reilly A.O., and Wu Y.D.* 2016. A point mutation in the glutamate-gated chloride channel of Plutella xylostella is associated with resistance to abamectin. Insect Molecular Biology 25(2): 116-125.
Wang J., Wang X.L., Lansdell S.J., Zhang J.H., Millar N.S., and Wu Y.D.* 2016. A three amino acid deletion in the transmembrane domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α6 subunit confers high-level resistance to spinosad in Plutella xylostella. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 71: 29-36.
Wang X.L., Su W., Zhang J.H., Yang Y.H., Dong K., and Wu Y.D.* 2016. Two novel sodium channel mutations associated with resistance to indoxacarb and metaflumizone in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Insect Science 23(1): 50-58.
Wang X.L., Wu S.W., Gao W.Y., and Wu Y.D.* 2016. Dominant inheritance of field-evolved resistance to fipronil in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 109(1): 334-338
Jiang, D.X., Du Y.Z., Nomura Y., Wang X.L., Wu Y.D., Zhorov B.S., and Dong K.* 2015. Mutations in the transmembrane helix S6 of domain IV confer cockroach sodium channel resistance to sodium channel blocker insecticides and local anesthetics. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 66: 88-95.
Wang X.L., Khakame S.K., Ye C., Yang Y.H., and Wu Y.D.* 2013. Characterisation of field-evolved resistance to chlorantraniliprole in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, from China. Pest Management Science 69(5): 661-665. (ESI TOP 3% Mar.2016;1 of the 5 TOP articles of PMS 2016).
Khakame S.K., Wang X.L., and Wu Y.D.* 2013. Baseline toxicity of metaflumizone and lack of cross resistance between indoxacarb and metaflumizone in diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 106(3): 1423-1429.
Wang X.L. and Wu Y.D.* 2012. High levels of resistance to chlorantraniliprole evolved in field populations of Plutella xylostella. Journal of Economic Entomology 105(3): 1019-1023. (ESI TOP 1% Oct.2015; 1 of the 50 most cited JEE articles 2016).
Wang X.L., Wu S.W., Yang Y.H., and Wu Y.D.* 2012. Molecular cloning, characterization and mRNA expression of a ryanodine receptor gene from diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 102(3): 204-212. (ESI TOP 3% Mar.2016; 1 of the 25 most cited PBP articles 2016).
Wang X.L., Li X.Y., Shen A.D.,and Wu Y.D.* 2010. Baseline susceptibility of the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) to chlorantraniliprole in China. Journal of Economic Entomology 103(3): 843-848. (1 of the 50 most cited JEE articles 2016).