Zhang Shize

Sourse:   Date:2019-01-20

  Associate professor;

  Doctoralsupervisor

  Member of the Biological Control Specialized Committee, Entomological Society of China;

  Visiting Fellow of the State Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

  Email: shzzhang@nwafu.edu.cn

  Tel: 15109266833

  Grant support

  1. Intraguild predation and its ecological mechanism of natural enemies of Bemisia tabaci, The National Natural Science Fund, 2015-2018.

  2. Study on the "Banker Plant"system of whitefly,The National Basic researchProgram of China (973 Program) sub-project, 2013-2017.

  3. Adaptability and mechanism of Eretmocerus hayati and Bemisia tabaci response to environmental stresses, The National Natural Science Fund, 2013-2016.

  4. Molecular identification of Bemisia tabaci biotype and its ecological control techniques, Science and Technology Project of Shaanxi Province, 2012-2014.

  5. Prediction and integrated control management of Bemisia tabaci, Science Fund of Yangling Demonstration Zone, 2014-2016.

  Representative Publications

  1. Unbalanced activation of glutathione metabolic pathways suggests potential involvement in plant defense against the gall midge Mayetiola destructor in Wheat. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 8092.

  2. Antioxidant responses of Propylaea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) exposed to high temperature stress. Journal of Insect Physiology, 2015, 73: 47-52.

  3. Exposing eggs to high temperatures affects the development, survival and reproduction of Harmonia axyridis. Journal of Thermal Biology, 2014, 39: 40-44.

  4. Defense against Pieris rapae in cabbage plants induced by Bemisia tabaci biotype B. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2013, 147: 293-300.

  Areas of Expertise

  Insect ecology, integrated pest management, biological control, plant-insect-natural enemy interactions.

  Graduate student academic awards

  NingLi obtained a national scholarship, outstanding graduate of NWAFU in 2015,etc.