General

Chen-Zhu Wang Ph D
Professor
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: czwang@ioz.ac.cn
Telephone: 010-64807115
Address: 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 
Postcode: 100101


Lab website: http://english.ipm.ioz.cas.cn/re/group/IBPB/Introduction/

Research Areas

Behavior and neurogenetics

Olfaction and taste of insects
Insect-plant interactions

Lab websitehttp://www.ipm.ioz.cas.cn/kydw/yjz/wangchenzhu/bzjs/


Honors & Distinctions

2009 Receiver of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from NSFC
2007 Receiver of the State Council Special Allowance
1997 Award for Excellent Young Scientists from Entomological Society of China and Chinese Science and Development Foundation.

Recent Publications

Guo H, Mo BT, Li GC, Li ZL, Huang LQ, Sun YL, Dong JF, Smith DP, Wang CZ. 2022. Sex pheromone communication in an insect parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae Uchida. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119: e2215442119.


Chen Y, Wang PC, Zhang SS, Yang J, Li GC, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2022. Functional analysis of a bitter gustatory receptor highly expressed in the larval maxillary galea of Helicoverpa armigera. PLoS Genetics 18: e1010455.


Fan XB, Mo BT, Li GC, Huang LQ, Guo H, Gong XL, Wang CZ. 2022. Mutagenesis of the odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) reveals severe olfactory defects in the crop pest moth Helicoverpa armigera. BMC Biology 20: 214.


Guo PP, Li GC, Dong JF, Gong XL, Wang L, Yang K, Yang J, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2022. The genetic basis of gene expression divergence in antennae of two closely related moth species, Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23: 10050.


Guo H, Huang LQ, Gong XL, Wang CZ. 2022. Comparison of functions of pheromone receptor repertoires in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta using a Drosophila expression system. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 141: 103702.


Guo H, Gong XL, Li GC, Mo BT, Jiang NJ, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2022. Functional analysis of pheromone receptor repertoire in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. Pest Management Science 78: 2052-2064.


Jiang NJ, Mo BT, Guo H, Yang J, Tang R, Wang CZ.2021. Revisiting the sex pheromone of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda, a new invasive pest in South China. Insect Science doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12956.


Yang J, Guo H, Jiang NJ, Tang R, Li GC, Huang LQ, van Loon JJA, Wang CZ. 2021.Identification of a gustatory receptor tuned to sinigrin in the cabbage butterfly Pieris rapae. PLoS Genetics 17: e1009527.


Guo H, Guo PP, Sun YL, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2021. Contribution of odorant binding proteins to olfactory detection of (Z)-11-hexadecenal in Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 131:103554.


Yang K, Wang CZ. 2021. Review of pheromone receptors in heliothine species: expression, function, and evolution. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 169(2):156-71.


Yang K, Gong XL Li, GC, Huang LQ, Ning C, Wang CZ. 2020. A gustatory receptor tuned to the steroid plant hormone brassinolide in Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). eLife 9, e64114.


Tang R, Jiang NJ, Ning C, Li GC, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2020. The olfactory reception of acetic acid and ionotropic receptors in the Oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata Walker. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 118: 103312.


Sun YL, Dong JF, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2020. The cotton bollworm endoparasitoid Campoletis chlorideae is attracted by cis-jasmone or cis-3-hexenyl acetate but not by their mixtures. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 14: 169-179.


Liu XL, Zhang J, Yan Q, Miao CL, Han WK, Hou W, Yang K, Hansson BS, Peng YC, Guo JM, Xu H, Wang CZ, Dong SL , Knaden M. 2020. The molecular basis of host selection in a crucifer-specialized moth. Current Biology 30(22):4476-82.


Li RT, Huang LQ, Dong JF, Wang CZ. 2020. A moth odorant receptor highly expressed in the ovipositor is involved in detecting host-plant volatiles. eLife 9: e53706.


Jiang NJ, Tang R, Guo H, Ning C, Li JC, Wu H, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2020. Olfactory coding of intra- and interspecific pheromonal messages by the male Mythimna separata in North China. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biololgy 125: 103439.


Wu H, Li RT, Dong JF, Jiang NJ, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2019. An odorant receptor and glomerulus responding to farnesene in Helicoverpa assulta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 115: 103106.


Guo H, Wang CZ. 2019. The ethological significance and olfactory detection of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in interactions of plants, herbivorous insects, and parasitoids. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 13: 161-179.


Jiang NJ, Tang R, Wu H, Xu M, Ning C, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2019. Dissecting sex pheromone communication of Mythimna separata (Walker) in North China from receptor molecules and antennal lobes to behavior. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 111: 103176.


Keesey IW, Jiang N, Weissflog J, Winz R, Svatos A, Wang CZ, Hansson BS, Knaden, M. 2019. Plant-based natural product chemistry for integrated pest management of Drosophila suzukii. Journal of Chemical Ecology 45: 626-637.


Sun YL, Dong JF, Ning C, Ding PP, Huang LQ, Sun JG, Wang CZ. 2019. An odorant receptor mediates the attractiveness of cis-jasmone to Campoletis chlorideae, the endoparasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera. Insect Molecular Biology 28: 23-34.


Wu H, Li RT, Dong JF, Jiang NJ, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2019. An odorant receptor and glomerulus responding to farnesene in Helicoverpa assulta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 115: 103106.


Zhang, ZJ, Zhang, SS, Niu BL, Ji DF, Liu XJ, Li MW, Bai H, Palli SR, Wang CZ, Tan AJ. 2019. A determining factor for insect feeding preference in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. PLoS Biology 17: e3000162.


Chen CY, Liu YQ, Song WM, Chen DY, Chen FY, Chen XY, Chen ZW, Ge SX, Wang CZ, Zhan S, Chen XY, Mao YB. 2019. An effector from cotton bollworm oral secretion impairs host plant defense signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116: 14331-14338.


Yang K, Huang LQ, Ning C, Wang CZ. 2017. Two single-point mutations shift the ligand selectivity of a pheromone receptor between two closely related moth species. eLife 6: e29100.

Li RT, Ning C, Huang LQ, Dong JF, Li X, Wang, CZ. 2017. Expressional divergences of two desaturase genes determine the opposite ratios of two sex pheromone components in Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa assulta. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 90: 90-100.

Di C, Ning C, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2017. Design of larval chemical attractants based on odorant response spectra of odorant receptors in the cotton bollworm. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 84: 48-62.

Xu M, Dong JF, Wu H, Zhao XC, Huang LQ, Wang CZ. 2017. The inheritance of the pheromone sensory system in two Helicoverpa species: dominance of H. armigera and possible introgression from H. assulta. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 10: 302.