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Name:
 SUN Yucheng
Subject:
 Insect Ecology/Plant Protection
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807123  / 
E-mail:
 sunyc@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 The State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R.China
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 Group of Insect ecological adaptation      
Resume:

Sun Yucheng, Ph.D, Professor, Principal investigator of Insect ecological adaptation research group, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received bachelor's degree from Nanchang University in 2003, and got Ph.D in Ecology from Institute of Zoology CAS in 2009. He is now the member of academic committee of IOZ, CAS, and deputy secretary general of the Entomological Society of China, and director of the Insect Ecology Committee of ESC. His group focuses on the ecological adaptation mechanisms of agricultural piercing-sucking insects, and has published 70 peer-reviewed SCI papers including PNAS, Nature Communications, Current Biology, Global Change Biology, eLife.

Research Interests:

Using the methods of behavioral ecology and molecular biology, he aims to decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying the infestation and damage caused by aphids and whiteflies. The molecular bases governing the feeding behavior, phenotypic plasticity, virus transmission, and immune tolerance to arboviruses of aphid and whitefly are primarily focused. In research models, aphids and whiteflies, and their transmitted plant viruses are used to determine: (1) the biochemical and molecular basis of aphid salivary proteins in regulating the plant immunity, and (2) the regulatory mechanism of salivary protein secreted by aphid in facilitating the co-infection of virus and aphid, and (3) The molecular mechanisms that control the transitions of apterous and alate aphids, and asexual and sexual aphids, and (4) Co-evolution and interaction of aphid and its bacterial endosymbionts.

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Selected Publications:
  1. Ling X, Guo H, Di J, Xie L, Zhu-Salzman K, Ge F, Zhao Z & Sun Y (2024) A complete DNA repair system assembled by two endosymbionts restores heat tolerance of insect host. PNAS 121 (51) e2415651121.
  2. Guo H, Zhang Y, Li B, Li C, Shi Q, Zhu-Salzman K, Ge F & Sun Y (2023) Salivary carbonic anhydrase II in winged aphid morph facilitates plant infection by viruses. PNAS 120 (14) e2222040120.
  3. Wang S, Guo H, Zhu-Salzman K, Ge F & Sun Y (2022) PEBP balances apoptosis and autophagy in whitefly upon arbovirus infection. Nature Communications 13: 846.
  4. Guo H, Zhang Y, Tong J, Ge P, Wang Q, Zhao Z, Zhu-Salzman K, Hogenhout SA, Ge F & Sun Y (2020) An aphid-secreted salivary protease activates plant defense in phloem. Current Biology 30: 4826-4836.
  5. Yuan E, Guo H, Chen W, Du B, Mi Y, Qi Z, Yuan Y, Zhu-Salzman K, Ge F & Sun Y (2023) A novel gene REPTOR2 activates the autophagic degradation of wing disc in pea aphid. eLife 12: e83023.
  6. Wang S, Guo H, Ge F & Sun Y (2020) Apoptotic neurodegeneration in whitefly promotes spread of TYLCV. eLife 9: e56168.
  7. Wang S, Guo H, Ge F & Sun Y (2022) Apoptosis and autophagy coordinately shape vector tolerance to arbovirus infection. Autophagy 18 (9): 2256-2258.
  8. Guo H, Gu L, Liu F, Chen F, Ge F & Sun Y (2019) Aphid-borne viral spread is enhanced by virus-induced accumulation of plant reactive oxygen species. Plant Physiology 179: 143-155.
  9. Sun Y, Guo H, Yuan E & Ge F (2018) Elevated CO2 increases R gene-dependent resistance of Medicago truncatula against the pea aphid by up-regulating a heat shock gene. New Phytologist 217: 1697-1711.
  10. Sun Y, Guo H, Yuan L, Wei J, Zhang W & Ge F (2015) Plant stomatal closure improves aphid feeding under elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 21: 2739-2748.

Other publications

2024年

  1. Ge P, Guo H, Li D, Zhao Z, Zhu-Salzman K & Sun Y (2024) A color morph-specific salivary carotenoid desaturase enhances plant photosynthesis and facilitates phloem feeding of Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Pest Management Science 80: 5014-5025.
  2. Liang X, Ouyang F, Zhang X, Sun Y, Li Z & Ge F (2024) Increasing the proportion of flower strip area in farmland promotes natural enemies to enhance aphid biocontrol and wheat yield. Entomologia Generalis DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2024/2593.

2021-2023

  1. Yuan Y, Wang Y, Ye W, Yuan E, Di J, Chen X, Xing Y, Sun Y & Ge F (2023) Functional evaluation of the insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway in determination of wing polyphenism in pea aphid. Insect Science 30: 816-828.
  2. Zhang Y, Li H, Wang F, Liu C, Reddy G, Li H, Li Z, Sun Y & Zhao Z (2023) Discovery of a new highly pathogenic toxin involved in insect sepsis. Microbiology Spectrum 11(6): e01422-23.
  3. Li H, Zhang Y, Li H, Reddy G, Li Z, Chen F, Sun Y & Zhao Z (2023) The nitrogen-dependent GABA pathway of tomato provides resistance to a globally invasive fruit fly. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1252455.
  4. Zhang X, Ouyang F, Su J, Li Z, Yuan Y, Sun Y, Sarkar SC, Xiao Y & Ge F (2022) Intercropping flowering plants facilitate conservation, movement and biocontrol performance of predators in insecticide-free apple orchard. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108157.
  5. Ling X, Gu S, Tian C, Guo H, Degen T, Turlings TCJ, Ge F & Sun Y (2021) Differential levels of fatty acid-amino acid conjugates in the oral secretions of Lepidopteran larvae account for the different profiles of volatiles. Pest Management Science 77: 3970-3979.
  6. Zhou X, Ling X, Guo H, Zhu-Salzman K, Ge F & Sun Y (2021) Serratia symbiotica enhances fatty acid metabolism of pea aphid to promote host development. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, 5951. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22115951.
  7. Guo H, Ge P, Tong J, Zhang Y, Peng X, Zhao Z, Ge F & Sun Y (2021) Elevated carbon dioxide levels decreases cucumber mosaic virus accumulation in correlation with greater accumulation of rgs-CaM, an inhibitor of a viral suppressor of RNAi. Plants 10, 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10010059.

2016-2020

  1. Wang Q, Yuan E, Ling X, Zhu-Salzman K, Guo H, Ge F & Sun Y (2020) An aphid facultative symbiont suppresses plant defense by manipulating aphid gene expression in salivary glands. Plant, Cell & Environment 43: 2311-2322.
  2. Guo H, Sun Y, Yan H, Li C & Ge F (2020) O3-induced priming defense associated with the abscisic acid signaling pathway enhances plant resistance to Bemisia tabaci. Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 93. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00093.
  3. Yan H, Guo HG, Sun Y & Ge F (2020) Plant phenolics mediated bottom-up effects of elevated CO2 on Acyrthosiphon pisum and its parasitoid Aphidius avenae. Insect Science 27: 170-184.
  4. Yuan E, Yan H, Gao J, Guo H, Ge F & Sun Y (2019) Increases in genistein in Medicago sativa confer resistance against the Pisum host race of Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insects 10: 97. doi:10.3390/insects10040097.
  5. Cui H, Sun Y, Zhao Z & Zhang Y (2019) The Combined Effect of Elevated O3 Levels and TYLCV Infection Increases the Fitness of Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean on Tomato Plants. Environmental Entomology 48(6): 1425-1433.
  6. Gao J, Guo H, Sun Y & Ge F (2018) Differential accumulation of leucine and methionine in red and green pea aphids leads to different fecundity in response to nitrogen fertilization. Pest Management Science 74: 1779-1789.
  7. Gao J, Guo H, Sun Y & Ge F (2018) Juvenile hormone mediates the positive effects of nitrogen fertilization on weight and reproduction in pea aphid. Pest Management Science 74: 2511-2519.
  8. Yan H, Guo HG, Yuan E, Sun Y & Ge F (2018) Elevated CO2 and O3 alter the feeding efficiency of Acyrthosiphon pisum and Aphis craccivora via changes in foliar secondary metabolites. Scientific Reports 8: 9964. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28020-w.
  9. Guo HG, Sun Y, Yan HY, Li CY & Ge F (2018) O3-induced leaf senescence in tomato plants is ethylene signaling-dependent and enhances the population abundance of Bemisia tabaci. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:764. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00764.
  10. Guo H, Peng X, Gu L, Wu J, Ge F & Sun Y (2017) Up-regulation of MPK4 increases the feeding efficiency of the green peach aphid under elevated CO2 in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 5923-5935.
  11. Sun Y, Guo H & Ge F (2016) Plant–aphid interactions under elevated CO2: Some cues from aphid feeding behavior. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 502. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00502.
  12. Guo H, Sun Y, Peng X, Wang Q, Harris M & Ge F (2016) Up-regulation of abscisic acid signaling pathway facilitates aphid xylem absorption and osmoregulation under drought stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 67 (3) 681-693.
  13. Guo H, Huang L, Sun Y, Guo H & Ge F (2016) The contrasting effects of elevated CO2 on TYLCV infection of tomato genotypes with and without the resistance gene, Mi-1.2. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 1680. doi: 10. 3389/fpls. 2016. 01680.
  14. Cui H, Sun Y, Chen F, Zhang Y & Ge F (2016) Elevated O3 and TYLCV infection reduce the suitability of tomato as a host for the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17: 1964.

2011-2015

  1. Ren Q, Sun Y, Guo H, Wang C, Li C & Ge F (2015) Elevated ozone induces jasmonic acid defense of tomato plants and reduces midgut proteinase activity in Helicoverpa armigera. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 154 (3) 188-198.
  2. Ge L, Sun Y, Ouyang F, Wu J & Ge F (2015) The effects of triazophos applied to transgenic Bt rice on the nutritional indexes, Nlvg expression, and population growth of Nilaparvata lugens Stal under elevated CO2. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 118: 50-57.
  3. Guo H, Sun Y, Li Y, Liu X, Zhang W & Ge F (2014) Elevated CO2 decreases the response of the ethylene signaling pathway in Medicago truncatula and increases the abundance of the pea aphid. New Phytologist 201 (1): 279-291.
  4. Guo H, Sun Y, Li Y, Liu X, Wang P, Zhu-Salzman K & Ge F (2014) Elevated CO2 alters the feeding behavior of the pea aphid by modifying the physical and chemical resistance of Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell & Environment 37: 2158-2168.
  5. Wang GH, Wang XX, Sun Y & Ge F (2014). Impacts of elevated CO2 on Bemisia tabaci infesting Bt cotton and its parasitoid Encarsia formosa. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 152: 228-237.
  6. Yin J, Sun Y & Ge F (2014) Reduced plant nutrition under elevated CO2 depresses the immunocompetence of cotton bollworm against its endoparasite. Scientific Reports 4: 4538; DOI: 10.1038/srep04538.
  7. Yuan Y, Krogh PH, Bai X, Roelofs D, Chen F, Zhu-Salzman K, Liang Y, Sun Y & Ge F (2014) Microarray detection and qPCR screening of potential biomarkers of Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae) exposed to Bt proteins (Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac). Environmental Pollution 184: 170-178.
  8. Guo H, Sun Y, Li Y, Tong B, Harris M, Zhu-Salzman K & Ge F (2013) Pea aphid promotes amino acid metabolism both in Medicago truncatula and bacteriocytes to favor aphid population growth under elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 19: 3210-3223.
  9. Guo H, Sun Y, Li Y, Liu X, Ren Q, Zhu-Salzman K & Ge F (2013) Elevated CO2 Modifies N Acquisition of Medicago truncatula by Enhancing N Fixation and Reducing Nitrate Uptake from Soil. PLoS ONE 8 (12): e81373.
  10. Sun Y, Guo H, Zhu-Salzman K & Ge F (2013) Elevated CO2 increases the abundance of the peach aphid on Arabidopsis by reducing jasmonic acid defenses. Plant Science 210: 128-140.
  11. Ge L, Wu J, Sun Y, Ouyang F & Ge F (2013) Effects of triazophos on biochemical substances of transgenic Bt rice and its nontarget pest Nilaparvata lugens Stal under elevated CO2. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 107 (2): 188-199.
  12. Shi PJ, Men XY, Sandhu HS, Chakraborty A, Li BL, Ou-yang F, Sun Y & Ge F (2013) The “general” ontogenetic growth model is inapplicable to crop growth. Ecological Modelling 266: 1-9.
  13. Guo F, Lei J, Sun Y, Chi YH, Ge F, Patil BS, Koiwa H, Zeng R & Zhu-Salzman K (2012) Antagonistic Regulation, Yet Synergistic Defense: Effect of Bergapten and Protease Inhibitor on Development of Cowpea Bruchid Callosobruchus maculatus. PLoS ONE 7(8): e41877.
  14. Guo H, Sun Y, Ren Q, Zhu-Salzman K, Kang L, Wang C, Li C & Ge F (2012) Elevated CO2 Reduces the Resistance and Tolerance of Tomato Plants to Helicoverpa armigera by Suppressing the JA Signaling Pathway. PLoS ONE 7 (7): e41426. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041426.
  15. Cui H, Sun Y, Su J, Li C & Ge F (2012) Reduction in the fitness of Bemisia tabaci fed on three previously infested tomato genotypes differing in the jasmonic acid pathway Environmental Entomology 41(6): 1443-1453.
  16. Cui H, Sun Y, Su J, Ren Q, Li C & Ge F (2012) Elevated O3 reduces the fitness of Bemisia tabaci via enhancement of the SA dependent defense of the tomato plant. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 6: 425-437.
  17. Huang L, Ren Q, Sun Y, Ye L, Cao H & Ge F (2012) Lower incidence and severity of tomato virus in elevated CO2 is accompanied by modulated plant induced defence in tomato. Plant Biology 14: 905-913.
  18. Sun Y, Yin J, Cao H, Li C, Kang L & Ge F (2011) Elevated CO2 Influences Nematode-Induced Defense Responses of Tomato Genotypes Differing in the JA Pathway. PLoS one 6 (5) e19751: 1-9.
  19. Sun Y, Feng L, Gao F & Ge F (2011) Effects of elevated CO2 and plant genotype on interactions among cotton, aphids, and parasitoids. Insect Science 18, 451-461.
  20. Sun Y, Yin J, Chen F, Wu G & Ge F (2011) How does atmospheric elevated CO2 affect crop pests and their natural enemies?: Case histories from China. Insect Science 18, 393-400.
  21. Sun Y & Ge F (2011) How do aphids respond to elevated CO2? Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14: 217-220.
  22. Bonato O, Ikemoto T, Shi P, Ge F, Sun Y & Cao H (2011) Common-intersection hypothesis of development rate lines of ectotherms within a taxon revisited. Journal of Thermal Biology 36: 422-429.
  23. Shi P, Ikemoto T, Egami C, Sun Y & Ge F (2011) A Modified Program for Estimating the Parameters of the SSI Model. Environmental Entomology 40: 462-469.
  24. Shi P, Ge F, Sun Y & Chen C (2011) A simple model for describing the effect of temperature on insect developmental rate. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14: 15-20.

Before 2010

  1. Sun Y, Cao H, Yin J, Kang L & Ge F (2010) Elevated CO2 changes the interactions between nematode and tomato genotypes differing in the JA pathway. Plant, Cell and Environment 33: 729-739.
  2. Yin J, Sun Y, Wu G & Ge F (2010) Effects of elevated CO2 associated with maize, a C4 plant, on multiple generations of cotton bollworms Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 136: 12-20.
  3. Yin J, Sun Y, Wu G, Parajulee MN & Ge F (2009) No effects of elevated CO2 on the population relationship between cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and its parasitoid, Microplitis mediator Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 132: 267-275.
  4. Sun Y, Chen FJ & Ge F (2009) Elevated CO2 Changes Interspecific Competition Among Three Species of Wheat Aphids: Sitobion avenae, Rhopalosiphum padi, and Schizaphis graminum. Environmental Entomology 38: 26-34.
  5. Sun Y, Jing BB & Ge F (2009) Response of amino acid changes in Aphis gossypii (Glover) to elevated CO2 levels. Journal of Applied Entomology 133: 189-197.
  6. Gao F, Zhu SR, Sun Y, Du L, Parajulee M, Kang L & Ge F (2008) Interactive Effects of Elevated CO2 and Cotton Cultivar on Tri-Trophic Interaction of Gossypium hirsutum, Aphis gossyppii, and Propylaea japonica. Environmental Entomology 37: 29-37.
  7. Wu G, Chen FJ, Sun Y & Ge F (2007) Response of Cotton to Early-Season Square Abscission under Elevated CO2. Agronomy journal 99: 791-796.
  8. Wu G, Chen FJ, Sun Y & Ge F (2007) Response of successive three generations of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), fed on cotton bolls under elevated CO2. Journal of Environmental Sciences 19: 1318-1325.
  9. Wu G, Chen FJ, Ge F & Sun Y (2007) Effects of elevated CO2 on the growth and foliar chemistry of transgenic Bt cotton. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 49: 1362-1370.
  10. Wu G, Chen FJ, Ge F & Sun Y (2007) Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton allomone response to cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii (Glover) in a Closed-Dynamics CO2 Chamber (CDCC). Journal of Plant Research 120: 679-685.