Wang Xiaoyi

Prof.  Wang Xiaoyi

Organization: Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Research category: Forest Protection

Research field: Natural enemy and biological control

E-mail: xywang@caf.ac.cn

Main work

Prof. Wang Xiaoyi mainly engaged in biological control of major forestry pests, conducting research on utilizing natural enemy insects to regulate the population of forestry pests. In recent years, a series of research achievements have been made in utilizing natural enemy insects to regulate the population of forestry pests, mainly focusing on the ecological relationship between natural enemies and hosts. Revealed the interspecific interaction between host plants and pests, clarified the ecological mechanism of interspecific competition and coexistence among parasitic wasps sharing hosts, discovered the mechanism of parasitic wasps using vibration localization to search for hidden host pests, measured the relationship between the survival strategy of parasitic wasps and host quality, studied the adaptation mechanism of natural enemies to hosts, and provided scientific basis for artificial breeding of natural enemies, solved some practical problems in artificially using natural enemy insects to control forestry stem borers in production.

Prof. Wang Xiaoyi served as Executive Director of the Chinese Entomological Society, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Forest Insect Branch of the Chinese Forestry Society, and Vice Chairman of the Beijing Entomological Society. In 2021, he was selected as a provincial and ministerial level candidate for the eighth batch of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration's "Ten Million Talents Project", and in 2022, he was selected as a leading talent in scientific and technological innovation under the "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" of the Central Organization Department. He has led 2 key research and development projects, 5 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 2 Swedish International Science Foundation projects, and 4 Sino-US international cooperation projects. Published over 190 papers, including over 50 SCI papers and 2 published books. They have trained more than 20 master's and PhD students, many of whom have won national scholarships, Mao Yisheng Science and Technology Award-Wood Science and Technology Education Scholarship, Beijing Outstanding Graduates, Chinese Academy of Forestry Outstanding Graduate Students, Chinese Academy of Forestry Outstanding Graduates, and other awards. 

Key research projects

  • Studies on the spread mechanisms and efficient management technologies of major forest and grassland invasive pests. Principal Investigator, National Key R & D Program of China (Granted No: 2021YFD1400300), 50,000,000 RMB, 2021-2025.

  • Research on the integrated management key technology of important pests in forest ecosystems. Principal Investigator, National Key R & D Program of China (Granted No: 2018YFC1200400), 23,180,000 RMB, 2018-2021.

  • Exploration for Asian longhorned beetle and spotted lantern fly parasitoids in northeastern China. Principal Investigator, USDA-APHIS International Cooperative Project (Granted No: 8130-0585-CA), 620,000 USD, 2015-2023.

  • Natural Enemy Guilds of Invasive and High-Risk Wood-Boring Insects in China. Principal Investigator, USDA-ARS International Cooperative Project (Granted No: 58-8010-5-001F), 54,000 USD, 2015-2017.

  • Studies on the environmental plasticity mechanisms of wing morph differentiation of parasitoids. Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Granted No: 31370654), 780,000 RMB, 2014-2017.

  • Studies on host adaptive mechanisms of generalist parasitoid. Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Granted No: 30972377), 330,000 RMB, 2010-2012.

  • Location mechanisms of parasitoids to highly concealed wood boring hosts. Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Granted No: 30671689), 280,000 RMB, 2007-2009.

  • Research on the behavioral ecology between trunk borer pests and their parasitic natural enemies. Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Granted No: 30400343), 210,000 RMB, 2005-2007.

  • Biological control of vector pine sawyer Monochamus alternatus Hope using insect natural enemies against pine wilt disease caused by pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Principal Investigator, National Forestry Public Benefit Research Foundation (Granted No: 200904025), 2,930,000 RMB, 2009-2012.

  • Studies on the location mechanisms of parasitoid to highly concealed bark beetle host. Principal Investigator, International Foundation for Science (IFS) (Granted No: D/3689-2), 11,500 USD, 2007-2009.

  • Research on the application of a new parasitoid Spathius agrili Yang on biological control of emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire. Principal Investigator, International Foundation for Science (IFS) (Granted No: D/3689-1), 7,140 USD, 2004-2006.

Awards & achievements

  • The 2nd Prize of Science & Technology Progress Award of Beijing, 2023, the 1st investigator, The outbreak mechanisms and integrated management technologies of emerald ash borer

  • The 2nd Prize of National Science & Technology Progress Award of China, 2006, the 5th investigator, Biological control of the important invasive insect pest fall webworm Hyphantria cunea

  • The 2nd Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science & Technology Award, 2022, the 2nd investigator, Innovation and integrated application of key technologies for utilizing the natural enemies of the Asian longhorned beetle

  • The 2nd Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science & Technology Award, 2020, the 2nd investigator, The integrated control technologies of Japanese pine sawyer

  • The 2nd Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science & Technology Award, 2018, the 2nd investigator, Biological control technology of wood boring insect pest Batocera lineolata

  • The 2nd Prize of Liangxi Forestry Science & Technology Award, 2015, the 2nd investigator, The pollution-free integrated management technology of the important wood boring insect pest Massicus raddei

Published articles & books

Articles

  • Dang Yingqiao, Wei Ke, Wang Xiaoyi*, Duan Jianjun, Jennings DE, Poland TM. 2022. Introduced plants induce outbreaks of a native pest and facilitate invasion in the plants' native range: evidence from the emerald ash borer. Journal of Ecology, 110: 593-604.

  • Dang Yingqiao, Zhang Yanlong, Wang Xiaoyi*, Xin Bei, Quinn NF, Duan Jianjun. 2021. Retrospective analysis of factors affecting the distribution of an invasive wood-boring insect using native range data: the importance of host plants. Journal of Pest Science, 94: 981-990.

  • Wang Xiaoyi*, Jennings DE, Duan Jianjun. 2015. Trade-offs in parasitism efficiency and brood size mediate parasitoid coexistence, with implications for biological control of the invasive emerald ash borer. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52: 1255-1263.

Books

  • Cong Richen, Zhang Kezhong (editors in chief), Wang Maoliang, Wang Xiaoyi (associate editors). Conservation and Rejuvenation Technologies for Ancient Trees. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, 2023.

  • Wang Xiaoyi, Cao Liangming, Li Yong, Wang Hongbin, Huai Wenxia. Disease and Insect Pests of Oaks in China (I). Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, 2022.

  • Yan Jingjun, Ma runguo, Cao Liangming, Wang Xiaoyi. Parasitoids and Predators of Gypsy Moth. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, 2020