Guoxiong Peng

Guoxiong Peng (1971.9-) is Professor, PhD Tutor, Member of the National Pesticide Review Committee, Pesticide administrative approval review expert of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, and Chongqing talent innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration team (leader). Guoxiong Peng mainly engaged in the research on gene function, pathogenic mechanism of entomopathogenic fungus and its application. During 2011-2012, Guoxiong Peng study abroad as a national visiting scholar at University of Bristol, UK.

Microbiology、Molecular biology and genetic engineering

Fermentation engineering, Genetics,Microorganism around, Genetic engineering technology

Member of the Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology Committee of the Chongqing Society of Microbiology.
Executive director of Chongqing plant protection society.

Representative paper
1)Li J, Xie JQ, Zeng DY, Xia YX*, Peng GX*（Corresponding author） (2021) Effective control of Frankliniella occidentalis by Metarhizium anisopliae CQMa421 under field conditions. Journal of Pest Science, 94:111–117
2)Peng GX, Xie JQ, Guo R, Keyhani NO, Zeng DY, Yang PY*, Xia YX* (2021) Long-term field evaluation and large-scale application of a Metarhizium anisopliae strain for controlling major rice pests. Journal of Pest Science, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01313-8
3)Peng GX, Tong SM, Zeng DY, XiaYX*and Feng MG* (2020) Colony heating protects honey bee populations from a risk of contact withwide-spectrum Beauveria bassiana insecticides. Pest Management Science，2020, 76: 2627–2634
4)Guo HY, Wang HJ, Xia YX*, Peng GX*（Corresponding author）(2020) Disruption of an adenylate-forming reductase required for conidiation, increases virulence of the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum by enhancing cuticle invasion. Pest Management Science，2020, 76: 758–768
5)Song DX, Shi YH, Ji HQ, Xia YX*, Peng GX*（Corresponding author）(2019) The MaCreA Gene Regulates Norma Conidiation and Microcycle Conidiation in Metarhizium acridum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019: 10-1946.
6)Peng GX, Jin K, Liu YC, Xia YX (2015) Enhancing the utilization of host trehalose by fungal trehalase improves the virulene of fungal insecticide. Applied genetics and molecular biotechnology 99:8611–8618
7)Peng GX (Corresponding author), Xia YX (2015) Integration of an insecticidal scorpion toxin (BjaIT) gene into Metarhizium acridum enhances fungal virulence towards Locusta migratoria manilensis. Pest Management Science DOI: 10.1002/ps.3762
8)Peng GX(Corresponding author), Xia YX (2014) Expression of scorpion toxin LqhIT2 increases the virulence of Metarhizium acridum towards Locusta migratoria manilensis. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 41:1659–1666. DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1497-1
9)Peng GX, Xie L, Hu J, Xia YX (2009) Preferentially expressed conidiogenous cell development genes in Metarhizium anisopliae identified by suppression subtractive hybridization. Current Genetics 55(3):263–271
10)Peng GX, Wang ZK, Yin YP, Zeng DY, Xia YX (2008) Field trials of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) against Oriental Migratory Locusts, Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen) in Northern China. Crop protection. 27(3):1244-1250.
11)Leng YJ, Peng GX (Co-first author), Cao YQ, Xia YX (2011) Genetically altering the expression of neutral trehalase gene affects conidiospore thermotolerance of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum. BMC Microbiology. 2011, 11:32
12)Peng GX, and Xia YX. (2011) The mechanism of the mycoinsecticide diluent on the efficacy of the oil formulation of insecticidal fungus. Biocontrol 56,893–902

Chongqing talent innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration team leader（2020）.
The research achievement "common key technology research and product development of insecticidal fungal pesticides" won the first prize of Chongqing Science and technology invention in 2009.

Four postgraduates have been trained, four postgraduates and two doctoral students are being trained.

E-Mail：gxpeng@cqu.edu.cn