Research Outputs

1) Selected Publications (Recent)

1. Duan Xing-Zhi; Guo Guo-Sen; Zhou Ling-Fei; Li Le; Liu Ze-Min; Chen Cheng; Wang Bin-Hua; Wu Lan. Enterobacteriaceae as a Key Indicator of Huanglongbing Infection in Diaphorina citri. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, 25(10). (Sole first author). 

2. Duan Xing-Zhi; Sun Jing-Tao; Wang Lin-Ting; Shu Xiao-Han; Guo Yan; Keiichiro Matsukura; Zhu Yu-Xi; Bing Xiao-Li; Hoffmann Ary A; Hong Xiao-Yue. Recent infection by Wolbachia alters microbial communities in wild Laodelphax striatellus populations. Microbiome, 2020, 8(1). (Co-first author, 1st). 

3. Sun Jin-Tao; Duan Xing-Zhi; Hoffmann Ary A; Liu Yan; Garvin Michael R; Chen Lei; Hu Gao; Zhou Jin-Cheng; Huang Hai-Jian; Xue Xiao-Feng; Hong Xiao-Yue. Mitochondrial variation in small brown planthoppers linked to multiple traits and likely reflecting a complex evolutionary trajectory. Molecular Ecology, 2019, 28(14). (Co-first author, 2nd). 

4. Zhou Lingfei; Zhong Ming; Liu Zemin; Guo Guosen; Xie Bingbing; Ye Lingyun; Wu Lan; Duan Xingzhi. Interactions and distribution patterns of Huanglongbing-associated bacteria and symbionts in Diaphorina citri across different geographic regions. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2025, 68(5): 596–606. (Sole corresponding author). 

5. Sun Jing-Tao; Jin Peng-Yu; Hoffmann Ary A; Duan Xing-Zhi; Dai Jun; Hu Gao; Xue Xiao-Feng; Hong Xiao-Yue. Evolutionary divergence of mitochondrial genomes in two Tetranychus species distributed across different climates. Insect Molecular Biology, 2018, 27(6): 698–709. 

2) Intellectual Property (Patents)

1. Duan Xingzhi; Liu Zemin; Zhong Ming; Zhou Lingfei; Chen Cheng; Peng Jikang; Zhao Yuhan; Wu Lan. A Penicillium strain GJF-54 from citrus and its applications. Chinese invention patent, Application No. CN202411421649.0, Filed on 12 Oct 2024. 

2. Wang Binhua; Liu Yizhen; Wang Shanghong; Ma Yantian; Duan Xingzhi; Wu Lan; Ge Gang; Tu Qiuming. A compound microbial agent and its preparation method and applications. Chinese invention patent, Application No. CN202311587294.8, Filed on 27 Nov 2023. 

3) Research Projects (Past 5 Years)

• Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education – Youth Foundation Project (PI): 20224BAB215020, Molecular mechanisms by which interactions between the endosymbiont Wolbachia and Candidatus Liberibacter affect the fitness of Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid) (2023–2025; RMB 100,000; completed). 

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) – General Program (Participant): 32371628, Effects of vegetation succession on soil organic carbon storage in wetlands and the underlying microbial mechanisms: a case study of Poyang Lake wetland (2024–2027; ongoing). 

• NSFC – Joint Fund Program (Participant): U2003112, Genetic diversity and dominance evolution mechanisms of three pest mite species in Xinjiang oases (2021–2023; completed). 

4) Supervision and Training

• Supervised M.Sc. student: Guo Guosen, thesis: Composition of symbiotic microbial communities in Diaphorina citri and the influencing factors (Sep 2021 – May 2024). 

• Supervised M.Sc. student: Zhou Lingfei, thesis: Mechanisms by which genetic background regulates microbial communities in Diaphorina citri and functional validation of the key gene DC01G023300 (Sep 2022 – May 2025).