Study on biological control of some pest thrips species using predatory insects

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Chuan Qing RUAN: Male, Associate Professor from Institute of Agro-Biological Resources, Fujian Academic of Agricultural Science, Fuzhou, P. R. China. I was born on February 07, 1974, in the city of ZhouNing, Fujian, P. R. China. From 1992 to 1999, I was educated in the Department of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural University, Fuzhou, and graduated with bachelor and master degrees in Entomology and Pest Control. My bachelor dissertation was a computer-based diagnosis expert system of vegetable pests and their control. For the master degree, my dissertation was the study on artificial foods for the mass rearing of a parasitoid wasp, Anastatus japonicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), which is a promising biological control agent against Litchi Sting Bug, Tessartoma papillosa Drury (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). From the year of 1999 on, I work in the Institute of Agro-Biological Resources, Fujian Academic of Agricultural Sciences, and have been promoted as an Associate Professor in the institute. In this institute, my work focused on the study of Bacillus thuringiensis, including the resistance mechanism of insects against it and the improvement of its efficiency. From 2003 to 2009, I was a Ph.D. Student in the institute of INRES-Phytomedicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bonn, Germany. My doctoral research was the study on biological control of some pest thrips species using predatory insects.