English Name：HOU Maolin
中文名：侯茂林
Phone：010-62818641

Phone：010-62818641

Email：mlhou@ippcaas.cn

Academic Title：Professor

Supervisor：Master Supervisor, PhD Supervisor

Department：Department of Agricultural Insects

Group：Rice Insect Pests Group

Education and Working Experience：

Professor, Jan. 2010, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS;

Associate Professor, Jan.2003, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS;

Assistant Professor, Oct. 1998, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS;

Post-doc, Oct. 2001–Oct. 2003, University of Tsukuba, Japan;

Ph.D., Ecology, July 1998, Institute of Zoology, CAS;

M.S., Ecology, July 1994, Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS;

B.Agr., Plant Protection, July 1989, Hunan Agricultural University.

Research Area：

Insect ecology – Population and community ecology; nutritional, behavioral and chemical interactions between plants, herbivores and natural enemies.

Biological control - Conservation and utilization of naturally occurring predators and parasitoids and application of mass-produced natural enemies for control of insect pests.

Integrated pest management - IPM based on environment-friendly pest control.

 Selected Recent Publications：

1. Guangping Yang, Jihui Wen, Yongqiang Han, Maolin Hou*. 2018. Rapid cold hardening confers a transient increase in low temperature survival in diapausing Chilo suppressalis larvae. Insects, 9: 53.
2. Pei Li, Huan Liu, Fei Li, Xiaolan Liao, Shahbaz Ali, Maolin Hou*. 2018. A virus plays a role in partially suppressing plant defenses induced by the viruliferous vectors. Scientific Reports, 8: 9027.
3. Xiaoqin Sun , Youhui Gong, Shahbaz Ali, Maolin Hou*. 2018. Mechanisms of resistance to thiamethoxam and dinotefuran compared to imidacloprid in the brown planthopper: roles of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and a P450 gene CYP6ER1. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 150: 17-26.
4. Yong-qiang Han, Ji-hui Wen, Zhao-pu Peng, Mao-lin Hou*. 2018. Effects of silicon amendment on the occurrence of rice insect pests and diseases in a field test. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 17(10): 2172–2181.
5. Lang Yang, Pei Li, Fei Li, Shahbaz Ali, Xiaoqin Sun, Maolin Hou*. 2018. Silicon amendment to rice plants contributes to reduced feeding in a phloem-sucking insect through modulation of callose deposition. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 631-637.
6. Rui Tang, Dirk Babendreier*, Feng Zhang, Min Kang, Kai Song, Maolin Hou*.  2017. Assessment of Trichogramma japonicum and T. chilonis as potential biological control agents of yellow stem borer in rice. Insects, 8: 19.
7. Lang Yang, Yongqiang Han, Lizhang Wen, Maolin Hou*. 2017. Silicon amendment to rice plants impairs sucking behaviors and population growth in a phloem feeder Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). Scientific Reports, 7: 1101.
8. Lang Yang, Yongqiang Han, Pei Li, Fei Li, Shahbaz Ali, Maolin Hou*. 2017. Silicon amendment is involved in the induction of plant defense responses to a phloem feeder. Scientific Reports, 7: 4232.
9. Danfeng Liu, Pei Li, Yongqiang Han, Wenbin Lei, Maolin Hou*. 2016. Low temperature storage of southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus-infected rice plants cannot sustain virus transmission by the vector. Journal of Economic Entomology, 109(1): 57–61.
10. Yongqiang Han, Pei Li, Shaolong Gong, Lang Yang, Lizhang Wen, Maolin Hou*. 2016. Defense responses in rice induced by silicon amendment against infestation by the leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis. PlosOne, 11(4): e0153918.
11. Wenbin Lei, Pei Li, Yongqiang Han, Shaolong Gong, Maolin Hou*. 2016. EPG recordings reveal differential feeding behaviors in Sogatella furcifera in response to plant virus infection and transmission success. Scientific Reports, 6: 30240.
12. Pei Li, Fei Li, Yongqiang Han, Lang Yang, Xiaolan Liao*, Maolin Hou*. 2016. Asymmetric spread of SRBSDV between rice and corn plants by the vector Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). PlosOne, 11(10): e0165014.
13. Yudi Liu, Lanzhi Han, Maolin Hou*. 2015. Loss of genetic variation in laboratory colonies of Chilo suppressalis revealed by mitchondrial and microsatellite DNA markers. Environmental Entomology, 44(1):73–80.
14. Ko Ko, Yudi Liu, Maolin Hou*, Dirk Babendreier, Feng Zhang, Kai Song. 2015. Toxicity of insecticides targeting rice planthoppers to adult and immature stages of Trichogramma chilonis. Journal of Economic Entomology, 108(1): 69–76.
15. Yongqiang Han, Wenbin Lei, Maolin Hou*, Lizhang Wen*. 2015. Silicon-mediated resistance in a susceptible rice variety to the rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenée (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). PlosOne, 10(4): e0120557.
16. Chaoxing Hu, Maolin Hou*, Guoshu Wei, Baokun Shi, Jianli Huang. 2015. Potential overwintering boundary and voltinism changes in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, in China in response to global warming. Climatic Change, 132(2): 337–352.
17. Ko Ko, Yudi Liu, Maolin Hou*, Dirk Babendreier, Feng Zhang, Kai Song. 2014. Evaluation for potential Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) strains for control of the striped stem borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Journal of Economic Entomology, 107(3): 955–963.
18. Baokun Shi, Jianli Huang, Chaoxing Hu, Maolin Hou*. 2014. Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on rice planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 13(7): 1520–1529.
19. Yudi Liu, Xingkui An, Maolin Hou*. 2014. Rapid microsatellite marker isolation for the pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), through 454 GS-FLX titanium pyrosequencing of enriched DNA libraries and cross amplification in related taxa. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 49: 613–617. 
20. Wenbin Lei, Danfeng Liu, Pei Li, Maolin Hou*. 2014. Interactive effects of southern rice black-streaked dwarf virus infection of host plant and vector on performance of the vector, Sogatella furcifera (Homoptera: Delphacidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 107(5): 1721–1727. 
21. Ying Long, Chaoxing Hu, Baokun Shi, Xiao Yang, Maolin Hou*. 2012. Effects of temperature on mate-location in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Homoptera: Delphacidae). Environmental Entomology, 2012, 41(5): 1231–1238.
22. Lanzhi Han, Shengbing Li, Yufa Peng, Maolin Hou*. 2012. New artificial diet for continuous rearing of Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Annals of Entomological Society of America, 105(2): 253–258.
23. Fang Chen, Yongqiang Han, Qiongbo Hu, Maolin Hou*. 2011. Diapause induction and photoperiodic clock in Chilo suppressalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Entomological Science, 14(3): 283–290.
24. Maolin Hou*, Yongqiang Han. 2010. Si-mediated rice plant resistance to the Asiatic rice borer: effects of silicon amendment and rice varietal resistance. Journal of Economic Entomology, 103(4): 1412–1419.
25. Maolin Hou*, Lixia Hao, Yongqiang Han. 2010. Host status of wheat and corn for the Asiatic rice borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Environmental Entomology, 39(6): 1929–1935.
26. Maolin Hou*, Yongqiang Han, Wei Lin. 2009. Influence of soil moisture on supercooling capacity and associated physiological parameters of overwintering larvae of the rice stem borer. Entomological Science, 12: 12(2): 155–161.
27. Maolin Hou*, Wei Lin, Yongqiang Han. 2009. Seasonal changes in supercooling points and glycerol content in overwintering larvae of the Asiatic rice borer from rice and water-oat plants. Environmental Entomology, 38(4): 1182–1188.
28. Yudi Liu, Maolin Hou*, Lixia Hao. 2009. Twelve nuclear microsatellite loci for the rice stem borer Chilo suppressalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera; Pyralidae). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 180–182.
29. Lanzhi Han, Peilei Liu, Maolin Hou*, Yufa Peng. 2008. Baseline susceptibility of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis toxins in China. Journal of Economic Entomology, 101: 1691–1696.