國立臺灣大學農藝學系

本研究室聚焦於作物如何抵禦昆蟲取食壓力，以及如何將這些抗蟲機制應用於永續害蟲管理策略。我們整合分子、生理、生態與演化層級的研究方法，系統性解析作物抗蟲性機制，包括 antixenosis（非偏好性）與 antibiosis（抗生性）。研究以水稻褐飛蝨與玉米秋行軍蟲等重要農業害蟲系統為核心，致力於串聯植物防禦基礎科學與農業實務應用。

學歷

Ph.D., Agronomy program, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences,  The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

B.S., Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan Universirty, Taiwan

現任

國立臺灣大學農藝系教授

國立臺灣大學植物醫學碩士學位學程合聘教授

國立臺灣大學生態學與演化生物學研究所合聘教授

經歷

國立臺灣大學農藝系副教授

國立臺灣大學農藝系助理教授

美國堪薩斯州州立大學昆蟲學系博士後研究員

 Peer-Reviewed Articles:

1. Chuang, W.-P., S. Ray, F. E. Acevedo, M. Peiffer, G. W. Felton, and D. S. Luthe. 2014. Herbivore cues from the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) larvae trigger direct defenses in maize. Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions 27: 461–470.
2. Chuang, W.-P., M. Herde, S. Ray, L. Castano-Duque, G. A. Howe, and D. S. Luthe. 2014. Caterpillar attack triggers accumulation of the toxic maize protein RIP2. New Phytologist 201: 928–939.
3. Smith, C. M., and W.-P. Chuang. 2014. Plant resistance to aphid feeding: Behavioral, physiological, genetic and molecular cues regulate aphid host selection and feeding. Pest Management Science 70: 528–540.
4. Ray, S., I. Gaffor, F. E. Acevedo, A. Helms, W.-P. Chuang, J. Tooker, G. W. Felton, and D. S. Luthe. 2015. Maize plants recognize herbivore-associated cues from caterpillar frass. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 781–792.
5. Carver, B. F., C. M. Smith, W.-P. Chuang, R. M. Hunger, J. T. Edwards, L. Yan, G. Brown-Guedira, B. S. Gill, G. Bai, and R. L. Bowden. 2016. Registration of OK05312, a high-yielding hard winter wheat donor of Cmc4 for wheat curl mite resistance. Journal of Plant Registrations 10: 75–79.
6. Aguirre-Rojas, L. M., L. K. Khalaf, S. Garcés-Carrera, D. K. Sinha, W.-P. Chuang, and C. M. Smith. 2017. Resistance to wheat curl mite in arthropod-resistant rye–wheat translocation lines. Agronomy 7: 74.
7. Chuang, W.-P., L. M. Aguirre-Rojas, L. K. Khalaf, G. Zhang, A. K. Fritz, A. E. Whitfield, and C. M. Smith. 2017. Wheat genotypes with combined resistance to wheat curl mite, wheat streak mosaic virus, wheat mosaic virus, and Triticum mosaic virus. Journal of Economic Entomology 110: 711–718.
8. Lin, H.-H., and W.-P. Chuang. 2017. Push–pull farming system (Review). Weed Science Bulletin 38: 77–88. (in Chinese)
9. Li, C., A. Y. Wong, S. Wang, Q. Jia, W.-P. Chuang, W. G. Bendena, S. S. Tobe, S. H. Yang, G. Chung, and T. F. Chan. 2018. miRNA-mediated interactions in and between plants and insects. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19: 3239.
10. Tu, K.-Y., S. F. Tsai, T. W. Guo, H.-H. Lin, Z.-W. Yang, C.-T. Liao, and W.-P. Chuang. 2018. The role of plant abiotic factors on the interactions between Cnaphalocrocis medinalis and its host plant. Environmental Entomology 47: 857–866.
11. Zhao, J., N. R. Abdelsalam, L. Khalaf, W.-P. Chuang, L. Zhao, C. M. Smith, B. Carver, and G. Bai. 2019. Development of SNP markers for the wheat curl mite resistance gene Cmc4. Crop Science 59: 1567–1575.
12. Khalaf, L., W.-P. Chuang, L. Aguirre-Rojas, P. Klein, and C. M. Smith. 2019. Differences in Aceria tosichella population responses to wheat resistance genes and virus transmission. Arthropod–Plant Interactions 13: 807–818.
13. Li, Y., Y.-F. Huang, S.-H. Huang, Y.-H. Kuang, C.-W. Tung, C.-T. Liao, and W.-P. Chuang. 2019. Genomic and phenotypic evaluation of rice susceptible check TN1 collected in Taiwan. Botanical Studies 60: 1–7.
14. Guo, T.-W., C.-T. Liao, and W.-P. Chuang. 2019. Defensive responses of rice cultivars resistant to Cnaphalocrocis medinalis. Arthropod–Plant Interactions 13: 611–620.
15. Lin, S.-C., Y.-H. Kuang, Y. Li, M.-Y. Chiang, C.-H. Hsieh, and W.-P. Chuang. 2019. Evaluating the growth of fall armyworm larvae feeding on four weed species. Weed Science Bulletin 40: 91–98. (in Chinese)
16. Khalaf, L., A. Timm, W.-P. Chuang, L. Enders, T. J. Hefley, and C. M. Smith. 2020. Modeling Aceria tosichella biotype distribution over geographic space and time. PLoS ONE 15: e0233507.
17. Cheah, B. H., H.-H. Lin, H.-J. Chien, C.-T. Liao, L.-Y. D. Liu, C.-C. Lai, Y.-F. Lin, and W.-P. Chuang. 2020. SWATH-MS-based quantitative proteomics reveals an intricate defense response in Cnaphalocrocis medinalis-resistant rice. Scientific Reports 10: 6597.
18. Lin, P.-A., C. M. Liu, J. A. Ou, C.-H. Sun, W.-P. Chuang, C.-K. Ho, N. Kinoshita, and G. W. Felton. 2021. Changes in arthropod community but not plant quality benefit a specialist herbivore under reduced water availability. Oecologia 195: 383–396.
19. Li, Y., B. H. Cheah, Y.-F. Fang, Y.-H. Kuang, S.-C. Lin, C.-T. Liao, S.-H. Huang, Y.-F. Lin, and W.-P. Chuang. 2021. Transcriptomics identifies key defense mechanisms in rice resistant to leaf- and phloem-feeding herbivores. BMC Plant Biology 21: 306.
20. Kuang, Y.-H., Y.-F. Fang, S.-C. Lin, S. F. Tsai, Z.-W. Yang, C.-P. Li, S.-H. Huang, S. L. Hechanova, K. K. Jena, and W.-P. Chuang. 2021. Climate change impacts resistance of rice near-isogenic lines to brown planthopper. Rice 14: 64.
21. Sotelo-Cardona, P., W.-P. Chuang, M.-Y. Lin, M.-Y. Chiang, and S. Ramasamy. 2021. Oviposition preference does not necessarily predict offspring performance in fall armyworm. Scientific Reports 11: 15885.
22. Cheah, B. H., W.-P. Chuang, J.-C. Lo, Y. Li, C.-Y. Cheng, Z.-W. Yang, C.-T. Liao, and Y.-F. Lin. 2022. Exogenous copper application induces elemental defense in rice against rice leaffolder. Plants 11: 1104.
23. Lin, S.-C., Y. Li, F.-Y. Hu, C.-L. Wang, Y.-H. Kuang, C.-L. Sung, S. F. Tsai, Z.-W. Yang, C.-P. Li, S.-H. Huang, C.-T. Liao, S. L. Hechanova, K. K. Jena, and W.-P. Chuang. 2022. Nitrogen fertilizer alters resistance of rice NILs with brown planthopper resistance genes. Botanical Studies 63: 16.
24. Sung, C.-L., F.-Y. Hu, Y. Li, S. F. Tsai, and W.-P. Chuang. 2023. Antiherbivore effects of Cuscuta campestris against Spodoptera frugiperda. Arthropod–Plant Interactions 17: 123–131.
25. Lin, P.-A., J. Kansman, W.-P. Chuang, C. Robert, M. Erb, and G. W. Felton. 2023. Water availability and plant–herbivore interactions. Journal of Experimental Botany 74: 2811–2828.
26. Chen, Y.-J., B. H. Cheah, C.-Y. Lin, Y.-T. Ku, C.-H. Kuo, Y.-Y. Zhang, B.-R. Chen, O. Nean, C.-H. Hsieh, P.-M. Yeh, F. K. S. Yeo, Y.-P. Lin, W.-P. Chuang, C.-R. Lee, and H.-M. Ting. 2023. Inducible chemical defenses in wild mungbean confer resistance to Spodoptera litura. Environmental and Experimental Botany 205: 105100.
27. Hsieh, C.-H., T. W. Guo, K.-Y. Tu, C.-T. Liao, and W.-P. Chuang. 2023. Genetic structure of the rice leaffolder in Taiwan. Taiwania 68(4): 451–457.
28. Wang, C.-L., P.-Q. Luo, F.-Y. Hu, Y. Li, C.-L. Sung, Y.-H. Kuang, S.-C. Lin, Z.-W. Yang, C.-P. Li, S.-H. Huang, S. L. Hechanova, K. K. Jena, C.-H. Hsieh, and W.-P. Chuang. 2024. Pyramiding brown planthopper resistance genes maintains resistance under climate change. Pest Management Science 80: 1740–1750.
29. Tsai, Y.-C., P.-Q. Luo, C.-L. Sung, Y. Li, F.-Y. Hu, C.-L. Wang, Y.-N. Chen, J.-H. Hsu, C.-E. Liao, S.-R. Chang, and W.-P. Chuang. 2024. Evaluating local plant species for fall armyworm management in Taiwan. Botanical Studies 65: 18.
30. Sun, S.-J., X.-Y. Lee, Y.-J. Wang, W.-P. Chuang, S.-Y. Hwang, and C.-K. Ho. 2025. Interactions among warming, elevated CO₂, and trophic dynamics shape crop performance and pest control. Scientific Reports 15: 39519.
31. Lee, S.-K., B.-R. Chen, C.-Y. Lin, C.-H. Kuo, Y.-J. Chen, Y.-P. Lin, Y.-Y. Zhang, R. H. Tisdale, C.-R. Lee, W.-P. Chuang, and H.-M. Ting. 2025. Induction of plant defenses and production of kaempferol-7-O-glucoside in resistant wild mungbean. Plant, Cell & Environment. doi:10.1111/pce.70248.

Other Publications:

Chuang, W.P. 2019. The Fantastic Journey of the Fall Armyworm - Taiwan, Are You Ready? Science Monthly 596 (in Chinese)

2025 Academic Award, Weed Science Society of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

2023 SHANG-FA YANG Outstanding Young Scientist Award

2023 Outstanding Young Scholar, Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists

2023 Outstanding Teaching Faculty Member, National Taiwan University, Taiwan