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Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University

Core Faculty

Chairman & Professor Chi-Wei Tsai
  • 發布單位:Department of Entomology
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Research interests:

Vector biology

 

E-mail: chiwei@ntu.edu.tw

Lab: Vector Laboratory

Tel: +886-2-3366-5576

 

Academic:

2001-2006 Ph.D. The Ohio State University, USA

1995-1997 M.S. National Taiwan University

1991-1995 B.S. National Taiwan University

 

Experience:

2025-present  Chairman, Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University

2022-present  Professor, Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University

2022-present  Editorial Board Member, Current Opinion in Insect Science

2016-2017  Visiting Scholar, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

2015-2022  Associate professor, National Taiwan University

2012  Visiting scholar, University of Queensland, Australia

2009-2015  Assistant professor, National Taiwan University

2007-2009  Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley

 

Research:

Vector transmission of plant and animal pathogens

 

Courses:

General Entomology

Fundamental Entomology

Veterinary Entomology

Methods in Insect Science

 

Links:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3880-7251

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chi-Wei-Tsai

 

Refereed Publications (2021-2025)

  1. Huang YY, Li WH, Lee KY, Tsai WS, and Tsai CW. 2025. Effects of acquisition time and viral load of source plants on infections of two tomato begomoviruses in Bemisia tabaci. Agriculture 15:1195.
  2. Li WH, Poovendhan S., Mou DF, Tsai WS, and Tsai CW. 2024. Impacts of coingesting two tomato-infecting begomoviruses on virus infection in Bemisia tabaci and vector transmission. Entomol. Gen. 44: 927-935.
  3. Wu HY, Li WH, Weng SH, Tsai WS, and Tsai CW. 2023. Differential effects of two tomato begomoviruses on the life history and feeding preference of Bemisia tabaci. Insects 14:870.
  4. Lestari SM, Khatun MF, Acharya R, Sharma SR, Shrestha YK, Jahan SMH, Aye TT, Lynn OM, Win NKK, Hoat TX, Dao HT, Tsai CW, Lee J, Hwang HS, Kil EJ, Lee S, Kim SM, and Lee KY. 2022. Genetic diversity of cryptic species of Bemisia tabaci in Asia. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 112:e21981.
  5. Jhou YS, Poovendhan S, Huang LH, and Tsai CW. 2021. Host acceptance and plant resistance: a comparative behavioral study of Myzus persicae and Acyrthosiphon pisum. Insects 12:975.
  6. Castillo AI#, Tsai CW#, Su CC, Weng LW, Lin YC, Cho ST, Almeida RPP, and Kuo CH. 2021. Genetic differentiation of Xylella fastidiosa following the introduction into Taiwan. Microb. Genom. 7:000727. (#Equal contribution)
  7. Chiu YS, Tzean Y, Chen YH, Tsai CW, and Yeh HH. 2021. Fungal F8-culture filtrate induces tomato resistance against tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus. Viruses 13:1434.
  8. Weng LW, Lin YC, Su CC, Huang CT, Cho ST, Chen AP, Chou SJ, Tsai CW*, and Kuo CH*. 2021. Complete genome sequence of Xylella taiwanensis and comparative analysis of virulence gene content with Xylella fastidiosa. Front. Microbiol. 12:684092. (*co-corresponding authors)
  9. Li WH, Mou DF, Hsieh CK, Weng SH, Tsai WS, and Tsai CW. 2021. Vector transmission of tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci: circulative or propagative? Insects 12:181.
  10. Mou DF, Chen WT, Li WH, Chen TC, Tseng CH, Huang LH, Peng JC, Yeh SD, and Tsai CW. 2021. Transmission mode of watermelon silver mottle virus by Thrips palmi. PLoS ONE 16:e0247500.

 

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Vector Laboratory