Molecular Entomology
暫譯: 分子昆蟲學

本書提供了昆蟲學中分子生物學技術的綜合指南，涵蓋了DNA分析、基因改良、轉基因植物、基因轉化及診斷方法。適合昆蟲生物學和害蟲管理領域的研究人員。

Krishna Chaitanya Tirunagaru serves as faculty in charge of the World Wide Fund (WWF) Project and as the Faculty representative for the Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) at NMIMS, India. Dr. Tirunagaru is an expert in Agricultural Entomology, with Ph.D. from Annamalai University, India, with specialization in insect taxonomy, making significant contributions to the field, having discovered and described 26 new species of insects within the Encyrtidae family of Hymenoptera. His accolades include Fellowship with the Royal Entomological Society, UK.

Arshad Ali is Assistant Professor at the Department of Zoology, Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, India. He completed his Ph.D. (Agricultural Entomology) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, and Postdoctoral fellowship from Dr. D.S. Kothari's Postdoctoral Fellowship from UGC, New Delhi, India. Dr. Ali has been teaching Zoology at the undergraduate level and Entomology at the postgraduate level for the last 12 years and has research experience of 16 years. His research focuses on population dynamics, economic entomology, and insect pest management mainly through biological pest control and bio-pesticides.

Kennedy Ningthoujam is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Sr. Scale) Entomology in School of Crop Protection, CPGS-AS, CAU (I) Umiam, Meghalaya, India. He was awarded TNAU Gold Medal in Best Thesis Award during his M.Sc. in Agricultural Entomology from TNAU, Coimbatore, India in 2008 after which he went on to complete a Ph.D. in Entomology from IARI, New Delhi, India. He was also awarded ICAR-JRF (with Fellowship) during his M.Sc.; ICAR-SRF (with Fellowship) and IARI (Merit Fellowship) during Ph.D. degree period. He also serves as Principal Investigator (PI) of 3 externally funded projects (1 DBT and 2 DST-SERB). He has isolated and submitted 32 Bt strains from Northeast region (of which 4 are novel strains) in NAIMCC, ICAR-NBAIM, UP, India, and has reported 12 species of fruit flies for the first time in India of which 6 fruit flies are new species belonging to the tribe Dacini and Acanthonevrini.

Anup Chandra has a Doctoral degree in 'Entomology' from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. He joined the Agricultural Research Service (ARS-ICAR) in the discipline of 'Agricultural Entomology' and holds expertise in the field of Pulse Entomology, especially on sucking insect pests. He is recipient of awards viz., IAHF-Young Scientist Award-2017, Best Scientist Award-2014 (ICAR RC for NEH Region, Arunachal Pradesh Centre, India), 4th North East Award 2013 (IMD, Govt. of India), Excellence for Outstanding Dissemination of Agromet Advisories for Farming Community Award-2014 (IMD, Govt. of India), Best Team Award-2023 (ICAR-IIPR Kanpur, India). Presently, he serves as Senior Scientist in the Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Mahesh Pathak serves as Professor of Entomology and Incharge School of Crop Protection, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Central Agricultural University (Imphal), Umiam, Meghalaya, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Protection from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in the year 2008. He is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of India, Society of Plant Protection Sciences and Applied Zoologist Research Association. He also has experience in establishing the Integrated Beekeeping Development Centre (IBDC), and Centre of Excellence in Beekeeping in Arunachal Pradesh, India. He is the recipient of several awards including Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Protshahan Puraskar, Young Scientist Award, Eminent Scientist Award, Best Extension Professional Award, and Aryabhatt Samman Pattar.

Rojeet Thangjam has a Ph.D. in Entomology (2018) from the Department of Entomology, AAU, Jorhat, Assam, India. His significant contribution to entomological fields includes his work on insect vectors, IPM, and apiculture. During his Master's and Ph.D. Thesis, he worked on the detection of phytoplasma and viruses from their vectors respectively, through molecular techniques. He has identified 6 new species of stingless bee under the genus Tetragonula and Lepidotrigona, recorded many insects from NE India for the first time, and also documented many edible insects from the region. He has also received many awards in Best Poster Presentation, Best Oral Presentation, and Young Achiever Award 2020 at National and International Conferences.

**克里希納·查伊坦雅·提魯納加魯**擔任印度NMIMS的世界自然基金會（WWF）項目負責教師及機構創新委員會（IIC）代表。提魯納加魯博士是農業昆蟲學專家，擁有印度安納馬萊大學的博士學位，專攻昆蟲分類學，對該領域做出了重要貢獻，發現並描述了26種新的膜翅目（Hymenoptera）圓蟲科（Encyrtidae）昆蟲。他的榮譽包括英國皇家昆蟲學會的研究員資格。

**阿爾沙德·阿里**是印度沙賈哈納普爾甘地法伊茲阿姆學院動物學系的助理教授。他在印度阿里格爾穆斯林大學獲得農業昆蟲學博士學位，並在印度新德里的UGC獲得D.S.科塔里博士後研究獎學金。阿里博士在本科層級教授動物學，在研究生層級教授昆蟲學，已有12年的教學經驗，並擁有16年的研究經驗。他的研究重點是人口動態、經濟昆蟲學和昆蟲害蟲管理，主要通過生物防治和生物農藥進行。

**肯尼迪·寧索賈姆**目前擔任印度梅加拉亞邦CPGS-AS農作物保護學校的助理教授（高級職級）。他在2008年於印度科印巴多爾的TNAU獲得農業昆蟲學碩士學位，並獲得最佳論文獎金牌，隨後在印度新德里的IARI完成昆蟲學博士學位。在碩士期間，他獲得ICAR-JRF（帶獎學金），在博士期間獲得ICAR-SRF（帶獎學金）和IARI（優秀獎學金）。他還擔任3個外部資助項目的首席研究員（1個DBT和2個DST-SERB）。他已從印度東北地區分離並提交了32個Bt菌株（其中4個為新菌株）至NAIMCC，ICAR-NBAIM，UP，印度，並首次報告了12種果蠅，其中6種為屬於Dacini和Acanthonevrini部落的新物種。

**阿努普·昌德拉**擁有印度新德里印度農業研究所的昆蟲學博士學位。他加入了農業研究服務（ARS-ICAR），專攻農業昆蟲學，並在豆類昆蟲學領域擁有專業知識，特別是針對吸食性昆蟲害蟲。他獲得了多項獎項，包括2017年IAHF青年科學家獎、2014年最佳科學家獎（ICAR NEH區域阿魯納恰爾邦中心）、2013年第四屆東北獎（印度氣象局）、2014年農業氣象建議優秀傳播獎（印度氣象局）、2023年最佳團隊獎（ICAR-IIPR坎普爾）。目前，他在印度烏塔爾邦坎普爾的ICAR-印度豆類研究所作為高級科學家工作。

**馬赫什·帕塔克**擔任印度梅加拉亞邦中央農業大學（Imphal）農業科學研究所的昆蟲學教授及農作物保護學校負責人。他於2008年在印度阿里格爾穆斯林大學獲得植物保護博士學位。他是印度昆蟲學會、植物保護科學學會及應用動物學研究協會的研究員。他還在印度阿魯納恰爾邦建立了綜合養蜂發展中心（IBDC）和養蜂卓越中心方面有經驗。他獲得了多項獎項，包括潘迪特·丁達雅爾·烏帕德雅伊國家農業科學獎、青年科學家獎、傑出科學家獎、最佳推廣專業人員獎及阿里亞巴塔獎狀。

**羅吉特·唐賈姆**於2018年在印度阿薩姆州喬爾哈特的AAU昆蟲學系獲得昆蟲學博士學位。他在昆蟲學領域的重要貢獻包括對昆蟲媒介、綜合害蟲管理（IPM）和養蜂的研究。在碩士和博士論文期間，他分別通過分子技術研究了其媒介中的植物病原體和病毒的檢測。他已在無刺蜜蜂屬（Tetragonula和Lepidotrigona）中識別出6個新物種，首次記錄了許多來自印度東北地區的昆蟲，並記錄了該地區的多種可食用昆蟲。他還在國內外會議中獲得了最佳海報展示、最佳口頭報告及2020年青年成就獎等多項獎項。