Kongming Wu

13.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
292 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Kongming Wu is a scholar working on Insect Science, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kongming Wu has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Insect Science, 192 papers in Molecular Biology and 127 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kongming Wu's work include Insect Resistance and Genetics (184 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (126 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (93 papers). Kongming Wu is often cited by papers focused on Insect Resistance and Genetics (184 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (126 papers) and Insect and Pesticide Research (93 papers). Kongming Wu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kongming Wu's co-authors include Yanhui Lu, Yuyuan Guo, Hongqiang Feng, Yuying Jiang, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Yong Guo, Nicolas Desneux, Yun Zhao, Yunhe Li and Gemei Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kongming Wu

282 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Widespread adoption of Bt cotton and insecticide decrease promotes biocontrol services

2012 639 citations Yanhui Lu, Kongming Wu et al. profile →
Suppression of Cotton Bollworm in Multiple Crops in China in Areas with Bt Toxin–Containing Cotton

2008 582 citations Kongming Wu, Yanhui Lu et al. profile →
Mirid Bug Outbreaks in Multiple Crops Correlated with Wide-Scale Adoption of Bt Cotton in China

2010 514 citations Yanhui Lu, Kongming Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kongming Wu China	50	7.4k	6.3k	4.7k	1.7k	1.3k	292	10.2k
Fred Gould United States	60	8.2k 1.1×	7.7k 1.2×	5.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	256	12.3k
Shu‐Sheng Liu China	50	8.2k 1.1×	2.5k 0.4×	6.1k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	684 0.5×	253	10.2k
Blair D. Siegfried United States	50	5.7k 0.8×	5.8k 0.9×	3.3k 0.7×	952 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	235	8.5k
R. T. Roush United States	40	4.9k 0.7×	4.8k 0.8×	4.1k 0.9×	806 0.5×	595 0.5×	121	7.5k
C. M. Woodcock United Kingdom	44	5.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.2×	4.3k 0.9×	2.8k 1.6×	681 0.5×	162	7.9k
Yuyuan Guo China	42	3.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.4×	752 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	180	5.4k
L. J. Wadhams United Kingdom	51	6.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.2×	4.8k 1.0×	3.5k 2.1×	1.1k 0.9×	193	9.4k
Anthony M. Shelton United States	57	9.2k 1.3×	8.7k 1.4×	8.4k 1.8×	1.3k 0.8×	761 0.6×	291	13.3k
Guy M. Poppy United Kingdom	45	3.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.2×	3.3k 0.7×	2.4k 1.4×	798 0.6×	139	6.3k
Sunday Ekesi Kenya	55	8.5k 1.2×	2.1k 0.3×	4.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	327	10.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kongming Wu

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All Works

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Wang, Wenhui, Yuting He, Huan Yu, Xianming Yang, & Kongming Wu. (2025). Evaluation of the Control Efficacy of Bt Maize Expressing Cry1Ab and Vip3Aa Proteins Against Agrotis ypsilon (Rottemberg). Insects. 16(2). 119–119. 1 indexed citations

He, Limei, Ling Wang, Wenxian Wu, et al.. (2025). Effect of Bt-Cry1Ab Maize Commercialization on Arthropod Community Biodiversity in Southwest China. Insects. 16(11). 1132–1132.

Chen, Shuang, Wen‐Hui Wang, Guodong Kang, Xianming Yang, & Kongming Wu. (2024). Toxic Effects of Bt-(Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa) Maize on Storage Pest Paralipsa gularis (Zeller). Toxins. 16(2). 92–92. 3 indexed citations

Liang, Xinyue, Yan Peng, Zhenxing Liu, et al.. (2024). Novel Mito‐Nuclear Combinations Facilitate the Global Invasion of a Major Agricultural Crop Pest. Advanced Science. 11(34). e2305353–e2305353. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Liying, et al.. (2024). The Effectiveness of Mixed Food Attractant for Managing Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) in Peanut Fields. Agronomy. 14(5). 986–986. 2 indexed citations

Jiang, Shanshan, et al.. (2024). Predation and Biocontrol Potential of Eupeodes corollae Fabricius (Diptera: Syrphidae) on Wheat Aphids. Agronomy. 14(3). 600–600.

Song, Cheng, Xianming Yang, Limei He, Wen‐Hui Wang, & Kongming Wu. (2024). Control Efficacy of the Bt Maize Event DBN3601T Expressing Cry1Ab and Vip3Aa Proteins against Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner), in China. Plants. 13(14). 1933–1933. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenghao, Xianming Yang, Wen‐Hui Wang, & Kongming Wu. (2024). Insecticidal Effects of Transgenic Maize Bt-Cry1Ab, Bt-Vip3Aa, and Bt-Cry1Ab+Vip3Aa against the Oriental Armyworm, Mythimna separata (Walker) in Southwest China. Toxins. 16(3). 134–134. 8 indexed citations

Zhou, Xianyong, et al.. (2023). Cross-Regional Pollination Behavior of Trichoplusia ni between China and the Indo-China Peninsula. Plants. 12(21). 3778–3778. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Yan, et al.. (2023). National Food Security Strategy Against the Backdrop of Domestic and International Dual Circulation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(4). 14–14. 3 indexed citations

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He, Wei, Liying Wang, Shishuai Ge, et al.. (2023). Use of food attractants to monitor and forecast Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) seasonal abundance in southern China. Journal of Pest Science. 96(4). 1509–1521. 9 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xianyong, et al.. (2023). Comigration of the predatory bug Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Hemiptera: Miridae) with two species of rice planthopper across the South China Sea. Biological Control. 179. 105167–105167. 6 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shengyuan, Xue Yang, Haibin Yuan, et al.. (2023). Migration Monitoring and Route Analysis of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata (Walker) in Northeast China. Agronomy. 13(1). 172–172. 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yan, Dazhong Liu, Adel Khashaveh, et al.. (2023). Long-term insect censuses capture progressive loss of ecosystem functioning in East Asia. Science Advances. 9(5). eade9341–eade9341. 30 indexed citations

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Guan, Fang, Xiaoguang Dai, Shuwen Wu, et al.. (2023). Refuges of conventional host plants counter dominant resistance of cotton bollworm to transgenic Bt cotton. iScience. 26(5). 106768–106768. 10 indexed citations

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Jia, Huiru, Xiaokang Li, Shengyuan Zhao, et al.. (2023). Pollen Molecular Identification from a Long-Distance Migratory Insect, Spodoptera exigua, as Evidenced for Its Regional Pollination in Eastern Asia. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(8). 7588–7588. 2 indexed citations

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Jiang, Shanshan, Hui Li, Limei He, & Kongming Wu. (2022). Population Fitness of Eupeodes corollae Fabricius (Diptera: Syrphidae) Feeding on Different Species of Aphids. Insects. 13(6). 494–494. 11 indexed citations

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Lu, Yanhui, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Bing Liu, et al.. (2021). Bt cotton area contraction drives regional pest resurgence, crop loss, and pesticide use. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(2). 390–398. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Fengqi, Wei Li, Yongjun Lin, et al.. (2017). Expression of lima bean terpene synthases in rice enhances recruitment of a beneficial enemy of a major rice pest. Plant Cell & Environment. 41(1). 111–120. 54 indexed citations

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Yè, Gōngyín, et al.. (2002). Evaluation of Impact of Pollen Grains from Bt, Bt/CpTI Transgenic Cotton and Bt Corn Plants on the Growth and Development of the Mulberry Silkworm, Bombyx mori Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae). Agricultural Sciences in China. 1(12). 1334–1343. 7 indexed citations

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