蝗虫的大规模聚集与高密度种群的维持是蝗灾暴发的关键基础。群聚信息素4VA不仅能招募新的个体加入群体，同时能够加快个体表现出具有高度一致性的群居型行为，在种群密度增高后，蝗虫联用黑-棕警戒体色与警戒信息素PAN共同防御天敌捕食和抑制种群内个体互相蚕食，保障了种群的发展。同时，蝗虫脑中由miR-8-5p调控的谷氨酸-GABA平衡调控了蝗虫群居型行为，群居型蝗虫通过更快的衰老死亡过程减少资源浪费，为后代保留更多的资源，保障了群聚特征的跨代传递。这些成果不仅共同揭示蝗虫聚群成灾的驱动因子与调控机制，同时也为后续绿色可持续防控蝗灾暴发奠定坚实基础。

相关科研成果（发表论文、专利、标准等）：

1.Guo,X.J.,Kang*,L. 2024. Phenotypic Plasticity in Locusts: Trade-off between Migration and Breeding. Annual Review of Entomology,Accepted.

2.Yang,M.L.,Du,B.Z.,Xu,L.L.,Wang,H.M.,Wang,Y.L.,Lin,K.,He,G.F.,and Kang*,L. 2023. Glutamate-GABA imbalance mediated by miR-8-5p and its STTM regulates phase-related behavior of locusts. PNAS,120(1):e2215660120.

3.Li,J. ①,Wei,L.Y. ①,Wang,Y.S.,Zhang,HK.,Yang,P.C.,Zhao,Z.W.,and Kang*,L. 2023. Cytosolic and mitochondrial ribosomal proteins mediate the locust phase transition via divergence of translational profiles. PNAS,120(1):e2216851120.

4.Yang,J.,Yu,Q.Q.,Yu,J.,Kang*,L.,and Guo*,X.J. 2023. 4-Vinylanisole promotes conspecific interaction and acquisition of gregarious behavior in the migratory locust. PNAS,120,e2306659120. 10.1073/pnas.2306659120.

5.Guo,S.Y. ①,Hou,L. ①,Dong,L.S.,Nie,X.,Kang*,L.,and Wang*,X.H. 2023. PLIN2-induced ectopic lipid accumulation promotes muscle ageing in gregarious locusts. Nature Ecology & Evolution，7:914-926.

6.Chang,H.T.,Cassau,S.,Krieger,J.,Guo,X.J.,Knaden,M.,Kang*,L.,Hansson*,B.,2023. A chemical defense deters cannibalism in migratory locusts. Science 380,537–543.