Juvenile Hormone

Tetsuro Shinoda is Professor Emeritus at Fukushima University, Japan. His research has focused on insect endocrinology and biochemistry, with particular emphasis on the biosynthesis and regulation of JH and its roles in insect development and reproduction. He has contributed to studies on enzymatic pathways involved in JH biosynthesis and to the molecular understanding of hormonal regulation in insects. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of insect physiology and its applications to insect pest management. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Applied Entomology and Zoology (2011–2012). Toyomi Kotaki is a Research Scientist at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan. His research focuses primarily on the physiological mechanisms underlying insect reproduction and diapause, as well as the environmental and endocrine factors that regulate these processes. He served as Secretary General (2005–2006) and as an English-language Journal Editor (2016–2017) for the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology. Hideharu Numata is Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, Japan. His research has focused on insect physiology, chronobiology, and endocrinology, with particular emphasis on photoperiodism and circannual rhythms. He served as a Councilor of the International Congress of Entomology from 2008 to 2016, and as Editor-in-Chief of Entomological Science (2010-2011) and Zoological Science (2020-2021).