Zhaohui Wang
Professor in Soil and Plant Nutrition
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China
TEL No: 86-29-87082234
FAX No: 86-29-87082234
E-mail: w-zhaohui@263.net <mailto:w-zhaohui@263.net>
Work and Education Experience:
2003.03-now Professor at the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
2003.03-2004.03 Visiting scientist at Melfort Research Farm, Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Melfort, Saskatchewan.
1998.12-2003.02 Associate Professor at the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Science and Technology University of Agriculture and Forestry (formerly named Northwestern Agricultural University).
1996.07-1998.12Lecturer at the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Agricultural University.
1993.07-1996.07 Working for Ph.D at the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Northwest Agricultural University.
1991.09-1992.07 Studying for M.Sc. at the Department of Soil and Agro-Chemistry, Northwestern Agricultural University.
1987.09-1991.07 B.Sc. at the Department of Soil and Agro-Chemistry, Northwestern Agricultural University
Main Courses for Teaching
Experimental Design and biometrics, Plant nutrition, Soil Science, Agricultural Ecology, Soil Physics and Chemistry Analysis, and Land Resource Utilization and Planning, and Plant Nutrition and Fertilization for M.Sc. students.
Special subject on plant nutrition for M.Sc. students, Plant nutrition Seminar for Ph. D. students in Soil and Plant Nutrition
Research Area:
Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition:
1 Water and nutrients management in dryland cropping system
2 Fertilization, crop quality and environmental effects of fertilizers
Publications in English:
1.Chen, Ting Liu, Xiaohong Tian, Xiaofeng Wang, Meng Li,Shaoxia Wang, Zhaohui Wang. Effects of plastic film combined with straw mulch on grain yield andwater use efficiency of winter wheat in Loess PlateauYanlong Field Crops Research, 172 (2015) 53-58
2.YF Miao, ZH Wanga, SX Li. Relation of nitrate N accumulation in dryland soil with wheatresponse to N fertilizer. Field Crops Research, 170 (2015) 119-130
3.Xinping Chen, Zhenling Cui, Mingsheng Fan, Peter Vitousek, Ming Zhao, Wenq Ma, Zhenlin Wang, Weijian Zhang3,Xiaoyuan Yan, Jianchang Yang, Xiping Deng, Qiang Gao, Qiang Zhang, Shiwei Guo, Jun Ren, Shiqing Li, Youliang Ye, Zhaohui Wang, Jianliang Huang, Qiyuan Tang, Yixiang Sun, Xianlong Peng, Jiwang Zhang, Mingrong He, Yunji Zhu,Jiquan Xue, Guiliang Wang, Liang Wu, Ning An, Liangquan Wu, Lin Ma, Weifeng Zhang & Fusuo Zhang. Producingmore grain with lower environmental costs. Nature, 2014,514-486-489|
4.Ning Yang, Zhaohui Wang, Yajun Gao, Hubing Zhao, Keyi Li, Fucui Li, Sukhdev S. Malhic. Effects of planting soybean in summer fallow on wheat grain yield, total N and Zn in grain and available N and Zn in soil on the Loess Plateau of China. European Journal of Agronomy. 2014,58 63-72
5.Hui Liu, Zhaohui. Wang, Fucui Li, Keyi Li, Ning Yang, Yuee Yang,Donglin Huang, Dongli Liang, Hubing Zhao, Hui Mao, Jinshan Liu, Weihong Qiu. Grain iron and zinc concentrations of wheat and their relationships toyield in major wheat production areas in China. Field Crops Research 156 (2014) 151-160
6.H. Mao, J. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Zan, G. Lyons, C. Zou. Using agronomic biofortification to boost zinc, selenium, and iodine concentrations of food crops grown on the loess plateau in ChinaJournal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2014, 14 (2), 459-470
7.Fucui Li, Zhaohui Wang, Jian Dai, Qiang Li, Cheng Xue, Hubing Zhao, Xiang Wang & J?rgen E. Olesen. Summer fallow soil management - impact on rainfed winter wheat. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Soil & Plant Sciencepages.2014,65(5): 398-407
8.Jianwei Wanga, Zhaohui Wang, Hui Mao, Hubing Zhao and Donglin Huang. Increasing Se concentration in maize grain with soil- or foliar-applied selenite on the Loess Plateau in China. Field Crops Research. 2013,150:83-90
9.Sheng-Xiu L, Zhao-Hui Wang, B.A. Stewart. Responses of Crop Plants to Ammonium and Nitrate N. Advances in Agronomy, 2013,118: 205-398
10.S.X. Li, Z.H. Wang, S.Q. Li, Y.J. Gao, X.H. Tiana Effect of plastic sheet mulch, wheat straw mulch, and maize growth on water loss by evaporation in dryland areas of China. Agricultural Water Management 116 (2013) 39- 49
11.S. X. Li , X. H. Tian & Z. H. Wang. Comparison of Two Methods for Determination of Soil Fixed Ammonium. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 44:2077-2094, 2013
12.C. Q. Zou & Y. Q. Zhang & A. Rashid & H. Ram & E. Savasli & R. Z. Arisoy & I. Ortiz-Monasterio & S. Simunji & Z. H. Wang & V. Sohu & M. Hassan & Y. Kaya & O. Onder & O. Lungu & M. Yaqub Mujahid & A. K. Joshi & Y. Zelenskiy & F. S. Zhang & I. Cakmak. Biofortification of wheat with zinc through zinc fertilization in seven countries. Plant Soil. 2012,361:119-130
13.Wang Jian Wei, Mao Hui, Zhao Hu Bing, Huang Dong Lin, Wang Zhao Hui.Different increases in maize and wheat grain zinc concentrations caused by soil and foliar applications of zinc in Loess Plateau, China. Field Crops Research. 2012,135:89-96
14.Caibian Huang, Zhaohui Wang, Shengxiu Li, and Sukhdev Singh Malhi. Measurement of Nitrate Efflux from Roots and Its Relation to Nitrate Accumulation in Two Oilseed Rape Cultivars. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2012,43: 507-518.
15.Ke-Yi Li, Yuan-Yuan Zhao, Xiao-Long Yuan, Hu-Bing Zhao, Zhao-Hui Wang, Sheng-Xiu Li,and Sukhdev S. Malhi. Comparison of Factors Affecting Soil Nitrate Nitrogen and Ammonium Nitrogen Extraction. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2012, 43: 571-588.
16.Caibian Huang, Zhaohui Wang, Shengxiu Li & Jeff William Gale. Effect of external nitrate concentrations on nitrate efflux from roots and accumulation in two Brassica Napus L. cultivars. Journal of Plant Nutrition，2011,34(11):1602-1615.
17.Sheng-Xiu Li, Zhao-Hui Wang, and Bobby Alton Stewart. Differences of Some Leguminous and Nonleguminous Crops in Utilization of Soil Phosphorus and Responses to Phosphate Fertilizers. Advances in Agronomy, 2011,110: 125-249.
18.Caibian Huang, Zhao-Hui Wang, Sheng-Xiu Li and Sukhdev Singh. Malhi. Nitrate in Leaf Petiole and Blade of Spinach Cultivars and Its Relation to Biomass and Water in Plants. Journal of Plant Nutrition，33（8）: 1112-1123, 2010.
19.S. X. Li, Z. H. Wang, T. T. Hu, Y. J. Gao and B. A. Stewart. Nitrogen in Dryland Soils of China and Its Management. Advances in Agronomy, 2009,101: 123-181.
20.Sheng-Xiu Li, Zhao-Hui Wang, S. S. Malhi, Shi-Qing Li, Ya-Jun Gao, and Xiao-Hong Tian. Nutrient and Water Management Effects on Crop Production, and Nutrient and Water Use Efficiency in Dryland Areas of China. Advances in Agronomy, 2009, 102:221-262
21.Zhao-Hui Wang, Sheng-Xiu Li and S. S. Malh. Effects of fertilization and other agronomic measures on nutritional quality of crops. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2008, 88(1):7 - 23.
22.SS Malhi, M Johnston, JJ Schoenau, ZH Wang and CL Vera1. Seasonal Biomass Accumulation and Nutrient Uptake of Canola, Mustard, and Flax on a Black Chernozem Soil in Saskatchewan. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2007, 30(4): 641-658
23.SS Malhi, AM Johnston, JJ Schoenau, ZH Wang, and CL Vera Seasonal Biomass Accumulation and Nutrient Uptake of Pea and Lentil on a Black Chernozem Soil in Saskatchewan. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2007,30:721-737.
24.SS Malhi, R Lemke, Z H Wang, and Baldev S Chhabra. Tillage, nitrogen and crop residue effects on crop yield, nutrient uptake, soil quality, and greenhouse gas emissions. Soil & Tillage Research 2006, 90(1/2): 171-183.
25.Malhi S S, Johnston A M, Schoenau J J, Wang Z H and Vera C L. Seasonal biomass accumulation and nutrient uptake of wheat, barley and oat on a Black Chernozem soil in Saskatchewan. Can. J. Plant Sci. 2006, 86: 1005-1014.
26.Zhaohui Wang, Shengxiu Li, Cecil L. Vera and Sukhdev S. Malhi. Effects of water deficit and supplemental irrigation on winter wheat growth, grain yield and quality, nutrient uptake, and mineral N residue in soil . Com. Soil Sci. Plant Ana. 2005,36(11/12): 1405-1419
27.Malhi S S, Wang Z H, Schnitzer M, Monreal C M and Harapiak J T. Nitrogen fertilization effects on quality of organic matter in a grassland soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 2005, 73(2/3):191-199
28.Zhao-Hui Wang, Xue-Jun Liu, Xiao-Tang Ju, Fu-Suo Zhang and S. S. Malhi. Ammonia volatilization loss from surface-broadcast urea: comparison of vented and closed chamber methods and loss in a winter wheat-summer maize rotation in north china plain. Com. Soil Sci. Plant Ana. 2004,35(19/20):2917-2939
29.Wang Zhaohui and Li Shengxiu. Effects of N and P fertilization on plant growth and nitrate accumulation in vegetables. J. Plant Nutrition. 2004,27(3): 539-556
30.Vera C L, Malhi S S, Raney J P and Wang Z H. The effect of N and P fertilization on growth, seed yield and quality of industrial hemp in the Parkland region of Saskatchewan. Can. J. Plant Sci. 2004, 84: 939-947.
31.Bao-Ming Chen, Zhao-Hui Wang, Sheng-Xiu Li, Gen-Xuan Wang, Hai-Xing Song, Xi-Na Wang. Effects of nitrate supply on plant growth, nitrate accumulation, metabolic nitrate concentration and nitrate reductase activity in three leafy vegetables. Plant Science, 2004, 167(3): 635-643.
32.Wang Zhao-Hui and Li Sheng-Xiu. Effects of N forms and rates on vegetable growth and nitrate accumulation. Pedosphere. 2003, 13(4):309-316