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Overview

Chengrong Chen is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and focuses research efforts primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work covers a range of subfields including Soil Science, Biomaterials, Plant Science, Ecology, and Pollution.

Their recent publications reflect a strong emphasis on plant nutrient dynamics, soil science, and environmental impacts. Notable papers include:

  • Global meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitation of aboveground plant production in natural terrestrial ecosystems, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Latitudinal patterns of terrestrial phosphorus limitation over the globe, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Effects of biochar application on soil nitrogen transformation, microbial functional genes, enzyme activity, and plant nitrogen uptake: A meta-analysis of field studies, 2021, GCB Bioenergy
  • Rare earth elements (REE) for the removal and recovery of phosphorus: A review, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Bio-based plastics, biodegradable plastics, and compostable plastics: biodegradation mechanism, biodegradability standards and environmental stratagem, 2024, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

Chen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mehran Rezaei Rashti
  • Mohsen Esfandbod
  • Mohammad Bahadori
  • Detian Li
  • Lukas Van Zwieten

Their research is commonly published in venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • Nature Communications
  • Land Degradation and Development

Key research topics covered throughout Chen's publications include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

The body of work produced by Chen integrates experimental studies and meta-analyses to explore nutrient limitations in terrestrial ecosystems, soil microbial functions, and the environmental fate of biodegradable materials. The scope of topics also emphasizes sustainable approaches to nutrient management and the environmental implications of plastic pollution.

Best Publications

  • Long-term nutrient inputs shift soil microbial functional profiles of phosphorus cycling in diverse agroecosystems.

    Zhongmin Dai;Guofei Liu;Huaihai Chen;Chengrong Chen

  • Global meta-analysis shows pervasive phosphorus limitation of aboveground plant production in natural terrestrial ecosystems.

    Enqing Hou;Yiqi Luo;Yuanwen Kuang;Chengrong Chen

  • Salt-affected soils, reclamation, carbon dynamics, and biochar: a review

    Sevda Amini;Hossein Ghadiri;Chengrong Chen;Petra Marschner

  • Soil carbon pools in adjacent natural and plantation forests of subtropical Australia

    Chengrong Chen;Zhihong Xu;Nicole Mathers

  • Seasonal changes in soil phosphorus and associated microbial properties under adjacent grassland and forest in New Zealand

    C.R Chen;C.R Chen;L.M Condron;M.R Davis;R.R Sherlock

  • Effects of climate on soil phosphorus cycle and availability in natural terrestrial ecosystems

    Enqing Hou;Enqing Hou;Chengrong Chen;Yiqi Luo;Guoyi Zhou

  • Phosphorus dynamics in the rhizosphere of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and radiata pine (Pinus radiata D. Don.)

    Chengrong Chen;Chengrong Chen;L.M Condron;M. R. Davis;R.R. Sherlock

  • Roles of biochar in improving phosphorus availability in soils: a phosphate adsorbent and a source of available phosphorus.

    Hanzhi Zhang;Chengrong Chen;Evan M. Gray;Sue E. Boyd

  • Effects of afforestation on phosphorus dynamics and biological properties in a New Zealand grassland soil

    C. R. Chen;L. M. Condron;M. R. Davis;R. R. Sherlock

  • The Australian three-dimensional soil grid: Australia’s contribution to the GlobalSoilMap project

    R. A. Viscarra Rossel;C. Chen;M. J. Grundy;R. Searle

  • Effect of feedstock and pyrolysis temperature on properties of biochar governing end use efficacy

    Hanzhi Zhang;Chengrong Chen;Evan M. Gray;Sue E. Boyd

  • Impacts of grassland afforestation with coniferous trees on soil phosphorus dynamics and associated microbial processes: A review

    Chengrong Chen;L.M. Condron;Zhihong Xu

  • Soil and landscape grid of Australia.

    M. J. Grundy;R. A. Viscarra Rossel;R. D. Searle;P. L. Wilson

  • Microbial composition and diversity of an upland red soil under long-term fertilization treatments as revealed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches

    Ji-Zheng He;Yong Zheng;Cheng-Rong Chen;Yuan-Qiu He

  • Acid transformation of bauxite residue: Conversion of its alkaline characteristics.

    Xiangfeng Kong;Meng Li;Shengguo Xue;William Hartley

  • Warming and grazing affect soil labile carbon and nitrogen pools differently in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China

    Yichao Rui;Shiping Wang;Zhihong Xu;Yanfen Wang

  • Effect of mulching on labile soil organic matter pools, microbial community functional diversity and nitrogen transformations in two hardwood plantations of subtropical Australia

    Zhiqun Huang;Zhihong Xu;Chengrong Chen

  • Heavy metal behaviour at mineral-organo interfaces: Mechanisms, modelling and influence factors.

    Chenchen Qu;Wenli Chen;Xiping Hu;Peng Cai

  • Warming and increased precipitation have differential effects on soil extracellular enzyme activities in a temperate grassland

    Xiaoqi Zhou;Chengrong Chen;Yanfen Wang;Zhihong Xu

  • Gross nitrogen transformations in adjacent native and plantation forests of subtropical Australia

    Joanne Mary Burton;Chengrong Chen;Zhihong Xu;Hossein Ghadiri

  • Soil carbon and nutrient pools, microbial properties and gross nitrogen transformations in adjacent natural forest and hoop pine plantations of subtropical Australia

    Zhihong Xu;Sally Ward;Chengrong Chen;Timothy John Blumfield

  • Digitally mapping the information content of visible–near infrared spectra of surficial Australian soils

    R.A. Viscarra Rossel;C. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhihong Xu
Zhihong Xu Griffith University
Enqing Hou
Enqing Hou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Leo M. Condron
Leo M. Condron Lincoln University
Ji-Zheng He
Ji-Zheng He University of Melbourne
Robert R. Sherlock
Robert R. Sherlock Lincoln University
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University
Dongke Zhang
Dongke Zhang University of Western Australia
Hong Yang
Hong Yang University of Western Australia
Yichao Rui
Yichao Rui Purdue University West Lafayette
Yanfen Wang
Yanfen Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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