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Plant Science and Agronomy
China
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
141
Citations
70067
World Ranking
26
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in China Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Enzyme

Botany, Hyperaccumulator, Agronomy, Thlaspi caerulescens and Soil water are his primary areas of study. Fang-Jie Zhao interconnects Arsenate, Pteris vittata, Phosphate and Arsenite in the investigation of issues within Botany. His Hyperaccumulator research integrates issues from Phytotoxicity, Food science, Growth medium and Trichome.

His study in Agronomy is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Biofortification and Nutrient. His Thlaspi caerulescens study incorporates themes from Ecotype and Thlaspi. His Soil water research incorporates themes from Environmental chemistry and Sludge, Environmental engineering.

His most cited work include:

  • Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain (854 citations)
  • Phytoextraction of metals and metalloids from contaminated soils. (796 citations)
  • Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants. (762 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His scientific interests lie mostly in Botany, Environmental chemistry, Soil water, Agronomy and Arsenite. The study incorporates disciplines such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Hyperaccumulator and Microbial population biology in addition to Botany. His research in Environmental chemistry focuses on subjects like Bioavailability, which are connected to Food science.

Fang-Jie Zhao combines subjects such as Sludge, Environmental engineering and Animal science with his study of Soil water. His Agronomy study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Biofortification, Nutrient and Plant physiology. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Arsenite, focusing on Arsenate and, on occasion, Phosphate.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (33.90%)
  • Environmental chemistry (27.56%)
  • Soil water (25.85%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Arsenite (20.49%)
  • Environmental chemistry (27.56%)
  • Shoot (18.54%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Arsenite, Environmental chemistry, Shoot, Biochemistry and Soil water. His study explores the link between Arsenite and topics such as Arsenate that cross with problems in Reductase and Phytotoxicity. His study on Environmental chemistry also encompasses disciplines like

  • Rhizosphere together with Bioavailability,
  • Soil microbiology most often made with reference to Microbial population biology.

Within the field of Botany and Horticulture Fang-Jie Zhao studies Shoot. His Botany study frequently links to other fields, such as Bacteria. His research in Soil water intersects with topics in Straw and Manure.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Nanotechnology: A New Opportunity in Plant Sciences (288 citations)
  • Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance from animal manures to soil: a review (103 citations)
  • OsHAC1;1 and OsHAC1;2 Function as Arsenate Reductases and Regulate Arsenic Accumulation (97 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

Fang-Jie Zhao mainly investigates Arsenite, Arsenate, Shoot, Environmental chemistry and Chromosomal translocation. When carried out as part of a general Arsenite research project, his work on Arsenate reductase is frequently linked to work in Volatilisation, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. His Shoot study is focused on Botany in general.

His Environmental chemistry research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Soil water, Paddy field and Compost. The concepts of his Soil water study are interwoven with issues in Speciation, Straw, Agronomy, Manure and Metalloid. His Chromosomal translocation research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cultivar and Plant physiology.

Best Publications

  • Soil Contamination in China: Current Status and Mitigation Strategies

    Fang-Jie Zhao;Fang-Jie Zhao;Yibing Ma;Yong-Guan Zhu;Zhong Tang

  • Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain

    Jian Feng Ma;Naoki Yamaji;Namiki Mitani;Xiao-Yan Xu

  • Phytoextraction of metals and metalloids from contaminated soils.

    Steve P McGrath;Fang-Jie Zhao

  • Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants.

    F. J. Zhao;J. F. Ma;A. A. Meharg;S. P. McGrath

  • Arsenic as a Food Chain Contaminant: Mechanisms of Plant Uptake and Metabolism and Mitigation Strategies

    Fang-Jie Zhao;Steve P McGrath;Andrew A Meharg

  • Nanotechnology: A New Opportunity in Plant Sciences

    Peng Wang;Peng Wang;Enzo Lombi;Fang-Jie Zhao;Peter M. Kopittke

  • Cellular compartmentation of cadmium and zinc in relation to other elements in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri.

    Hendrik Küpper;Enzo Lombi;Fang Jie Zhao;Steve P. McGrath

  • Geographical Variation in Total and Inorganic Arsenic Content of Polished (White) Rice

    Andrew A. Meharg;Paul N. Williams;Eureka Adomako;Youssef Y. Lawgali

  • Phytoremediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils: natural hyperaccumulation versus chemically enhanced phytoextraction.

    E. Lombi;F.J. Zhao;S.J. Dunham;S.P. McGrath

  • Selenium uptake, translocation and speciation in wheat supplied with selenate or selenite.

    Hua-Fen Li;Hua-Fen Li;Steve P. McGrath;Fang-Jie Zhao

  • Function of nutrients: micronutrients

    Martin Broadley;Patrick Brown;Ismail Cakmak;Zed Rengel

  • Mechanisms of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation in Pteris vittata. Uptake Kinetics, Interactions with Phosphate, and Arsenic Speciation

    Junru Wang;Fang-Jie Zhao;Andrew A. Meharg;Andrea Raab

  • Plant and rhizosphere processes involved in phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils

    S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao;E. Lombi

  • Growing Rice Aerobically Markedly Decreases Arsenic Accumulation

    X. Y. Xu;S. P. McGrath;A. A. Meharg;F. J. Zhao

  • Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils of China and the impact on food safety.

    Peng Wang;Hongping Chen;Peter M. Kopittke;Fang-Jie Zhao

  • Selenium in higher plants: understanding mechanisms for biofortification and phytoremediation

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Elizabeth A.H. Pilon-Smits;Fang-Jie Zhao;Paul N. Williams

  • Leaching of heavy metals from contaminated soils using EDTA

    B Sun;F.J Zhao;E Lombi;S.P McGrath

  • Phytoremediation of metals, metalloids, and radionuclides

    McGrath Sp;Zhao Fj;Lombi E

  • A new method to measure effective soil solution concentration predicts copper availability to plants

    Hao Zhang;Fang-Jie Zhao;Bo Sun;William Davison

  • Cellular Compartmentation of Zinc in Leaves of the Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

    Hendrik Küpper;Fang Jie Zhao;Steve P. McGrath

  • Biofortification of UK food crops with selenium

    Martin R. Broadley;Philip J. White;Rosie J. Bryson;Mark C. Meacham

  • Evidence of decreasing mineral density in wheat grain over the last 160 years

    Ming-Sheng Fan;Fang-Jie Zhao;Susan J. Fairweather-Tait;Paul R. Poulton

  • Variation in mineral micronutrient concentrations in grain of wheat lines of diverse origin

    F.J. Zhao;Y.H. Su;S.J. Dunham;M. Rakszegi

  • Sulphur assimilation and effects on yield and quality of wheat.

    FJ Zhao;MJ Hawkesford;SP McGrath

  • Sulphur uptake, yield responses and the interactions between nitrogen and sulphur in winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

    S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao

  • Plant and rhizosphere processes involved in phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils.

    S. P. McGrath;F. J. Zhao;E. Lombi;D. S. Powlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve P. McGrath
Steve P. McGrath Rothamsted Research
Enzo Lombi
Enzo Lombi University of South Australia
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast
Jian Feng Ma
Jian Feng Ma Okayama University
Peter R. Shewry
Peter R. Shewry Rothamsted Research
Peter M. Kopittke
Peter M. Kopittke University of Queensland
Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Malcolm J. Hawkesford Rothamsted Research
Qirong Shen
Qirong Shen Nanjing Agricultural University
David E. Salt
David E. Salt University of Nottingham

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