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Plant Science and Agronomy
New Zealand
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
61
Citations
10846
World Ranking
1176
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide

His primary areas of study are Agronomy, Nitrous oxide, Pasture, Soil water and Grazing. His studies in Agronomy integrate themes in fields like Loam, Nitrate and Greenhouse gas. His Nitrous oxide research integrates issues from Carbon dioxide, Manure and Environmental engineering, Effluent.

His Pasture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Dairy farming and Denitrification. His work in Grazing tackles topics such as Topsoil which are related to areas like Drainage, Ruminant and Nitrogen cycle. The study incorporates disciplines such as Field experiment, Soil carbon and Growing season in addition to Fertilizer.

His most cited work include:

  • Denitrification and N2O:N2 production in temperate grasslands: processes, measurements, modelling and mitigating negative impacts. (273 citations)
  • A review of emissions of methane, ammonia, and nitrous oxide from animal excreta deposition and farm effluent application in grazed pastures (179 citations)
  • Gaseous Emissions of Nitrogen from Grazed Pastures: Processes, Measurements and Modelling, Environmental Implications, and Mitigation (164 citations)

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

Agronomy, Nitrous oxide, Soil water, Fertilizer and Manure are his primary areas of study. Jiafa Luo has included themes like Loam, Nitrification and Effluent in his Agronomy study. His Nitrous oxide research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Environmental chemistry, Deposition, Grazed pasture, Greenhouse gas and Animal science.

His research in Soil water focuses on subjects like Denitrification, which are connected to Nitrate and Soil horizon. His work is dedicated to discovering how Fertilizer, Soil carbon are connected with Lignin and Mineralization and other disciplines. As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Manure, concentrating on Straw and frequently concerns with Ultisol and Dissolved organic carbon.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (58.58%)
  • Nitrous oxide (33.14%)
  • Soil water (26.04%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Agronomy (58.58%)
  • Fertilizer (24.85%)
  • Nitrous oxide (33.14%)

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

Jiafa Luo mostly deals with Agronomy, Fertilizer, Nitrous oxide, Manure and Soil water. The study of Agronomy is intertwined with the study of Soil carbon in a number of ways. His Fertilizer research incorporates themes from Field experiment, Crop yield, Mollisol and Irrigation.

His work deals with themes such as Nitrification, Pasture, Greenhouse gas, Environmental chemistry and Animal science, which intersect with Nitrous oxide. His Manure research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Straw, Ultisol and Organic fertilizer. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Biogeochemical cycle, Groundwater, Karst, Ecosystem and Denitrification.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Long-term application of manure over plant residues mitigates acidification, builds soil organic carbon and shifts prokaryotic diversity in acidic Ultisols (29 citations)
  • Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment accelerates soil organic carbon loss in alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (23 citations)
  • Manure over crop residues increases soil organic matter but decreases microbial necromass relative contribution in upland Ultisols: Results of a 27-year field experiment (20 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide

Jiafa Luo mainly investigates Agronomy, Fertilizer, Nitrous oxide, Manure and Soil water. His Agronomy research includes themes of Soil carbon and Loam. In his research, Climate change, Subtropics and Soil classification is intimately related to Soil pH, which falls under the overarching field of Fertilizer.

The various areas that Jiafa Luo examines in his Nitrous oxide study include Pasture based, Pasture, Greenhouse gas and Animal science. His work in Manure addresses subjects such as Straw, which are connected to disciplines such as Crop residue. The various areas that he examines in his Soil water study include Nutrient and Ecosystem.

Best Publications

  • Denitrification and N2O:N2 production in temperate grasslands: processes, measurements, modelling and mitigating negative impacts.

    Surinder Saggar;N. Jha;J. Deslippe;N.S. Bolan

  • Biochar suppressed the decomposition of organic carbon in a cultivated sandy loam soil: A negative priming effect

    Weiwei Lu;Weixin Ding;Junhua Zhang;Yi Li

  • A review of emissions of methane, ammonia, and nitrous oxide from animal excreta deposition and farm effluent application in grazed pastures

    Surinder Saggar;N. S. Bolan;R. Bhandral;C. B. Hedley

  • Functional Relationships of Soil Acidification, Liming, and Greenhouse Gas Flux

    A Kunhikrishnan;R Thangarajan;N.S S Bolan;N.S S Bolan;Y Xu;Y Xu

  • Long-term application of organic manure and mineral fertilizers on aggregation and aggregate-associated carbon in a sandy loam soil

    Hongyan Yu;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Ruilin Geng

  • Environmental impacts of grazed clover/grass pastures

    S. Ledgard;R. Schils;J. Eriksen;J. Luo

  • Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics in an Eastern Chinese coastal wetland following invasion by a C4 plant Spartina alterniflora

    Yaohong Zhang;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Andrea Donnison

  • Management options to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from intensively grazed pastures: A review

    J. Luo;C.A.M. de Klein;S.F. Ledgard;S. Saggar

  • Gaseous Emissions of Nitrogen from Grazed Pastures: Processes, Measurements and Modelling, Environmental Implications, and Mitigation

    Nanthi S Bolan;Surinder Saggar;Jiafa Luo;Rita Bhandral

  • Nutrient addition reduces carbon sequestration in a Tibetan grassland soil: Disentangling microbial and physical controls

    Ruyi Luo;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Deyan Liu;Jianling Fan

  • Responses of methane emissions and rice yield to applications of biochar and straw in a paddy field

    Da Dong;Min Yang;Cheng Wang;Hailong Wang

  • Ammonia Volatilization and Nitrogen Utilization Efficiency in Response to Urea Application in Rice Fields of the Taihu Lake Region, China

    De-Xi Lin;De-Xi Lin;De-Xi Lin;Xiao-Hui Fan;Xiao-Hui Fan;Feng Hu;Hong-Tao Zhao

  • Optimizing the nitrogen application rate for maize and wheat based on yield and environment on the Northern China Plain

    Yitao Zhang;Hongyuan Wang;Qiuliang Lei;Jiafa Luo

  • Factors regulating denitrification in a soil under pasture

    J Luo;R.W Tillman;P.R Ball

  • Effects of long-term compost and fertilizer application on stability of aggregate-associated organic carbon in an intensively cultivated sandy loam soil

    Hongyan Yu;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Ruilin Geng

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from Chinese maize–wheat rotation systems: A 3-year field measurement

    Yanjiang Cai;Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment accelerates soil organic carbon loss in alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Ruyi Luo;Jianling Fan;Weijin Wang;Jiafa Luo

  • Manure over crop residues increases soil organic matter but decreases microbial necromass relative contribution in upland Ultisols: Results of a 27-year field experiment

    Guiping Ye;Yongxin Lin;Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Deyan Liu

  • Long-term application of lime or pig manure rather than plant residues suppressed diazotroph abundance and diversity and altered community structure in an acidic Ultisol

    Yongxin Lin;Guiping Ye;Deyan Liu;Stewart Ledgard

  • Disaggregating nitrous oxide emission factors for ruminant urine and dung deposited onto pastoral soils

    Tony J. van der Weerden;Jiafa Luo;Cecile A.M. de Klein;Coby J. Hoogendoorn

  • Effect of long-term compost and inorganic fertilizer application on background N2O and fertilizer-induced N2O emissions from an intensively cultivated soil.

    Weixin Ding;Jiafa Luo;Jie Li;Hongyan Yu

  • Ammonia emissions from paddy fields are underestimated in China.

    Hongyuan Wang;Dan Zhang;Yitao Zhang;Limei Zhai

  • Quantification of reductions in ammonia emissions from fertiliser urea and animal urine in grazed pastures with urease inhibitors for agriculture inventory: New Zealand as a case study

    Surinder Saggar;J. Singh;D.L. Giltrap;M. Zaman

Frequent Co-Authors

Weixin Ding
Weixin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Surinder Saggar
Surinder Saggar Landcare Research
Hong J. Di
Hong J. Di Lincoln University
Lin Ma
Lin Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhaohai Bai
Zhaohai Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tim J. Clough
Tim J. Clough Lincoln University
Hongbin Liu
Hongbin Liu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University

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