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Kelin Hu is affiliated with Tulane University in the United States. Their research contributions span primarily within the domains of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on soil and plant sciences as well as environmental impacts related to agriculture.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including:

  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry

Core topics addressed in Hu's research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  • Irrigation Practices and Water Management
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism

Hu has published extensively in various academic journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Plants
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Agronomy
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Among recent publications are:

  • "Economic, environmental, and emergy analysis of China's green tea production," 2021, Sustainable Production and Consumption
  • "Modeling water consumption, N fates, and rice yield for water-saving and conventional rice production systems," 2021, Soil and Tillage Research
  • "Can conservation agriculture mitigate climate change and reduce environmental impacts for intensive cropping systems in North China Plain?", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Cropland carbon stocks driven by soil characteristics, rainfall and elevation," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Simulating nitrate and DON leaching to optimize water and N management practices for greenhouse vegetable production systems," 2020, Agricultural Water Management

Hu collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Puyu Feng
  • Hao Liang
  • William D. Batchelor
  • Bin Wang
  • De Li Liu

Best Publications

  • Spatial variability of shallow groundwater level, electrical conductivity and nitrate concentration, and risk assessment of nitrate contamination in North China Plain.

    Kelin Hu;Yuangfang Huang;Hong Li;Hong Li;Baoguo Li

  • Simulation of bromide and nitrate leaching under heavy rainfall and high-intensity irrigation rates in North China Plain

    Huanyuan Wang;Xiaotang Ju;Yongping Wei;Baoguo Li

  • Effects of fertilization and soil management on crop yields and carbon stabilization in soils. A review

    B. Ludwig;D. Geisseler;K. Michel;R. G. Joergensen

  • Biocrusts reduce surface soil infiltrability and impede soil water infiltration under tension and ponding conditions in dryland ecosystem

    Bo Xiao;Bo Xiao;Fuhai Sun;Kelin Hu;Giora J. Kidron

  • An integrated soil-crop system model for water and nitrogen management in North China

    Hao Liang;Kelin Hu;William D. Batchelor;Zhiming Qi

  • Simulating the fate of nitrogen and optimizing water and nitrogen management of greenhouse tomato in North China using the EU-Rotate_N model

    Yuan Sun;Kelin Hu;Zhaobo Fan;Yongping Wei

  • The effects of land use change and irrigation water resource on nitrate contamination in shallow groundwater at county scale

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  • Moss-dominated biological soil crusts significantly influence soil moisture and temperature regimes in semiarid ecosystems

    Bo Xiao;Bo Xiao;Kelin Hu;Tusheng Ren;Baoguo Li

  • Simulation of nitrate leaching under irrigated maize on sandy soil in desert oasis in Inner Mongolia, China

    Kelin Hu;Baoguo Li;Deli Chen;Yuanpei Zhang

  • Spatial scaling effects on variability of soil organic matter and total nitrogen in suburban Beijing

    Kelin Hu;Shuying Wang;Hong Li;Feng Huang

  • Evaluation of water and nitrogen use efficiencies in a double cropping system under different integrated management practices based on a model approach

    Zhoujing Li;Kelin Hu;Baoguo Li;Mingrong He

  • Moss-dominated biocrusts decrease soil moisture and result in the degradation of artificially planted shrubs under semiarid climate

    Bo Xiao;Bo Xiao;Kelin Hu

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of soil organic matter in the urban–rural transition zone of Beijing

    Kelin Hu;Hong Li;Baoguo Li;Yuanfang Huang

  • Simulating the effects of long-term discontinuous and continuous fertilization with straw return on crop yields and soil organic carbon dynamics using the DNDC model

    Jing Zhang;Kelin Hu;Kejiang Li;Chunlian Zheng

  • Economic, environmental, and emergy analysis of China's green tea production

    Qiang Xu;Qiang Xu;Qiang Xu;Yi Yang;Yi Yang;Kelin Hu;Ji Chen

  • Rice-crab coculture to sustain cleaner food production in Liaohe River Basin, China: An economic and environmental assessment

    Qiang Xu;Xiaolong Wang;Bo Xiao;Kelin Hu

  • Spatial Patterns of Soil Heavy Metals in Urban-Rural Transition Zone of Beijing

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  • Modeling nitrate leaching and optimizing water and nitrogen management under irrigated maize in desert oases in Northwestern China.

    Kelin Hu;Yong Li;Weiping Chen;Deli Chen

  • Simulation of nitrogen fate for greenhouse cucumber grown under different water and fertilizer management using the EU-Rotate_N model

    Yuan Sun;Kelin Hu;Kefeng Zhang;Lihua Jiang

  • Exploring optimal nitrogen management strategies to mitigate nitrogen losses from paddy soil in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River

    Xinrui Shi;Kelin Hu;William D. Batchelor;Hao Liang

  • Effects of straw return and regional factors on spatio-temporal variability of soil organic matter in a high-yielding area of northern China

    Liang Zheng;Wenliang Wu;Yongping Wei;Kelin Hu

  • Modelling the dynamics of organic carbon in fertilization and tillage experiments in the North China Plain using the Rothamsted Carbon Model—initialization and calculation of C inputs

    Bernard Ludwig;Kelin Hu;Lingan Niu;Xuejun Liu

  • Modelling the effect of mulching on soil heat transfer, water movement and crop growth for ground cover rice production system

    Hao Liang;Kelin Hu;Wei Qin;Qiang Zuo

Frequent Co-Authors

Deli Chen
Deli Chen University of Melbourne
Tusheng Ren
Tusheng Ren China Agricultural University
Giora J. Kidron
Giora J. Kidron Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yong Li
Yong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Zhou
Feng Zhou Peking University
Emmanuel Arthur
Emmanuel Arthur Aarhus University
Sien Li
Sien Li China Agricultural University
Shiv O. Prasher
Shiv O. Prasher McGill University
Erik A. Hobbie
Erik A. Hobbie University of New Hampshire
Shan Lin
Shan Lin China Agricultural University

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