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Overview

Longlong Xia is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and specializes in research at the intersection of agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader fields, their subfields of study comprise:

  • Soil Science
  • Ecology
  • Plant Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Agronomy and Crop Science

The principal topics of Longlong Xia's research involve:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

The scientist has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
  • Pete Smith
  • Xiaoyuan Yan
  • Chaopu Ti
  • Shu Kee Lam

Frequent publication venues for their work encompass:

  • Nature Communications
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Food
  • Global Change Biology
  • Environmental Pollution

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Longlong Xia include:

  • "Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production," 2023, Nature Food
  • "Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Organic amendments enhance soil microbial diversity, microbial functionality and crop yields: A meta-analysis," 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture," 2024, Science
  • "Global greenhouse vegetable production systems are hotspots of soil N2O emissions and nitrogen leaching: A meta-analysis," 2020, Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Trade-offs between soil carbon sequestration and reactive nitrogen losses under straw return in global agroecosystems

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Benjamin Wolf;Ralf Kiese

  • Can knowledge-based N management produce more staple grain with lower greenhouse gas emission and reactive nitrogen pollution? A meta-analysis

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Deli Chen;Jinyang Wang

  • How Does Recycling of Livestock Manure in Agroecosystems Affect Crop Productivity, Reactive Nitrogen Losses, and Soil Carbon Balance?

    Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Xiaoyuan Yan;Deli Chen

  • Organic amendments enhance soil microbial diversity, microbial functionality and crop yields: A meta-analysis.

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  • Potential for mitigating global agricultural ammonia emission: A meta-analysis.

    Chaopu Ti;Longlong Xia;Scott X. Chang;Scott X. Chang;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Effects of long-term straw incorporation on the net global warming potential and the net economic benefit in a rice–wheat cropping system in China

    Longlong Xia;Shuwei Wang;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

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  • Greenhouse gas emissions and reactive nitrogen releases during the life-cycles of staple food production in China and their mitigation potential

    Longlong Xia;Chaopu Ti;Bolun Li;Yongqiu Xia

  • Global methane and nitrous oxide emissions from inland waters and estuaries

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  • Global greenhouse vegetable production systems are hotspots of soil N2O emissions and nitrogen leaching: A meta-analysis

    Waqas Qasim;Longlong Xia;Shan Lin;Li Wan

  • Effects of climate warming on carbon fluxes in grasslands- A global meta-analysis.

    Na Wang;Benjamin Quesada;Benjamin Quesada;Longlong Xia;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl;Klaus Butterbach-Bahl

  • Organic-substitute strategies reduced carbon and reactive nitrogen footprints and gained net ecosystem economic benefit for intensive vegetable production

    Jun Zhou;Bo Li;Bo Li;Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Changhua Fan;Changhua Fan

  • A global synthesis of soil denitrification: Driving factors and mitigation strategies

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  • Can cropland management practices lower net greenhouse emissions without compromising yield

    Ziyin Shang;Mohamed Abdalla;Longlong Xia;Feng Zhou

  • Nitrogen Removal Capacity of the River Network in a High Nitrogen Loading Region

    Yongqiang Zhao;Yongqiu Xia;Chaopu Ti;Jun Shan

  • Elevated CO2 negates O3 impacts on terrestrial carbon and nitrogen cycles

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  • Ammoniated straw incorporation increases wheat yield, yield stability, soil organic carbon and soil total nitrogen content

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  • Different effects of biochar and a nitrification inhibitor application on paddy soil denitrification: A field experiment over two consecutive rice-growing seasons.

    Shuwei Wang;Jun Shan;Yongqiu Xia;Quan Tang

  • Simultaneous quantification of N 2 , NH 3 and N 2 O emissions from a flooded paddy field under different N fertilization regimes

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Xiaobo Li;Qianqian Ma;Shu Kee Lam

  • Ecosystem services of partial organic substitution for chemical fertilizer in a peri-urban zone in China

    Quan Tang;Chaopu Ti;Longlong Xia;Yongqiu Xia

  • Integrating agronomic practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing the economic return in a rice-based cropping system

    Longlong Xia;Yongqiu Xia;Bolun Li;Jinyang Wang

  • N 2 O isotopocule measurements using laser spectroscopy: analyzer characterization and intercomparison

    Stephen J. Harris;Stephen J. Harris;Jesper Liisberg;Longlong Xia;Jing Wei

  • Application of membrane inlet mass spectrometry to directly quantify denitrification in flooded rice paddy soil

    Xiaobo Li;Longlong Xia;Xiaoyuan Yan

  • Measurement of N2O emissions over the whole year is necessary for estimating reliable emission factors

    Ziyin Shang;Mohamed Abdalla;Matthias Kuhnert;Fabrizio Albanito

  • Optimizing nitrogen fertilization rate to enhance soil carbon storage and decrease nitrogen pollution in paddy ecosystems with simultaneous straw incorporation

    Longlong Xia;Longlong Xia;Shu Kee Lam;Shuwei Wang;Wei Zhou

  • Influence of soil properties on N2O and CO2 emissions from excreta deposited on tropical pastures in Kenya

    Yuhao Zhu;Yuhao Zhu;Lutz Merbold;Sonja Leitner;Longlong Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoyuan Yan
Xiaoyuan Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl
Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ralf Kiese
Ralf Kiese Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Deli Chen
Deli Chen University of Melbourne
Thomas Blunier
Thomas Blunier University of Copenhagen
Christine L. Goodale
Christine L. Goodale Cornell University
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Feng Zhou
Feng Zhou Peking University
Zhian Li
Zhian Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Scott X. Chang
Scott X. Chang University of Alberta

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