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D-Index
56
Citations
11071
World Ranking
1528
National Ranking
135

Ning Ling publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ning Ling sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 118 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Ning Ling D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ning Ling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium wilt, Botany, Agronomy and Rhizosphere. Ning Ling usually deals with Fusarium oxysporum and limits it to topics linked to Paenibacillus polymyxa and Spore, Germination and Citric acid. His Fusarium wilt research includes elements of Chlorosis and Bacillus subtilis.

His research investigates the connection between Botany and topics such as Horticulture that intersect with issues in Stomatal conductance. The Agronomy study combines topics in areas such as Soil acidification, Organic matter and Soil carbon. The various areas that Ning Ling examines in his Rhizosphere study include Oxalic acid, Biochemistry, Biological pest control and Malic acid.

His most cited work include:

  • Bacillus subtilis SQR 9 can control Fusarium wilt in cucumber by colonizing plant roots (177 citations)
  • Insight into how organic amendments can shape the soil microbiome in long-term field experiments as revealed by network analysis (100 citations)
  • Development of a mode of application of bioorganic fertilizer for improving the biocontrol efficacy to Fusarium wilt (98 citations)

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

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Soil water, Fusarium oxysporum, Botany and Rhizosphere. His Agronomy research includes themes of Soil carbon and Nutrient. His studies in Soil water integrate themes in fields like Environmental chemistry, Microbial population biology, Ecosystem and Human fertilization.

His research in Fusarium oxysporum is mostly focused on Fusarium wilt. His work is dedicated to discovering how Fusarium wilt, Fusarium are connected with Trichoderma and other disciplines. His Rhizosphere research incorporates themes from Rootstock, Biological pest control, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Paenibacillus polymyxa.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (39.39%)
  • Soil water (34.34%)
  • Fusarium oxysporum (24.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Soil water (34.34%)
  • Ecology (21.21%)
  • Rhizosphere (23.23%)

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

Ning Ling mostly deals with Soil water, Ecology, Rhizosphere, Ecosystem and Agronomy. His Soil water study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Environmental chemistry, Ecological succession, Community diversity and Taxon. His studies deal with areas such as Computational biology and Community composition as well as Rhizosphere.

His Ecosystem research integrates issues from Soil test, Soil fertility and Community structure. His Agronomy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Salinity and Nutrient. His work in Relative species abundance covers topics such as Cultivar which are related to areas like Microbial population biology.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Soil fungal assemblage complexity is dependent on soil fertility and dominated by deterministic processes. (16 citations)
  • Soil fungal assemblage complexity is dependent on soil fertility and dominated by deterministic processes. (16 citations)
  • Critical transition of soil bacterial diversity and composition triggered by nitrogen enrichment (9 citations)

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

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Agriculture

His scientific interests lie mostly in Ecosystem, Soil water, Ecology, Organic matter and Agronomy. Ning Ling has researched Ecosystem in several fields, including Relative species abundance, Soil test and Soil fertility. His study ties his expertise on Niche together with the subject of Soil water.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Agriculture, Soil quality, Organic fertilizer, Nutrient and Human fertilization in addition to Organic matter. In his study, Manure is inextricably linked to Abundance, which falls within the broad field of Agronomy. His research integrates issues of Botany, Cow dung and Microbial population biology in his study of Manure.

Best Publications

  • Organic amendments increase crop yields by improving microbe-mediated soil functioning of agroecosystems: A meta-analysis

    Gongwen Luo;Ling Li;Ville-Petri Friman;Junjie Guo

  • Bacillus subtilis SQR 9 can control Fusarium wilt in cucumber by colonizing plant roots

    Yun Cao;Zhenhua Zhang;Ning Ling;Yujuan Yuan

  • Insight into how organic amendments can shape the soil microbiome in long-term field experiments as revealed by network analysis

    Ning Ling;Chen Zhu;Chao Xue;Huan Chen

  • Long-term fertilisation regimes affect the composition of the alkaline phosphomonoesterase encoding microbial community of a vertisol and its derivative soil fractions

    Gongwen Luo;Ning Ling;Paolo Nannipieri;Huan Chen

  • Response of tomato wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum to the volatile organic compounds produced by a biocontrol strain Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SQR-9.

    Waseem Raza;Ning Ling;Liudong Yang;Qiwei Huang

  • Differential responses of soil bacterial communities to long-term N and P inputs in a semi-arid steppe

    Ning Ling;Dima Chen;Hui Guo;Jiaxin Wei

  • Deciphering the associations between soil microbial diversity and ecosystem multifunctionality driven by long‐term fertilization management

    Gongwen Luo;Christopher Rensing;Huan Chen;Manqiang Liu

  • Understanding how long-term organic amendments increase soil phosphatase activities: Insight into phoD- and phoC-harboring functional microbial populations

    Gongwen Luo;Bo Sun;Ling Li;Minghui Li

  • Chemical, organic and bio-fertilizer management practices effect on soil physicochemical property and antagonistic bacteria abundance of a cotton field: Implications for soil biological quality

    Rui Li;Rui Tao;Ning Ling;Guixin Chu

  • Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Cycling Microbial Populations and Their Resistance to Global Change Depend on Soil C:N:P Stoichiometry

    Gongwen Luo;Chao Xue;Qianhong Jiang;Yan Xiao

  • Identification and role of organic acids in watermelon root exudates for recruiting Paenibacillus polymyxa SQR-21 in the rhizosphere

    Ning Ling;Waseem Raza;Jinghua Ma;Qiwei Huang

  • Suppression of Fusarium wilt of watermelon by a bio-organic fertilizer containing combinations of antagonistic microorganisms

    Hong-sheng Wu;Xin-ning Yang;Jia-qin Fan;Wei-guo Miao

  • Development of a mode of application of bioorganic fertilizer for improving the biocontrol efficacy to Fusarium wilt

    Ning Ling;Chao Xue;Qiwei Huang;Xingming Yang

  • Critical transition of soil bacterial diversity and composition triggered by nitrogen enrichment

    Weixing Liu;Lin Jiang;Sen Yang;Zhou Wang

  • Volatile organic compounds produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens WR-1 restrict the growth and virulence traits of Ralstonia solanacearum

    Waseem Raza;Ning Ling;Dongyang Liu;Zhong Wei

  • Production of volatile organic compounds by an antagonistic strain Paenibacillus polymyxa WR-2 in the presence of root exudates and organic fertilizer and their antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum

    Waseem Raza;Jun Yuan;Ning Ling;Qiwei Huang

  • Seed-borne, endospheric and rhizospheric core microbiota as predictors of plant functional traits across rice cultivars are dominated by deterministic processes

    Junjie Guo;Ning Ling;Ning Ling;Yong Li;Kaisong Li

  • Soil fungal assemblage complexity is dependent on soil fertility and dominated by deterministic processes.

    Junjie Guo;Ning Ling;Ning Ling;Zhaojie Chen;Chao Xue

  • Effect of organic substitution rates on soil quality and fungal community composition in a tea plantation with long-term fertilization

    Lingfei Ji;Kang Ni;Zhidan Wu;Junwei Zhang

  • Fusaric acid is a crucial factor in the disturbance of leaf water imbalance in Fusarium-infected banana plants

    Xian Dong;Ning Ling;Min Wang;Qirong Shen

  • Success evaluation of the biological control of Fusarium wilts of cucumber, banana, and tomato since 2000 and future research strategies

    Waseem Raza;Ning Ling;Ruifu Zhang;Qiwei Huang

  • Response of the bacterial diversity and soil enzyme activity in particle-size fractions of Mollisol after different fertilization in a long-term experiment

    Ning Ling;Yuming Sun;Jinghua Ma;Junjie Guo

  • Isolation and identification of lipopeptides produced by B. subtilis SQR 9 for suppressing Fusarium wilt of cucumber

    Yun Cao;Zhihui Xu;Ning Ling;Yujuan Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Qirong Shen
Qirong Shen Nanjing Agricultural University
Shiwei Guo
Shiwei Guo Nanjing Agricultural University
Min Wang
Min Wang Qingdao University
Qiwei Huang
Qiwei Huang Nanjing Agricultural University
Yakov Kuzyakov
Yakov Kuzyakov University of Göttingen
Shuijin Hu
Shuijin Hu North Carolina State University
Manqiang Liu
Manqiang Liu Nanjing Agricultural University
Yangchun Xu
Yangchun Xu Nanjing Agricultural University
Wei Ran
Wei Ran Nanjing Agricultural University
Guanghui Yu
Guanghui Yu Tianjin University

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